Yoshihiro

Given name

Notable people with the given name Yoshihiro are listed below. Names are written below in Japanese (except for people for whom the kanji used to write their name are not known) with the family name first, followed by a space and the given name.

Daimyō and samurai

Note: people in this section have their names written with the surname first.

Hachisuka Yoshihiro (蜂須賀 至央, 1737–1754), Japanese daimyo

Matsumae Yoshihiro (松前 慶広, 1548–1616), Japanese samurai

Ōuchi Yoshihiro (大内 義興, 1356–1399), daimyo

Satomi Yoshihiro (里見 義弘, 1530–1578), samurai

Shimazu Yoshihiro (島津 義弘, 1535–1619), seventeenth head of the Shimazu clan

Baseball

Yoshihiro Doi (土肥 義弘, born 1976), Japanese baseball pitcher (Nippon Professional Baseball)

Yoshihiro Ito (baseball) (伊藤 義弘, born 1982), Japanese baseball pitcher (Nippon Professional Baseball)

Yoshihiro Maru (丸 佳浩, born 1989), Japanese baseball player (Nippon Professional Baseball)

Yoshihiro Suzuki (鈴木 義広, born 1983) is a Japanese baseball pitcher (Nippon Professional Baseball)

Football

Yoshihiro Nakano (中野 嘉大, born 1993), Japanese football player

Yoshihiro Natsuka (名塚 善寛, born 1969), Japanese football player

Yoshihiro Nishida (西田 吉洋, born 1973), Japanese football player

Yoshihiro Shoji (庄司 悦大, born 1989), Japanese football player

Yoshihiro Uchimura (内村 圭宏, born 1985), Japanese football player

Professional wrestling

Yoshihiro Asai (浅井 嘉浩, born 1966), Japanese professional wrestler

Yoshihiro Momota (百田 義浩, 1946–2000), Japanese professional wrestler

Yoshihiro Tajiri (田尻 義博, born 1970), Japanese professional wrestler

Yoshihiro Takayama (高山 善廣, 21st century), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter

Other

Yoshihiro Akiyama (秋山 成勲, born 1975), Japanese judoka

Yoshihiro Azuma (born 1991), Japanese sprinter

Yoshihiro Fujita (藤田 芳弘, born 1952), Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler

Yoshihiro Fujita (fighter) (born 1969), Japanese mixed martial artist

Yoshihiro Horigome (堀籠 佳宏, born 1981), Japanese sprinter

Yoshihiro Ito (racing driver) (born 1977), Japanese racing driver

Yoshihiro Hamaguchi (浜口 喜博, born 1926), Japanese freestyle swimmer

Yoshihiro Kitazawa (北沢 欣浩, born 1962), Japanese speed skater

Yoshihiro Murakami (村上 佳宏, born 1976), Japanese modern pentathlete

Yoshihiro Nakao (中尾 芳広, born 1972) Japanese mixed martial artist

Yoshihiro Okumura (奥村 幸大, born 1983), Japanese swimmer

Yoshihiro Sato (佐藤 嘉洋, born 1981), Japanese professional kickboxer and martial artist

Yoshihiro Shiga (born 1956), Japanese handball player

Yoshihiro Tsumuraya (born 1964), Japanese cyclist

Yoshihiro Yasumi (born 1949), Japanese water polo player

Politics

Yoshihiro Katayama (片山 善博, born 1951), Japanese politician, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications (2010)

Yoshihiro Kawakami (川上 義博, born 1950), Japanese politician with the Democratic Party of Japan

Yoshihiro Kawano (河野 義博, born 1977), Japanese politician with Kōmeitō

Yoshihiro Murai (村井 嘉浩, born 1960), Japanese politician with the Liberal Democratic Party, governor of Miyagi Prefecture

Yoshihiro Seki (関 芳弘, born 1965), Japanese politician with the Liberal Democratic Party

Yoshihiro Tokugawa (徳川 義寛, 1906–1996), Japanese political figure

Visual arts

Yoshihiro Fukagawa (深川 栄洋, born 1976), Japanese film director

Yoshihiro Nakamura (中村 義洋, fl. 21st century), Japanese film director

Yoshihiro Nishimura (西村 喜廣, born 1967), Japanese film director

Yoshihiro Takahashi (高橋 義廣, fl. 21st century), Japanese manga artist

Yoshihiro Tatsuki (立木 義浩, 1935–2015), Japanese photographer

Yoshihiro Tatsumi (fl. 21st century), Japanese manga artist

Yoshihiro Togashi (冨樫 義博, born 1966), Japanese manga artist

Other

Yoshihiro Francis Fukuyama (born 1952), American philosopher, political economist, and author

Yoshihiro Hattori (服部 剛丈, 1975–1992), Japanese exchange student who was killed in the United States

Yoshihiro Kawaoka (河岡 義裕, born 1955), Japanese virologist, professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Tokyo

Yoshihiro Narisawa (成澤 由浩, born 1969), Japanese chef

Yoshihiro Tsurumi (霍見 芳浩, born 1935), Japanese economist, professor of international business at Baruch College of the City University of New York

Yoshihiro Yasuda (安田 好弘, born 1948), Japanese lawyer and anti-death penalty activist

Yoshihiro Yonezawa (米澤 嘉博, 1953–2006), Japanese manga critic

Surname

Mitsuyuki Yoshihiro (吉弘 充志, born 1985), Japanese football player