# Masayoshi

Masayoshi is a masculine Japanese given name.

## Written forms

Masayoshi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
* 正由, "correct, justice, righteous; wherefore, a reason"
* 正義, "correct, justice, righteous; righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning"
* 正喜, "correct, justice, righteous; rejoice, take pleasure in"
* 正睦, "correct, justice, righteous; intimate, friendly, harmonious"
* 正淑, "correct, justice, righteous; graceful, gentle, pure"
* 正吉, "correct, justice, righteous; good luck, joy, congratulations"
* 正芳, "correct, justice, righteous; perfume, balmy, favorable, fragrant"
* 昌良, "prosperous, bright, clear; good, pleasing, skilled"
* 昌義, "prosperous, bright, clear; righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning"
* 昌臧, "prosperous, bright, clear; good, bribe, servant"
* 雅宜, "gracious, elegant, graceful, refined; best regards, good"
* 雅祥, "gracious, elegant, graceful, refined; auspicious, happiness, blessedness, good omen, good fortune"
* 雅賢, "gracious, elegant, graceful, refined; intelligent, wise, wisdom, cleverness"
* 聖義, "holy, saint, sage, master, priest; righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning"
* 政義, "politics, government; righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning"
* 方義, "direction, person, alternative; righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning"
* 将義, "leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about; righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning"
* 優好, "tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness; fond, pleasing, like something"
* 匡良, "correct, save, assist; good, pleasing, skilled"
The name can also be written in hiragana (まさよし) or katakana (マサヨシ).

## People with the name

* Abe Masayoshi (阿部 正由, 1769 – 1808), Japanese daimyō
* Masayoshi Ebina (蛯名 正義, born 1969), Japanese jockey
* Masayoshi Esashi (江刺 正喜, born 1949), Japanese engineer
* Masayoshi Hamada (浜田 昌良, born 1957), Japanese politician
* Masayoshi Haneda (羽田 昌義, born 1976), Japanese actor
* Hotta Masayoshi (堀田 正睦, 1810 – 1864), Japanese Rōjū
* Masayoshi Ito (伊東 正義, 1913 – 1994), Japanese politician
* Masayoshi "Mabo" Kabe (加部 正義, born 1949), Japanese-French musician
* Masayoshi Kan (簡 優好, born 1972), Japanese sprinter
* Masayoshi Kato (加藤 政義, born 1987), Japanese baseball player
* Kanematsu Masayoshi (兼松 正吉, 1542 – 1627), Japanese samurai
* Kurimoto Masayoshi (栗本 昌臧, 1756 – 1834), Japanese entomologist
* Masayoshi Manabe (真鍋 政義, born 1963), Japanese volleyball player
* Matsukata Masayoshi (松方 正義, 1835 – 1924), Japanese politician
* Masayoshi Motegi (茂木 正淑, born 1962), Japanese professional wrestler
* Masayoshi Nagata (永田 雅宜, 1927 – 2008), Japanese mathematician
* Masayoshi Namiki (並木 正芳, born 1949), Japanese politician
* Masayoshi Nataniya (那谷屋 正義, born 1957), Japanese politician
* Masayoshi Okada (岡田 正義, born 1958), Japanese football referee
* Masayoshi Ōhira (大平 正芳, 1910 – 1980), Japanese politician
* Masayoshi Oshikawa (押川 方義, 1850–1928), Japanese Protestant missionary and educator
* Ryūhō Masayoshi (琉鵬 正吉, born 1977), Japanese sumo wrestler
* Satake Masayoshi (佐竹 昌義, 1081 – 1147), Japanese samurai
* Masayoshi Shimizu (清水 聖義, born 1941), Japanese politician
* Masayoshi Soken (祖堅 正慶, born 1975), Japanese video game composer
* Masayoshi Son (孫正義, born 1957), Korean-Japanese businessman
* Masayoshi Takanaka (高中 正義, born 1953), Japanese guitarist
* Masayoshi Takemura (武村 正義, born 1934), Japanese politician
* Masayoshi Toyoda (豊田 正義, born 1966), Japanese journalist
* Masayoshi Urabe (浦邊 雅祥, born 1965), Japanese musician
* Masayoshi Watanabe (渡邉 正義, born 1954), Japanese chemist
* Masayoshi Yamaguchi (山口 正義, born 1947), Japanese professor
* Masayoshi Yamamoto (山本 雅賢), Japanese artistic gymnast
* Masayoshi Yamashita (山下 昌良, born 1961), Japanese bass guitarist
* Masayoshi Yamazaki (山崎 まさよし / 山崎 将義, born 1971), Japanese musician
* Masayoshi Yoshino (吉野 正芳, born 1948), Japanese politician