# Kiyoshi

Kiyoshi, (きよし or キヨシ), is a Japanese given name, also spelled Kyoshi.

## Possible meanings

* Kyōshi, a form of Japanese poetry
* Kyōshi, a Japanese honorific

## Written forms

* 清, "cleanse"
* 淳, "pure"
* 潔, "undefiled"
* 清志, "cleanse, intention"
* 清司, "cleanse, official"
* 聖, "holy"
* 澄, "lucidity"
* 潔司, "undefiled, official"

## People with the name

* Akira Kawabata ("Kiyoshi"), pro wrestler
* Kiyoshi Abe (阿部 巨史, born 1947), Japanese sport wrestler
* Kiyoshi Adachi (安達 清, 1914–?), Japanese pole vaulter
* Kiyoshi Atsumi (渥美 清, 1928–1996), Japanese film actor
* Kiyoshi Doi (土井 淳, born 1933), Japanese baseball player
* Kiyoshi Esashika (江刺家 清, born 1948), Japanese ice hockey player
* Kiyoshi Fujita (藤田 キヨシ, born 1972), Japanese ice hockey player
* Kiyoshi Hasegawa (admiral) (長谷川 清, 1883–1970), Japanese admiral
* Kiyoshi Hasegawa (artist) (長谷川 潔, 1891–1980), Japanese artist
* Kiyoshi Hikawa (氷川 きよし, born 1977), Japanese Enka singer
* Hiraizumi Kiyoshi (平泉 澄, 1895–1984), Japanese historian and Shinto priest
* Kiyoshi Ijichi (伊地知 潔, born 1977), Japanese drummer of Asian Kung-Fu Generation
* Kiyoshi Ikenaga (池永 清, born 1966), a Shiatsu Master, Shiatsupractor (SPR),
* Kiyoshi Inoue (井上 清, 1913–2001), Japanese academic, historian and writer
* Kiyoshi Itô (伊藤 清, 1915–2008), Japanese mathematician
* Kiyoshi Katsuki (香月 清司, 1881–1950), Japanese general soldier
* Kiyoshi Kawakami (河上 清, 1873–1949), Japanese Christian journalist
* Kiyoshi Kawakubo (川久保 潔, 1929–2019), Japanese voice actor
* Kiyoshi Kimura (木村 清, born 1952), Japanese businessman
* Kiyoshi Kobayashi (小林 清志, 1933–2022), Japanese actor
* Kiyoshi Koishi (小石 清, 1908-1957), Japanese photographer
* Kiyoshi Kuromiya (1943–2000), Japanese American author and advocate
* Kiyoshi Kurosawa (黒沢 清, born 1955), Japanese film director
* Kiyoshi Maita (真板 潔, born 1959), Japanese golfer
* Kiyoshi Miki (三木 清, 1897–1945), Japanese philosopher
* Kiyoshi K. Muranaga (1922–1944), soldier
* Kyoshi Miura (三浦 恭資, born 1961), Japanese cyclist
* Kiyoshi Myobudani (明歩谷 清, born 1937), Japanese sumo wrestler
* Kiyoshi Nakakura (中倉 清, 1910–2000), Japanese kendoka, iaidoka and aikidoka
* Kiyoshi Nakamura (disambiguation), multiple people
* Kiyoshi Nakano (中野 清, born 1936), Japanese politician
* Kiyoshi Nishiyama (西山 清, 1893–1983), Japanese photographer
* Kiyoshi Nishiyama (handballer) (西山 清, born 1959), Japanese handball player
* Kiyoshi Nobutoki (信時 潔, 1887–1965), Japanese composer
* Kiyoshi Noda (野田 清, born 1946), Japanese handball player
* Kiyoshi Ogawa (小川 清, 1922–1945), Japanese navy pilot
* Kiyoshi Oka (岡 潔, 1901–1978), Japanese mathematician
* Kiyoshi Ōkubo (大久保 清, 1935–1976), Japanese murderer
* Kiyoshi Okuma (大熊 清, born 1964), Japanese former football player
* Kiyoshi Saitō (disambiguation), multiple people
* Kiyoshi Sakai (酒井 澄), Japanese anime producer and animator
* Kiyoshi Sasabe (佐々部 清, born 1958), Japanese film director
* Kiyoshi Shiga (志賀 潔, 1871–1957), Japanese physician and bacteriologist
* Kiyoshi Sonobe (薗部 澄, 1921–1996), Japanese photographer
* Kiyoshi Suzuki (鈴木 清, 1943–2000), Japanese photographer
* Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子, 1874–1959), Japanese poet
* Kiyoshi Takayama (髙山 清司, born 1946), Japanese Yakuza
* Kiyoshi Tamura (田村 潔司, born 1969), Japanese professional wrestler
* Kiyoshi Tanabe (田辺 清, born 1940), Japanese boxer
* Kiyoshi Tanimoto (谷本 清, 1909–1986), Japanese Methodist minister
* Kiyoshi Tomizawa (富沢 清司, born 1943), Japanese footballer
* Kiyoshi Toyoda (豊田 清, born 1971), Japanese baseballer
* Kiyoshi Uchiyama (内山 清), Japanese consul
* Kiyoshi Ueda (上田 清司, born 1948), Japanese politician
* Kiyoshi Uehara (植原 清, born 1948), Japanese fencer
* Kiyoshi Uematsu (born 1978), Japanese judōka
* Kiyoshi Yamashita (山下 清, 1922–1971), Japanese artist
* Kiyoshi Yoshimoti (吉用 清, 1948–2020), Japanese kobudōka

## Fictional characters

* Kiyoshi, from Hanazuki: Full of Treasures
* Kiyoshi Minamoto (皆本 清), from Battle Royale II: Requiem
* Kiyoshi Tani, from the novel We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
* Roy Kiyoshi [id], from the Indonesian program television show in Menembus Mata Bathin [id] and Karma
* Avatar Kyoshi, a minor character from Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, in which she is deceased but eventually became the heroine in her own book series
* Kiyoshi Teppei, from Kuroko's Basketball

## Literature

* The Legend of Kyoshi, a fantasy novel duology set in the Avatar franchise
** The Rise of Kyoshi, the first book in the series, published on July 16, 2019
** The Shadow of Kyoshi, the second book in the series, published on July 21, 2020