Yashiro

Yashiro is a Japanese surname and a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings
Yashiro can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:


 * 社, "company"
 * 矢士呂, "arrow, knight, backbone"
 * 矢白, "arrow, white"

The name can also be written in hiragana やしろ or katakana ヤシロ.

Yashirō or Yashirou is a separate Japanese given name, though it may be romanized the same way Yashiro. Some examples:


 * 矢四郎, "arrow, four, son"
 * 弥四郎, "more and more, four, son"
 * 野四郎, "field, four, son"
 * 夜史郎, "night, history, son"
 * 八史朗, "eight, history, clear"
 * 耶司郎, "question mark, administer, son"

The name can also be written in hiragana やしろう or katakana ヤシロウ.

Notable people with the given name Yashiro

 * Yashiro Ujii (雲林院 弥四郎), Japanese samurai

Notable people with the surname Yashiro

 * Aki Yashiro (八代 亜紀), Japanese enka singer and painter
 * Akio Yashiro (矢代 秋雄), Japanese composer
 * Kageyori Yashiro (屋代 景頼), Japanese samurai
 * Masamoto Yashiro (八城 政基), Japanese businessman
 * Minase Yashiro (八代 みなせ), Japanese gravure idol, actress, and TV personality
 * Misao Yashiro (矢代 操, 1852–1891), Japanese educator, one of the founders of Meiji Law School (later Meiji University).
 * Naomi Yashiro (矢代 直美), Japanese former basketball player
 * Satoshi Yashiro (born 1974), former Japanese football player
 * Shun Yashiro (矢代 駿), Japanese actor and voice actor
 * Wataru Yashiro (八代 弥), Japanese shogi player
 * Rokuro Yashiro (八代 六郎), admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and Navy Minister
 * Yukio Yashiro (矢代 幸雄), Japanese academic and art historian

Fictional characters

 * Yashiro (矢代), the main character in Twittering Birds Never Fly
 * Yashiro Isana (伊佐那 社), the main character in K (TV series)
 * Yashiro Gaku (八代 学), the main antagonist in Boku Dake ga Inai Machi
 * Yashiro Nanakase (七枷 社), a character from The King Of Fighters
 * Yashiro Nene (八尋 寧々), the protagonist of Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun