Kiyoshi

Kiyoshi

Gender	Different genders depending on the kanji used
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Kiyoshi Watatani (Japanese Novelist)

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 Adachi (安達 澄; born 1969), Japanese politician
• Kiyoshi Aki (安藝 清; born 1947), Japanese owner and founder of Aeon Corporation
• Kiyoshi Akita (秋田 清; 1881–1944), Japanese politician and cabinet minister
• Kiyoshi Arai (新井 潔; born 1969), Japanese former professional baseball player
• Kiyoshi Arakaki (新垣 清; born 1954), Japanese karate practitioner, historian and novelist
• Kiyoshi Asai (浅井 浄; born 1940), Japanese sprinter
• Kiyoshi Atsumi (渥美 清; 1928–1996), Japanese film actor
• Kiyoshi Awazu (粟津 潔; 1929–2009), Japanese graphic designer
• Kiyoshi Doi (土井 淳; born 1933), Japanese baseball player
• Kiyoshi Ejima (江島 潔; born 1957), Japanese politician
• 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 Hatanaka (畑中 清詞; born 1967), Japanese retired boxer
• Kiyoshi Hayasaka (早坂 毅代司; born 1954), Japanese cross-country skier
• Kiyoshi Hikawa (氷川 きよし; born 1977), Japanese Enka singer
• Kiyoshi Hiraizumi (平泉 澄; 1895–1984), Japanese historian and Shinto priest
• Kiyoshi Igarashi (五十嵐 清; born 1969), Japanese politician
• Kiyoshi Igusa (born 1949), Japanese-American mathematician
• Kiyoshi Ijichi (伊地知 潔; born 1977), Japanese drummer of Asian Kung-Fu Generation
• Kiyoshi Ikeda (池田 清; 1885–1966), Japanese bureaucrat, police official, and politician
• Kiyoshi Ikenaga (池永 清; born 1966), a Shiatsu Master, Shiatsupractor (SPR),
• Kiyoshi Imazumi (今泉 清; born 1967), Japanese former rugby union player
• Kiyoshi Inoue (井上 清; 1913–2001), Japanese academic, historian and writer
• Kiyoshi Itô (伊藤 清; 1915–2008), Japanese mathematician
• Kiyoshi Jinzai (神西 清; 1903–1957), Japanese novelist, Russian translator and literary critic
• Kiyoshi Kase (加瀬 清; 1903–????), Japanese wrestler
• 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 Kitagawa (北川 潔; 1958–2026), Japanese-American jazz double bassist
• Kiyoshi Kiyosawa (清沢 洌; 1890–1945), Japanese journalist and writer
• Kiyoshi Kobayashi (小林 清志; 1933–2022), Japanese actor
• Kiyoshi Kobayashi (professor) (小林 潔司; born 1953), Japanese president of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers
• Kiyoshi Kodama (児玉 清; 1934–2011), Japanese TV personality and 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 Maekawa (前川 清; born 1948), Japanese singer and tarento
• Kiyoshi Maita (真板 潔; born 1959), Japanese golfer
• Kiyoshi Miki (三木 清; 1897–1945), Japanese philosopher
• Kiyoshi Misaki (見崎 清志; born 1946), Japanese former racing driver
• Kyoshi Miura (三浦 恭資; born 1961), Japanese cyclist
• Kiyoshi Miyazato (宮里 聖志; born 1977), Japanese professional golfer
• Kiyoshi Mizuuchi (水内 潔), Japanese biochemist
• Kiyoshi Murota (室田 淳; born 1955), Japanese professional golfer
• Kiyoshi Mutō (武藤 清; 1903–1989), Japanese architect and structural engineer
• Kiyoshi K. Muranaga (村永 清; 1922–1944), United States Army soldier
• Kiyoshi Myōbudani (明歩谷 清; 1937–2024), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Kiyoshi Nagai (長井 潔; 1949–2019), Japanese structural biologist
• Kiyoshi Nakahata (中畑 清; born 1954), Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball player
• Kiyoshi Nakakura (中倉 清; 1910–2000), Japanese kendoka, iaidoka and aikidoka
• Kiyoshi Nakamura (runner) (中村 清; 1913–1985), Japanese middle-distance runner
• Kiyoshi Nakamura (footballer) (中村 聖; born 1971), Japanese former football player
• Kiyoshi Nakano (中野 清; born 1936), Japanese politician
• Kiyoshi Nakarai (半井 清; 1888–1982), Japanese bureaucrat, colonial official, and politician
• Kiyoshi Nishikawa (西川 きよし; born 1946), Japanese comedian, actor and former politician
• Kiyoshi Nishimura (西村 潔; 1932–1993), Japanese film director and screenwriter
• Kiyoshi Nishiyama (西山 清; 1893–1983), Japanese photographer
• Kiyoshi Nishiyama (handballer) (西山 清; born 1959), Japanese handball player
• Kiyoshi Niwa (丹羽 清; born 1947), Japanese track and field athlete
• Kiyoshi Nobutoki (信時 潔; 1887–1965), Japanese composer
• Kiyoshi Noda (野田 清; born 1946), Japanese handball player
• Kiyoshi Noguchi (野口 清; 1877–1930), Japanese martial artist
• Kiyoshi Odawara (小田原 潔; born 1964), Japanese politician
• 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 Oshikawa (押川 清; 1881–1944), Japanese baseball player
• Kiyoshi Saitō (artist) (斎藤 清; 1907–1997), Japanese sōsaku-hanga artist
• Kiyoshi Saito (table tennis) (斎藤 清; born 1962), Japanese former international table tennis player
• Kiyoshi Sakai (酒井 澄), Japanese anime producer and animator
• Kiyoshi Sasabe (佐々部 清; born 1958), Japanese film director
• Kiyoshi Sekiguchi (関口 潔; born 1969), Japanese professional football manager
• Kiyoshi Shiga (志賀 潔; 1871–1957), Japanese physician and bacteriologist
• Kiyoshi Shigematsu (重松 清; born 1963), Japanese writer
• Kiyoshi Sonobe (薗部 澄; 1921–1996), Japanese photographer
• Kiyoshi Sumiya (角谷 清; born 1925), Japanese diplomat
• 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 Tanabe (tennis) (田辺 清; born 1950), Japanese former professional tennis player
• 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 baseball player
• 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 (キヨシ ウエマツ; born 1978), Japanese judōka
• Kiyoshi Umegaki (梅垣 清; born 2007), Japanese racing driver
• Kiyoshi Yabuuchi (薮内 清; 1906–2000), Japanese astronomer and historian of science
• Kiyoshi Yamashita (山下 清; 1922–1971), Japanese artist
• Kiyoshi Yoshida (吉田 潔; born 1964), Japanese composer
• 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, from the Indonesian program television show in Menembus Mata Bathin 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

See also

• Kyoshi (disambiguation)
• 清 (disambiguation)