Yoshikuni

Yoshikuni is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.

Yoshikuni

Yoshikuni Date (1825–1874), Japanese samurai of late-Edo period
Pronunciation	joɕikɯnʲi (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Yosikuni (Kunrei-shiki) Yosikuni (Nihon-shiki) Yoshikuni (Hepburn)

Possible writings

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

• 義国 or 義國, "justice, country"
• 義邦, "justice, country"
• 義州, "justice, state"
• 善国 or 善國, "virtuous, country"
• 善邦, "virtuous, country"
• 善州, "virtuous, state"
• 吉国 or 吉國, "good luck, country"
• 吉邦, "good luck, country"
• 吉州, "good luck, state"
• 良国 or 良國, "good, country"
• 良邦, "good, country"
• 良州, "good, state"
• 恭国, "respectful, country"
• 嘉国, "excellent, country"
• 嘉邦, "excellent, country"
• 能国, "capacity, country"
• 喜国, "rejoice, country"

The name can also be written in hiragana よしくに or katakana ヨシクニ.

Notable people with the given name Yoshkuni

• Yoshikuni Araki (荒木 芳邦) (1921–1997), Japanese landscape architect
• Yoshikuni Date (伊達 慶邦) (1825–1874), Japanese daimyō
• Yoshikuni Matsudaira (松平 吉邦) (1681–1722), Japanese daimyō
• Yoshikuni Minamoto (源 義國) (1082–1155), Japanese samurai

Notable people with the surname Yoshikuni

• Ichiro Yoshikuni (吉國 一郎) (1916–2011), Japanese baseball executive