Tsuyoshi

Tsuyoshi is a masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

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, 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 or katakana, which serves to encompass the general positive connotations of all the possible kanjis, rather than being limited to a single kanji.

Notable people with the name

Tsuyoshi Abe, a Japanese actor
Tsuyoshi Arawashi, a Mongolian sumo wrestler
Tsuyoshi Chitose, the founder of Chito-ryu karate
Tsuyoshi Dōmoto, a Japanese performing artist
Tsuyoshi Fujita, a Japanese rugby union player
Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, a Japanese historian
Tsuyoshi Hayashi, a Japanese actor
Tsuyoshi Ichinohe, a Japanese ski jumper
Tsuyoshi Ihara, a Japanese actor
Tsuyoshi Inukai, the 29th Prime Minister of Japan
Tsuyoshi Kashiwado, a Japanese sumo wrestler and 47th yokozuna
Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, a Japanese professional wrestler
Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, a Japanese football player
Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, a Japanese mixed martial arts fighter
Tsuyoshi Kotogaume, a Japanese sumo wrestler
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, a Japanese actor and a member of the idol group SMAP
Tsuyoshi Makino, a Japanese author
Tsuyoshi Midorikawa, a Kazakh manga artist
Tsuyoshi Mienoumi, a Japanese sumo wrestler and 57th yokozuna
Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi, a Japanese singer-songwriter
Tsuyoshi Nakaima, a Japanese manga artist
Tsuyoshi Nakasako, a Japanese professional kickboxer
Tsuyoshi Nishioka, a Japanese professional baseball player
Tsuyoshi Ogata, a Japanese long-distance runner
Tsuyoshi Ōhashi, a Japanese manga artist
Tsuyoshi Okudaira, Japanese communist revolutionary
Tsuyoshi Sekito, a Japanese video game music composer, arranger and performer
Tsuyoshi Shimamura, a Japanese footballer
Tsuyoshi Shinjo, a Japanese professional baseball outfielder
Tsuyoshi Takagi, a Japanese politician
Tsuyoshi Takashiro, a Japanese DJ, filmmaker, and writer
Tsuyoshi Tanikawa, a Japanese footballer
Tsuyoshi Tezuka, a Japanese professional drifting driver
Tsuyoshi Tochinoshin, a Georgian sumo wrestler
Tsuyoshi Tomii, a Japanese alpine skier
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, a Japanese cellist
Tsuyoshi Wada, a Japanese baseball player
Tsuyoshi Watanabe, a Japanese footballer
Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, a Japanese jazz pianist and composer
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, a Japanese freestyle swimmer
Tsuyoshi Yanagidate, a Japanese swimmer
Tsuyoshi Yoneyama, a Japanese golfer
Tsuyoshi Yoshitake, a Japanese football player

Fictional characters

Tsuyoshi “Hunk” Garrett, a character in DreamWorks Animation's Netflix show Voltron: Legendary Defender
Tsuyoshi Inukai a character in the anime series Wonderful Pretty Cure!
Tsuyoshi Kaijo, the lead character in the tokusatsu series Himitsu Sentai Goranger
Tsuyoshi Minami, a fictional character of Japanese basketball manga Slam Dunk
Tsuyoshi Nakanojo, a character in the manga and anime series Nichijou
Tsuyoshi Ohki, a character in the manga and anime series Kodomo no Omocha
Tsuyoshi Saigo, a character from the manga Little Ghost Q-Taro
Tsuyoshi Segawa, a character in the manga/anime series Ojamajo Doremi
Tsuyoshi Utada, a character in the anime series Machine Robo Rescue
Tsuyoshi Watanabe, a character in Dragons Rioting.
Tsuyoshi Yamada, from ''Densha Otoko''