Yoshiyuki is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.
Written forms Yoshiyuki can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:
義幸, "justice, happiness" 義之, "justice, of" 義行, "justice, to go" 吉幸, "good luck, happiness" 吉之, "good luck, of" 吉行, "good luck, to go" 善幸, "virtuous, happiness" 善之, "virtuous, of" 善行, "virtuous, to go" 芳幸, "virtuous/fragrant, happiness" 芳之, "virtuous/fragrant, of" 芳行, "virtuous/fragrant, to go" 嘉之, "excellent, of" 嘉行, "excellent, to go" 好之, "good/like something, of" 慶之, "congratulate, of" 良幸, "good, happiness"
The name can also be written in hiragana よしゆき or katakana ヨシユキ.
Notable people with the given name Yoshiyuki , Japanese bobsledder , Japanese sumo wrestler Yoshiyuki Iwamoto (岩本 義行, 1912–2008), Japanese baseball player Yoshiyuki Kamei (亀井 善之, 1936–2006), Japanese politician , Japanese footballer and manager Yoshiyuki Kawashima (川島 義之, 1878–1945), general in the Imperial Japanese Army , Japanese footballer , Japanese fashion designer Yoshiyuki Kouno (河野 義行, born 1950), victim of the Matsumoto incident Yoshiyuki Kubota (窪田 義行, born 1972), Japanese shogi player Yoshiyuki Matsumoto (松本 佳介, born 1971), Japanese shogi player Yoshiyuki Matsuoka (松岡 義之, born 1957), Japanese judoka , Japanese swimmer Yoshiyuki Ogata (緒方 良行, born 1998), Japanese climber , Japanese curler and curling coach Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (貞本 義行, born 1962), Japanese character designer and manga artist Yoshiyuki Sakaki (榊 佳之, born 1942), Japanese molecular biologist Yoshiyuki Sato (佐藤 佳幸, born 1975), Japanese ski mountaineer , Japanese speed skater Yoshiyuki Shimozuma (下妻 由幸, born 1977), Japanese voice actor Yoshiyuki Tomino (富野 喜幸, born 1941), Japanese anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (鶴田 義行, 1903–1986), Japanese swimmer Yoshiyuki Yoshida (吉田 善行, born 1974), Japanese mixed martial artist
Notable people with the surname Yoshiyuki Eisuke Yoshiyuki (吉行 栄助, 1906–1940), Japanese writer Junnosuke Yoshiyuki (吉行 淳之介, 1923–1994), Japanese writer Kazuko Yoshiyuki (吉行 和子, 1935–2025), Japanese actress, voice actress and essayist Kohei Yoshiyuki (吉行 耕平, born 1946), Japanese photographer , Japanese poet and writer Yumi Yoshiyuki (吉行 由実, born 1965), Japanese film director, actress, and screenwriter
See also 5172 Yoshiyuki, a main-belt asteroid