Kiyoshi, (きよし or キヨシ), is a Japanese given name, also spelled Kyoshi.

Possible meanings

• Kyōshi, a form of Japanese poetry
• Kyōshi, a Japanese honorific

Possible writings

• 清, "cleanse"
• 淳, "pure"
• 潔, "undefiled"
• 清志, "cleanse, intention"
• 清司, "cleanse, official"
• 聖, "holy"
• 澄, "lucidity"
• 潔司, "undefiled, official"

People with the name

• Akira Kawabata ("Kiyoshi"), pro wrestler
• Kiyoshi Abe (阿部 巨史, born 1947), Japanese sport wrestler
• Kiyoshi Adachi (安達 清, 1914–?), Japanese pole vaulter
• Kiyoshi Atsumi (渥美 清, 1928–1996), Japanese film actor
• Kiyoshi Doi (土井 淳, born 1933), Japanese baseball player
• Kiyoshi Esashika (江刺家 清, born 1948), Japanese ice hockey player
• Kiyoshi Fujita (藤田 キヨシ, born 1972), Japanese ice hockey player
• Kiyoshi Hasegawa (admiral) (長谷川 清, 1883–1970), Japanese admiral
• Kiyoshi Hasegawa (artist) (長谷川 潔, 1891–1980), Japanese artist
• Kiyoshi Hikawa (氷川 きよし, born 1977), Japanese Enka singer
• Hiraizumi Kiyoshi (平泉 澄, 1895–1984), Japanese historian and Shinto priest
• Kiyoshi Ijichi (伊地知 潔, born 1977), Japanese drummer of Asian Kung-Fu Generation
• Kiyoshi Ikenaga (池永 清, born 1966), a Shiatsu Master, Shiatsupractor (SPR),
• Kiyoshi Inoue (井上 清, 1913–2001), Japanese academic, historian and writer
• Kiyoshi Itô (伊藤 清, 1915–2008), Japanese mathematician
• Kiyoshi Katsuki (香月 清司, 1881–1950), Japanese general soldier
• Kiyoshi Kawakami (河上 清, 1873–1949), Japanese Christian journalist
• Kiyoshi Kawakubo (川久保 潔, 1929–2019), Japanese voice actor
• Kiyoshi Kimura (木村 清, born 1952), Japanese businessman
• Kiyoshi Kobayashi (小林 清志, 1933–2022), Japanese actor
• Kiyoshi Koishi (小石 清, 1908-1957), Japanese photographer
• Kiyoshi Kuromiya (1943–2000), Japanese American author and advocate
• Kiyoshi Kurosawa (黒沢 清, born 1955), Japanese film director
• Kiyoshi Maita (真板 潔, born 1959), Japanese golfer
• Kiyoshi Miki (三木 清, 1897–1945), Japanese philosopher
• Kiyoshi K. Muranaga (1922–1944), soldier
• Kyoshi Miura (三浦 恭資, born 1961), Japanese cyclist
• Kiyoshi Myobudani (明歩谷 清, born 1937), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Kiyoshi Nakakura (中倉 清, 1910–2000), Japanese kendoka, iaidoka and aikidoka
• Kiyoshi Nakamura (disambiguation), multiple people
• Kiyoshi Nakano (中野 清, born 1936), Japanese politician
• Kiyoshi Nishiyama (西山 清, 1893–1983), Japanese photographer
• Kiyoshi Nishiyama (handballer) (西山 清, born 1959), Japanese handball player
• Kiyoshi Nobutoki (信時 潔, 1887–1965), Japanese composer
• Kiyoshi Noda (野田 清, born 1946), Japanese handball player
• Kiyoshi Ogawa (小川 清, 1922–1945), Japanese navy pilot
• Kiyoshi Oka (岡 潔, 1901–1978), Japanese mathematician
• Kiyoshi Ōkubo (大久保 清, 1935–1976), Japanese murderer
• Kiyoshi Okuma (大熊 清, born 1964), Japanese former football player
• Kiyoshi Saitō (disambiguation), multiple people
• Kiyoshi Sakai (酒井 澄), Japanese anime producer and animator
• Kiyoshi Sasabe (佐々部 清, born 1958), Japanese film director
• Kiyoshi Shiga (志賀 潔, 1871–1957), Japanese physician and bacteriologist
• Kiyoshi Sonobe (薗部 澄, 1921–1996), Japanese photographer
• Kiyoshi Suzuki (鈴木 清, 1943–2000), Japanese photographer
• Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子, 1874–1959), Japanese poet
• Kiyoshi Takayama (髙山 清司, born 1946), Japanese Yakuza
• Kiyoshi Tamura (田村 潔司, born 1969), Japanese professional wrestler
• Kiyoshi Tanabe (田辺 清, born 1940), Japanese boxer
• Kiyoshi Tanimoto (谷本 清, 1909–1986), Japanese Methodist minister
• Kiyoshi Tomizawa (富沢 清司, born 1943), Japanese footballer
• Kiyoshi Toyoda (豊田 清, born 1971), Japanese baseballer
• Kiyoshi Uchiyama (内山 清), Japanese consul
• Kiyoshi Ueda (上田 清司, born 1948), Japanese politician
• Kiyoshi Uehara (植原 清, born 1948), Japanese fencer
• Kiyoshi Uematsu (born 1978), Japanese judōka
• Kiyoshi Yamashita (山下 清, 1922–1971), Japanese artist
• Kiyoshi Yoshimoti (吉用 清, 1948–2020), Japanese kobudōka

Fictional characters

• Kiyoshi, from Hanazuki: Full of Treasures
• Kiyoshi Minamoto (皆本 清), from Battle Royale II: Requiem
• Kiyoshi Tani, from the novel We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
• Roy Kiyoshi, from the Indonesian program television show in Menembus Mata Bathin and Karma
• Kiyoshi Yaksubo, from the Marvel Comics series Predator by Ed Brission
• Avatar Kyoshi, a minor character from Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, in which she is deceased but eventually became the heroine in her own book series

Literature

• The Legend of Kyoshi, a fantasy novel duology set in the Avatar franchise
  • The Rise of Kyoshi, the first book in the series, published on July 16, 2019
  • The Shadow of Kyoshi, the second book in the series, published on July 21, 2020

See also

• Kyoshi (disambiguation)