Kiyoshi, (きよし or キヨシ), is a Japanese given name, also spelled Kyoshi.
Possible meanings Kyōshi, a form of Japanese poetry Kyōshi, a Japanese honorific
Written forms 清, "cleanse" 淳, "pure" 潔, "undefiled" 清志, "cleanse, intention" 清司, "cleanse, official" 聖, "holy" 澄, "lucidity" 潔司, "undefiled, official"
People with the name Akira Kawabata ("Kiyoshi"), pro wrestler , Japanese sport wrestler , Japanese pole vaulter , Japanese politician , Japanese owner and founder of Aeon Corporation , Japanese politician and cabinet minister , Japanese former professional baseball player , Japanese karate practitioner, historian and novelist , Japanese sprinter , Japanese film actor , Japanese graphic designer , Japanese baseball player , Japanese politician , Japanese ice hockey player , Japanese ice hockey player , Japanese admiral , Japanese artist , Japanese retired boxer , Japanese cross-country skier , Japanese Enka singer , Japanese historian and Shinto priest , Japanese politician Kiyoshi Igusa (born 1949), Japanese-American mathematician , Japanese drummer of Asian Kung-Fu Generation , Japanese bureaucrat, police official, and politician , a Shiatsu Master, Shiatsupractor (SPR), , Japanese former rugby union player , Japanese academic, historian and writer , Japanese mathematician , Japanese novelist, Russian translator and literary critic , Japanese wrestler , Japanese general soldier , Japanese Christian journalist , Japanese voice actor , Japanese businessman , Japanese-American jazz double bassist , Japanese journalist and writer , Japanese actor , Japanese president of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers , Japanese TV personality and actor , Japanese photographer , Japanese American author and advocate , Japanese film director , Japanese singer and tarento , Japanese golfer , Japanese philosopher , Japanese former racing driver , Japanese cyclist , Japanese professional golfer , Japanese biochemist , Japanese professional golfer , Japanese architect and structural engineer , United States Army soldier , Japanese sumo wrestler , Japanese structural biologist , Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball player , Japanese kendoka, iaidoka and aikidoka , Japanese middle-distance runner , Japanese former football player , Japanese politician , Japanese bureaucrat, colonial official, and politician , Japanese comedian, actor and former politician , Japanese film director and screenwriter , Japanese photographer , Japanese handball player , Japanese track and field athlete , Japanese composer , Japanese handball player , Japanese martial artist , Japanese politician , Japanese navy pilot , Japanese mathematician , Japanese murderer , Japanese former football player , Japanese baseball player , Japanese sōsaku-hanga artist , Japanese former international table tennis player , Japanese anime producer and animator , Japanese film director , Japanese professional football manager , Japanese physician and bacteriologist , Japanese writer , Japanese photographer , Japanese diplomat , Japanese photographer , Japanese poet , Japanese Yakuza , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese boxer , Japanese former professional tennis player , Japanese Methodist minister , Japanese footballer , Japanese baseball player , Japanese consul , Japanese politician , Japanese fencer , Japanese judōka , Japanese racing driver , Japanese astronomer and historian of science , Japanese artist , Japanese composer , Japanese kobudōka
Fictional characters Kiyoshi, from Hanazuki: Full of Treasures , from Battle Royale II: Requiem Kiyoshi Tani, from the novel We Are Not Free by Traci Chee , from the Indonesian program television show in and Karma Avatar Kyoshi, a minor character from Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, in which she is deceased but eventually became the heroine in her own book series Kiyoshi Teppei, from Kuroko's Basketball
Literature The Legend of Kyoshi, a fantasy novel duology set in the Avatar franchise The Rise of Kyoshi, the first book in the series, published on July 16, 2019 The Shadow of Kyoshi, the second book in the series, published on July 21, 2020
See also Kyoshi (disambiguation) 清 (disambiguation)