Yoshitaka

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

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


 * 義孝, "justice, filial piety"
 * 義隆, "justice, noble"
 * 義貴, "justice, precious"
 * 義高, "justice, tall"
 * 吉孝, "good luck,filial piety"
 * 吉隆, "good luck, noble"
 * 吉貴, "good luck, precious"
 * 吉高, "good luck, tall"
 * 善孝, "virtuous, filial piety"
 * 善隆, "virtuous, noble"
 * 善貴, "virtuous, precious"
 * 善高, "virtuous, tall"
 * 芳孝, "fragrant/virtuous, filial piety"
 * 芳隆, "fragrant/virtuous, noble"
 * 芳貴, "fragrant/virtuous, precious"
 * 芳高, "fragrant/virtuous, tall"
 * 好孝, "good/like something, filial piety"
 * 喜孝, "rejoice, filial piety"
 * 喜隆, "rejoice, noble"
 * 慶隆, "congratulate, noble"
 * 由貴, "reason, precious"
 * 由高, "reason, tall"

The name can also be written in hiragana よしたか or katakana ヨシタカ.

Notable people with the given name Yoshitaka

 * Yositaka Adachi (born 1962), Palauan politician
 * Yoshitaka Amano (天野 喜孝), Japanese artist
 * Yoshitaka Egawa (江川 嘉孝), Japanese basketball player
 * Yoshitaka Fujii (藤井 善隆), Japanese anesthesiologist
 * Yoshitaka Fujisaki (藤崎 義孝), Japanese footballer
 * Yoshitaka Fukuda (福田 吉孝), Japanese businessman
 * Yoshitaka Hatakeyama (畠山 義隆), Japanese daimyō
 * Yoshitaka Hirota (弘田 佳孝), Japanese video game composer and bass guitarist
 * Yoshitaka Hoshino (星野 良生), Japanese shogi player
 * Yoshitaka Iwamizu (岩水 嘉孝), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Yoshitaka Kageyama (影山 由高), Japanese footballer
 * Yoshitaka Komori (小森 由貴), Japanese footballer
 * Yoshitaka Kuki (九鬼 嘉隆), Japanese samurai
 * Yoshitaka Kuroda (黒田 孝高), Japanese daimyō
 * Yoshitaka Mizuo (水尾 嘉孝), Japanese baseball player
 * Yoshitaka Murata (村田 吉隆), Japanese politician
 * Yoshitaka Murayama (村山 吉隆), Japanese video game designer
 * Yoshitaka Muroya (室矢 芳隆), Japanese middle-distance runner
 * Yoshitaka Ouchi (大内 義隆), Japanese daimyō
 * Yoshitaka Nishimura (西村 宜隆), Japanese video game composer
 * Yoshitaka Sakurada (桜田 義孝), Japanese politician
 * Yoshitaka Shindo (新藤 義孝), Japanese politician
 * Yoshitaka Tamba (丹波 義隆), Japanese actor
 * Yoshitaka Tokunaga (德永 祥尭), Japanese rugby sevens player
 * Yoshitaka Watanabe (渡辺 佳孝), Japanese footballer
 * Yoshitaka Yamamoto (山本 善隆), Japanese golfer

Notable people with the surname Yoshitaka

 * Yukiharu Yoshitaka (吉鷹 幸春), Japanese judoka
 * Yuriko Yoshitaka (吉高 由里子), Japanese actress

Fictional characters

 * Yoshitaka Moriyama (森山 由孝), a character in the manga series Kuroko's Basketball
 * Yoshitaka Nakabayashi (中林 義貴), protagonist of the manga series He is my Master
 * Yoshitaka Waya (和谷 義高), character in Hikaru no Go