Taiyō

Taiyō is the romanization for some Japanese words, such as 太陽 for sun and 大洋 for ocean. It can also refer to:

People
A male Japanese given name
 * Taiyo Hama (濱 大耀), Japanese footballer
 * Taiyō Kea (born 1975), American professional wrestler
 * Taiyo Shimokawa (下川 太陽), Japanese footballer
 * Natsuki Taiyo (夏樹 たいよう), Japanese professional wrestler

Organisations

 * Taiyō (magazine), a Japanese magazine
 * Taiyo Yakuhin or Taiyo Pharmaceutical Industry, a pharmaceutical product manufacturing company located in Takayama, Gifu, Japan, now part of Teva Pharmaceuticals
 * Taiyō Whales, one of the previous names of the Yokohama BayStars
 * Maruha Nichiro, a Japanese seafood company once known as Taiyo
 * Taiyo Yuden, a manufacturer of electronic components
 * Taiyo Department Store, a now-defunct department store in Kumamoto, Kumamoto famous for a 1973 fire

Other

 * Japanese aircraft carrier Taiyō, the first of the Taiyō class escort aircraft carriers
 * Taiyo (Locomía album), 1989
 * Taiyo (Chisato Moritaka album), 1996
 * Taiyō (song), the first single by Japanese band GO!GO!7188
 * Taiyō, a sunflower variety
 * Taiyo, a Japanese satellite launched in 1975 to study thermosphere and sun