Kuniyoshi
Pronunciation | Kuniyoshi |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Japanese |
Region of origin | Japanese |
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Kuniyoshi (written: 国吉 or 國吉) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Fumio Kuniyoshi (国吉 史生, born 1985), Japanese-German rapper
- Takahiro Kuniyoshi (國吉 貴博, born 1988), Japanese footballer
- Yasuo Kuniyoshi (国吉 康雄, 1893–1953), American painter and photographer
- Yuki Kuniyoshi (国吉 佑樹, born 1991), Japanese baseball player
Kuniyoshi (written: 邦嘉, 邦佳, 邦栄, 國義 or 國芳) is also a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Kuniyoshi Hironaka (弘中 邦佳, born 1976), Japanese mixed martial artist
- Kuniyoshi Kaneko (金子 國義, 1936–2015), Japanese painter, illustrator and photographer
- Kuniyoshi Obara (小原 國芳, 1887–1977), Japanese educational theorist and publisher
- Kuniyoshi Sakai (酒井 邦嘉), Japanese scientist
- Tamura Kuniyoshi (田村 邦栄, 1852–1887), Japanese daimyō
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川 國芳, 1797–1861), Japanese artist in woodblock printing and painting
- Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi (1873–1929), member of the Japanese imperial family and field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army
References
[edit]- ^ 1990 Census Name Files Archived 2010-10-07 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
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