Yōichi, Yoichi, Youichi or Yohichi is a masculine Japanese given name.
Written forms Yōichi can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:
洋一, "ocean, one" 陽一, "sunshine, one" 庸一, "common, one" 楊一, "willow, one" 耀一, "shine, one" 陽市, "sunshine, city" 耀市, "shine, city" 蓉一, "lotus, one"
The name can also be written in hiragana よういち or katakana ヨウイチ.
Notable people with the name , Japanese manga artist , Japanese photographer , Japanese footballer , Japanese video game producer , Japanese footballer , Japanese film director Yoichi Iha (伊波 洋一, born 1952), Japanese politician , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese volleyball player , Japanese voice actor , Japanese manga artist and animator , Japanese academic , Japanese environmentalist , Japanese voice actor , Japanese politician , Japanese photographer , Japanese mathematician , Japanese politician , Japanese actor Yoichi Okamoto (1915–1985), American photographer , Japanese film director , Japanese film director , Japanese manga artist , Japanese business theorist , Japanese chief executive
Fictional characters , fictional American footballer, main character of Eyeshield 21 , fictional footballer, protagonist of Blue Lock
See also 5176 Yoichi, a main-belt asteroid