Tsuyoshi

Tsuyoshi
Inukai Tsuyoshi, the 29th Prime Minister of Japan
Pronunciation	Ts-yo-shí
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japan

Tsuyoshi (つよし, ツヨシ) is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Tsuyoshi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 剛, "sturdy"
• 豪, "overpowering"
• 毅, "strong"
• 力, "power"
• 剛史, "sturdy, history"
• 剛志, "sturdy, will"
• 剛士, "sturdy, gentleman/samurai"
• 強, « force »

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

with the given name Tsuyoshi

• Tsuyoshi Abe (力), a Japanese actor
• Tsuyoshi Chitose (剛直), the founder of Chito-ryu karate
• Tsuyoshi Dōmoto (剛), a Japanese performing artist
• Tsuyoshi Fujita (剛史), a Japanese professional Magic: The Gathering player
• Tsuyoshi Hasegawa (毅), a Japanese historian
• Tsuyoshi Hayashi (剛史), a Japanese actor
• Tsuyoshi Ichinohe (剛), a Japanese ski jumper
• Tsuyoshi Ihara (剛志), a Japanese actor
• Inukai Tsuyoshi (毅), the 29th Prime Minister of Japan
• Kashiwado Tsuyoshi (剛), a Japanese sumo wrestler and 47th yokozuna
• Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (毅), a Japanese professional wrestler
• Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (豪), a Japanese football player
• Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (剛), a Japanese mixed martial arts fighter
• Kotogaume Tsuyoshi (剛史), a Japanese sumo wrestler
• Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (剛), a Japanese actor and a member of the idol group SMAP
• Tsuyoshi Makino (剛), a Japanese author
• Midorikawa Tsuyoshi (毅志), a Kazakh manga artist
• Mienoumi Tsuyoshi (剛司), a Japanese sumo wrestler and 57th yokozuna
• Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi (剛), a Japanese singer-songwriter
• Tsuyoshi Nakaima (強), a Japanese manga artist
• Tsuyoshi Nakasako (剛), a Japanese professional kickboxer
• Tsuyoshi Nishioka (剛), a Japanese professional baseball player
• Tsuyoshi Ogata (剛), a Japanese long-distance runner
• Tsuyoshi Ōhashi (ツヨシ), a Japanese manga artist
• Tsuyoshi Sekito (剛), a Japanese video game music composer, arranger and performer
• Tsuyoshi Shinjo (剛志), a Japanese professional baseball outfielder
• Tsuyoshi Suzuki, a Japanese DJ and the co-founder of the label Matsuri Productions
• Tsuyoshi Takagi (毅), a Japanese politician
• Tsuyoshi Takashiro (剛), a Japanese DJ, filmmaker, and writer
• Tsuyoshi Tanikawa (谷川 烈, born 1980), Japanese footballer
• Tsuyoshi Tezuka (強), a Japanese professional drifting driver
• Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi (剛), a Georgian sumo wrestler
• Tsuyoshi Tomii (富井 剛志, born 1971), Japanese alpine skier
• Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (剛), a Japanese cellist
• Tsuyoshi Wada (毅), a Japanese baseball player
• Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (毅), Japanese freestyle swimmer
• Tsuyoshi Yanagidate (柳館 毅, born 1957), Japanese swimmer
• Tsuyoshi Yoshitake (剛), a Japanese football player
• Arawashi Tsuyoshi (荒鷲 毅, born 1986), Mongolian sumo wrestler

Fictional characters

with the given name Tsuyoshi

• Tsuyoshi Ohki/Sasaki (剛), a character in the manga and anime series Kodomo no Omocha
• Tsuyoshi Kaijo, the lead character in the tokusatsu series Himitsu Sentai Goranger
• Tsuyoshi Utada, a character in anime series Machine Robo Rescue.
• Tsuyoshi Watanabe, a character in Dragons Rioting.
• Tsuyoshi “Hunk” Garrett, a character in Dreamworks’ Netflix show Voltron: Legendary Defender