• , Japanese zoologist •
Yoshio Anabuki (穴吹 義雄, 1933–2018), Japanese former baseball player and former manager of the Nankai Hawks •
Yoshio Fujiwara, (藤原 良夫, Birth and death unknown) former Japanese football player •
Yoshio Fukuyama (福山 喜雄, 1921–1995), theologian who holds a doctorate in sociology from the University of Chicago •
Yoshio Furukawa (古川 好男, born 1934), former Japanese football player •
Yoshio Hachiro (鉢呂 吉雄, born 1948), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) •
Yoshio Harada (原田 芳雄, 1940–2011), Japanese actor • , Japanese ice hockey player • , Japanese triple jumper •
Yoshio Inaba (稲葉 義男, 1920–1998), Japanese actor who played Gorobei in Akira Kurosawa's
Seven Samurai •
Yoshio Ishida (石田 芳夫, born 1948), professional Go player •
Yoshio Kato (加藤 好男, born 1957), former Japanese football player •
Yoshio Kawai (河合 義雄, born 1954), Japanese voice actor •
Yoshio Kikugawa (菊川 凱夫, born 1944), former Japanese football player •
Yoshio Kimura (木村 義雄, born 1948), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party •
Yoshio Kimura (shogi) (木村 義雄, 1905–1986), Japanese shogi player •
Yoshio Kitagawa (北川 佳男, born 1978), former Japanese football player •
Yoshio Kitajima (北島 義生, born 1975), Japanese football player •
Yoshio Kodaira (小平 義雄, 1905–1949), Japanese rapist and serial killer •
Yoshio Kodama (児玉 誉士夫, 1911–1984), prominent figure in the rise of organized crime in Japan • , Japanese footballer •
Yoshio Kojima (小島 義雄, born 1980), Japanese comedian famous for appearing in only a small bathing suit •
Yoshio Kushida (串田 嘉男, born 1957), Japanese astronomer •
Yoshio Machida (町田 良夫, born 1967), experimental musician, a steelpanist, composer, and visual artist •
Yoshio Maki (牧 義夫, born 1958), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan •
Yoshio Makino (牧野 義雄, 1869–1956), Japanese artist and author who spent much of his life in London •
Yoshio Masui (増井 禎夫, born 1931), Japanese cell biologist •
Yoshio Mikami (三上 義夫, 1875–1950), Japanese mathematician and wasan historian •
Yoshio Miki (三木 義雄, 1905–????), Japanese hurdler • , Japanese rower •
Yoshio Mochizuki (望月 義夫, 1947–2019), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party • , Japanese racewalker •
Yoshio Nakagawa (中川 義雄, born 1938), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party • , Japanese judoka •
Yoshio Nishi (西 義郎, 1934–2019), Japanese scholar of Tibeto-Burman linguistics •
Yoshio Nishina (仁科 芳雄, 1890–1951), the founding father of modern physics research in Japan • , Japanese idol, musician and actor •
Yoshio Oishi (大石 良雄, 1659–1703), the chamberlain of the Akō han in Harima Province, Japan (1679–1701) •
Yoshio Okada (岡田 吉夫, 1926–2002), former Japanese football player •
Yoshio Sakai (酒井 義雄, 1910–?), Japanese field hockey player •
Yoshio Sakamoto (坂本 賀勇, born 1959), Japanese game designer working for Nintendo •
Yoshio Sakurauchi (櫻内 義雄, 1912–2003), Japanese politician •
Yoshio Sawai (澤井 啓夫, born 1977), Japanese gag manga creator • , Japanese cyclist •
Yoshio Shinozuka (篠塚 良雄, 1923–2014), former Imperial Army soldier who served with a top secret Japanese biological warfare group in World War II •
Yoshio Shirai (白井 義男, 1923–2003), professional boxer from Tokyo, Japan • , Japanese sociologist •
Yoshio Tabata (田端 義夫, 1919–2013), Japanese ryūkōka and enka singer, songwriter and electric guitarist •
Yoshio Tachibana (立花 芳夫, 1890–1946), lieutenant general of the Japanese Imperial Army •
Yoshio Taniguchi (谷口 吉生, 1937–2024), Japanese architect who redesigned the Museum of Modern Art in New York •
Yoshio Tarui (樽井 芳雄, 1902–1977), Japanese photographer •
Yoshio Tezuka (手塚 仁雄, born 1966), Japanese politician •
Yoshio Tsuchiya (土屋 嘉男, 1927–2017), Japanese actor who has appeared in several films •
Yoshio Ueki (植木 善大, born 1969), professional Go player •
Yoshio Urushibara (漆原 良夫, born 1944), Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party •
Yoshio Utsumi (内海 善雄, born 1942), the secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union 1998–2006 •
Yoshio Watanabe (渡辺 義雄, 1907–2000), renowned Japanese photographer •
Yoshio Yamada (山田 孝雄||1873–1958), Japanese linguist •
Yoshio Yatsu (谷津 義男, 1934–2021), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party •
Yoshio Yoda (ヨシオ・ジェームス・ヨダ, 1934–2023), Japanese-American actor who played Fuji Kobiaji on the television series ''
McHale's Navy'' •
Yoshio Yoshida (吉田 義男, 1933–2025), Japanese baseball player and manager •
Yoshio Yoshida (吉田 好雄, 1921 – before 2000), Japanese World War II flying ace ==Notable people with the surname Yoshio==