Yoshinobu

Yoshinobu is a masculine Japanese given name.

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


 * 義信, "justice, believe"
 * 義伸, "justice, extend"
 * 義延, "justice, extend"
 * 佳信, "skilled, believe"
 * 佳伸, "skilled, extend"
 * 佳延, "skilled, extend"
 * 善信, "virtuous, believe"
 * 吉信, "good luck, believe"
 * 吉伸, "good luck, extend"
 * 良信, "good, believe"
 * 恭信, "respectful, believe"
 * 嘉信, "excellent, believe"
 * 嘉伸, "excellent, extend"
 * 嘉延, "excellent, extend"

The name can also be written in hiragana よしのぶ or katakana ヨシノブ.

Notable people with the name

 * James Yoshinobu Iha (井葉 吉伸), better known as James Iha, Japanese-American rock musician
 * Yoshinobu Akao (赤尾 佳宣), Japanese footballer
 * Yoshinobu Ashihara (芦原 義信), Japanese architect
 * Yoshinobu Fujiwara (藤原 良信), Japanese politician
 * Yoshinobu Harada (原田 欽庸), Japanese footballer
 * Yoshinobu Ikeda (池田 義信), Japanese film director and executive
 * Yoshinobu Ishii (石井 義信), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Yoshinobu Ishikawa (石川 嘉延), Japanese politician
 * Yoshinobu Kanemaru (金丸 義信), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Ikuya Sawaki (real name Yoshinobu Mikami (三上 芳信) (born 1951), Japanese voice actor
 * Yoshinobu Minowa (箕輪 義信), Japanese footballer
 * Yoshinobu Miyake (三宅 義信), Japanese weightlifter
 * Yoshinobu Miyake (religionist) (三宅 善信), Japanese Shinto priest and scholar
 * Yoshinobu Miyazaki (宮崎 義伸), Japanese swimmer
 * Yoshinobu Natsume (夏目 吉信), Japanese samurai
 * Yoshinobu Nisaka (仁坂 吉伸), Japanese politician
 * Yoshinobu Nishizaki (西崎 義展), Japanese film producer
 * Yoshinobu Ohga (大賀 好修), Japanese music arranger and guitarist
 * Yoshinobu Ohira (平 喜信), Japanese politician
 * Yoshinobu Onakatomi (大中臣 能宣), Japanese poet
 * Yoshinobu Ota (太田 義信, born 1972), Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Yoshinobu Oyakawa (親川 義信, born 1933), Japanese-American swimmer
 * Yoshinobu Satake (佐竹 義宣), Japanese daimyō
 * Yoshinobu Shimamura (島村 宜伸), Japanese politician
 * Yoshinobu Takahashi (高橋 由伸), Japanese baseball player and manager
 * Yoshinobu Takeda (武田 義信), Japanese daimyō
 * Yoshinobu Tokugawa (徳川 慶喜), Japanese shōgun
 * Yoshinobu Tsukada (塚田 好宣), Japanese golfer
 * Yoshinobu Yamamoto (山本 由伸), Japanese baseball player