Tsuyoshi

Tsuyoshi is a masculine Japanese given name.

Tsuyoshi can be written using different kanji characters in Japanese names.

The most common kanjis associated with "Tsuyoshi" generally implies sturdiness, determination, commitment, etc. and emphasizes more on mental strength rather than overpowering physical strength. Here are some common examples:

• 毅, "mentally strong, determined and committed"
• 剛, "sturdy, hard to break"

Much less commonly, Tsuyoshi can also be used with Kanjis that describe general strength:

• 豪, "outstanding/larger-than-life figure, famous elite"
• 力, "strength, power"
• 強, "strong"

Tsuyoshi can also be a combination between a kanji for "tsuyo" and another for "shi", so that the same three syllables can become a two-kanji name, preferred by some parents that find a single-kanji name too simplistic. In this case, the "Tsuyo" part still encompasses the same "mentally strong" or "sturdy" concept, but the kanji associated with the "Shi" syllable is often chosen not for its original literal meaning (with a goal to combine the two kanjis into a meaningful phrase), but just for a kanji with a positive connotation. The most common form for this "tsuyo" is 剛. Some common examples:

• 剛史, "sturdy/mentally strong", "history, historian, administrator"
• 剛志, "sturdy/mentally strong", "will"
• 剛士, "sturdy/mentally strong", "gentleman/samurai"
• 剛司, "sturdy/mentally strong", "administrator"

In modern Japanese names, this name is often written in hiragana ("つよし") or katakana ("ツヨシ"), which serves to encompass the general positive connotations of all the possible kanjis, rather than being limited to a single kanji.

• Tsuyoshi Abe (阿部 力, born 1982), a Japanese actor
• Tsuyoshi Arawashi (荒鷲 毅, born 1986), a Mongolian sumo wrestler
• Tsuyoshi Chitose (千歳 强直, 1898-1984), the founder of Chito-ryu karate
• Tsuyoshi Dōmoto (堂本 剛, born 1979), a Japanese performing artist
• Tsuyoshi Fujita (藤田 剛, born 1961), a Japanese rugby union player
• Tsuyoshi Hasegawa (長谷川 毅, born 1941), a Japanese historian
• Tsuyoshi Hayashi (林 剛史, born 1982), a Japanese actor
• Tsuyoshi Ichinohe (一戸 剛, born 1976), a Japanese ski jumper
• Tsuyoshi Ihara (伊原 剛志, born 1963), a Japanese actor
• Tsuyoshi Inukai (犬養 毅, 1855–1932), the 29th Prime Minister of Japan
• Tsuyoshi Kashiwado (柏戸 剛, 1938–1996), a Japanese sumo wrestler and 47th yokozuna
• Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (菊地 毅, born 1964), a Japanese professional wrestler
• Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (北澤 豪, born 1968), a Japanese football player
• Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (高阪 剛, born 1970), a Japanese mixed martial arts fighter
• Tsuyoshi Kotogaume (琴ヶ梅 剛史, born 1963), a Japanese sumo wrestler
• Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (草彅 剛, born 1974), a Japanese actor and a member of the idol group SMAP
• Tsuyoshi Makino (牧野 剛, 1945–2016), a Japanese author
• Tsuyoshi Midorikawa (緑川 毅志, born 1985), a Kazakh manga artist
• Tsuyoshi Mienoumi (三重ノ海 剛司, born 1948), a Japanese sumo wrestler and 57th yokozuna
• Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi (長渕 剛, born 1956), a Japanese singer-songwriter
• Tsuyoshi Nakaima (なかいま強, born 1960), a Japanese manga artist
• Tsuyoshi Nakasako (中迫 剛, born 1974), a Japanese professional kickboxer
• Tsuyoshi Nishioka (西岡 剛, born 1984), a Japanese professional baseball player
• Tsuyoshi Ogata (尾方 剛, born 1973), a Japanese long-distance runner
• Tsuyoshi Ōhashi (大橋 剛志, born 1971), a Japanese manga artist
• Tsuyoshi Okudaira (奥平 剛士, 1945–1972), Japanese communist revolutionary
• Tsuyoshi Sekito (関戸 剛, born 1963), a Japanese video game music composer, arranger and performer
• Tsuyoshi Shimamura (島村 毅; born 1985), a Japanese footballer
• Tsuyoshi Shinjo (新庄 剛志, born 1970), a Japanese professional baseball outfielder
• Tsuyoshi Takagi (高木 毅, born 1956), a Japanese politician
• Tsuyoshi Takashiro (高城 剛, born 1964), a Japanese DJ, filmmaker, and writer
• Tsuyoshi Tanikawa (谷川 烈; born 1980), a Japanese footballer
• Tsuyoshi Tezuka (手塚 強, born 1975), a Japanese professional drifting driver
• Tsuyoshi Tochinoshin (栃ノ心 剛史, born 1987), a Georgian sumo wrestler
• Tsuyoshi Tomii (富井 剛志; born 1971), a Japanese alpine skier
• Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (堤 剛, born 1942), a Japanese cellist
• Tsuyoshi Wada (和田 毅, born 1981), a Japanese baseball player
• Tsuyoshi Watanabe (渡辺 剛; born 1997), a Japanese footballer
• Tsuyoshi Yamamoto (山本 剛; born 1948), a Japanese jazz pianist and composer
• Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (山中 毅, 1939–2017), a Japanese freestyle swimmer
• Tsuyoshi Yanagidate (柳館 毅; born 1957), a Japanese swimmer
• Tsuyoshi Yoneyama (米山 剛; born 1965), a Japanese golfer
• Tsuyoshi Yoshitake (吉武 剛, born 1981), a Japanese football player

• Tsuyoshi “Hunk” Garrett, a character in DreamWorks Animation's Netflix show Voltron: Legendary Defender
• Tsuyoshi Inukai (犬飼 剛) a character in the anime series Wonderful Pretty Cure!
• Tsuyoshi Kaijo (海城 剛), the lead character in the tokusatsu series Himitsu Sentai Goranger
• Tsuyoshi Minami (南 烈), a fictional character of Japanese basketball manga Slam Dunk
• Tsuyoshi Nakanojo (中之条 剛), a character in the manga and anime series Nichijou
• Tsuyoshi Ohki (大木 剛), a character in the manga and anime series Kodomo no Omocha
• Tsuyoshi Saigo (西郷 強), a character from the manga Little Ghost Q-Taro
• Tsuyoshi Segawa (瀬川剛), a character in the manga/anime series Ojamajo Doremi
• Tsuyoshi Utada (歌田 強), a character in the anime series Machine Robo Rescue
• Tsuyoshi Watanabe (渡辺 つよし), a character in Dragons Rioting.
• Tsuyoshi Yamada (山田 剛司), from Densha Otoko