Yoshinaga is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.
Written forms 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, 1950–2020), 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, 1924–2018), 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 , 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 , Japanese footballer
Fictional characters Miyuki Yoshinaga (吉永 みゆき), human disguise of the Orchid Undead from Kamen Rider Blade Yukari Yoshinaga, a minor character from Ultraman Max
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