Yoshinaga

Yoshinaga Asano (1576–1613), Japanese samurai
Pronunciation	joɕinaga (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	depends on the kanji used.
Other names
Alternative spelling	Yosinaga (Kunrei-shiki) Yosinaga (Nihon-shiki) Yoshinaga (Hepburn)

Yoshinaga is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.

Possible writings

Yoshinaga can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:

• 義長, "justice, long"
• 義永, "justice, eternity"
• 佳長, "skilled, long"
• 佳永, "skilled, eternity"
• 善長, "virtuous, long"
• 善永, "virtuous, eternity"
• 吉長, "good luck, long"
• 吉永, "good luck, eternity"
• 良長, "good, long"
• 良永, "good, eternity"
• 恭長, "respectful, long"
• 嘉長, "excellent, long"
• 嘉永, "excellent, eternity"
• 能長, "capacity, long"
• 喜長, "rejoice, long"

The name can also be written in hiragana よしなが or katakana ヨシナガ.

Notable people with the given name Yoshinaga

• Yoshinaga Ouchi (大内 義長, 1532–1557), 16th century Kyushu warrior
• Yoshinaga Asano (浅野 幸長, 1576–1613), Japanese samurai and feudal lord of the late Sengoku and early Edo period
• Yoshinaga Fujita (藤田 宜永, 1930–2020), award-winning novelist and screenwriter from Japan
• Yoshinaga Matsudaira (松平 慶永, 1828–1890), the 14th head of Fukui Domain during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and politician of the Meiji era

Notable people with the surname Yoshinaga

• Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga (アイコ・ハージック・ヨシナガ, 1925–2018), American political activist who played a major role in the Japanese American redress movement
• Fumi Yoshinaga (よしなが ふみ, born 1971), Japanese manga artist, known for her shōjo and shōnen-ai works
• Kazuki Yoshinaga (吉永 一貴, born 1999), Japanese speed skater
• Nadao Yoshinaga (ナダオ・ヨシナガ, 1919–2009), Japanese-American politician
• Sayuri Yoshinaga (吉永 小百合, born 1945), Japanese actress
• Shoi Yoshinaga (吉永 昇偉, born 2000), Japanese footballer

Fictional characters

• Miyuki Yoshinaga (吉永 みゆき), human guise of the Orchid Undead from Kamen Rider Blade

See also

• Yoshinaga, Okayama, former town located in Wake District, Japan
• Yoshinaga Station, train station in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
• Yoshinaga-san Chi no Gargoyle, a Japanese light novel series written by Sennendou Taguchi