Kiyoshi

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), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Kiyoshi Adachi (安達 清), Japanese pole vaulter
 * Kiyoshi Atsumi (渥美 清), Japanese film actor
 * Kiyoshi Doi (土井 淳), Japanese baseball player
 * Kiyoshi Esashika (江刺家 清), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Kiyoshi Fujita (藤田 キヨシ), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Kiyoshi Hasegawa (admiral) (長谷川 清), Japanese admiral
 * Kiyoshi Hasegawa (artist) (長谷川 潔), Japanese artist
 * Kiyoshi Hikawa (氷川 きよし), Japanese Enka singer
 * Hiraizumi Kiyoshi (平泉 澄), Japanese historian and Shinto priest
 * Kiyoshi Ijichi (伊地知 潔), Japanese drummer of Asian Kung-Fu Generation
 * Kiyoshi Ikenaga (池永 清), a Shiatsu Master, Shiatsupractor (SPR),
 * Kiyoshi Inoue (井上 清), Japanese academic, historian and writer
 * Kiyoshi Itô (伊藤 清), Japanese mathematician
 * Kiyoshi Katsuki (香月 清司), Japanese general soldier
 * Kiyoshi Kawakami (河上 清), Japanese Christian journalist
 * Kiyoshi Kawakubo (川久保 潔), Japanese voice actor
 * Kiyoshi Kimura (木村 清), Japanese businessman
 * Kiyoshi Kobayashi (小林 清志), Japanese actor
 * Kiyoshi Koishi (小石 清), Japanese photographer
 * Kiyoshi Kuromiya (1943–2000), Japanese American author and advocate
 * Kiyoshi Kurosawa (黒沢 清), Japanese film director
 * Kiyoshi Maita (真板 潔), Japanese golfer
 * Kiyoshi Miki (三木 清), Japanese philosopher
 * Kiyoshi K. Muranaga (1922–1944), soldier
 * Kyoshi Miura (三浦 恭資), Japanese cyclist
 * Kiyoshi Myobudani (明歩谷 清), Japanese sumo wrestler
 * Kiyoshi Nakakura (中倉 清), Japanese kendoka, iaidoka and aikidoka
 * Kiyoshi Nakamura (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Kiyoshi Nakano (中野 清), Japanese politician
 * Kiyoshi Nishiyama (西山 清), Japanese photographer
 * Kiyoshi Nishiyama (handballer) (西山 清), Japanese handball player
 * Kiyoshi Nobutoki (信時 潔), Japanese composer
 * Kiyoshi Noda (野田 清), Japanese handball player
 * Kiyoshi Ogawa (小川 清), Japanese navy pilot
 * Kiyoshi Oka (岡 潔), Japanese mathematician
 * Kiyoshi Ōkubo (大久保 清), Japanese murderer
 * Kiyoshi Okuma (大熊 清), 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), Japanese film director
 * Kiyoshi Shiga (志賀 潔), Japanese physician and bacteriologist
 * Kiyoshi Sonobe (薗部 澄), Japanese photographer
 * Kiyoshi Suzuki (鈴木 清), Japanese photographer
 * Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子), Japanese poet
 * Kiyoshi Takayama (髙山 清司), Japanese Yakuza
 * Kiyoshi Tamura (田村 潔司), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Kiyoshi Tanabe (田辺 清), Japanese boxer
 * Kiyoshi Tanimoto (谷本 清), Japanese Methodist minister
 * Kiyoshi Tomizawa (富沢 清司), Japanese footballer
 * Kiyoshi Toyoda (豊田 清), Japanese baseballer
 * Kiyoshi Uchiyama (内山 清), Japanese consul
 * Kiyoshi Ueda (上田 清司), Japanese politician
 * Kiyoshi Uehara (植原 清), Japanese fencer
 * Kiyoshi Uematsu (born 1978), Japanese judōka
 * Kiyoshi Yamashita (山下 清), Japanese artist
 * Kiyoshi Yoshimoti (吉用 清), 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