Taiyō

Taiyō is the romanization for some Japanese words, such as 太陽 for sun and 大洋 for ocean. It can also refer to:

Persons

A male Japanese given name

• Taiyo Hama (濱 大耀, born 1998), Japanese footballer
• Taiyō Kea (born 1975), American professional wrestler
• Taiyo Shimokawa (下川 太陽, born 2002), Japanese footballer
• Natsuki Taiyo (夏樹 たいよう, born 1984), Japanese professional wrestler
• Taiyo Hamster

Organisations

• Taiyō (magazine), a Japanese magazine
• Taiyo Yakuhin or Taiyo Pharmaceutical Industry, a pharmaceutical product manufacturing company located in Takayama, Gifu, Japan, now part of Teva Pharmaceuticals
• Taiyō Whales, one of the previous names of the Yokohama BayStars
• Maruha Nichiro, a Japanese seafood company once known as Taiyo
• Taiyo Yuden, a manufacturer of electronic components
• Taiyo Department Store, a now-defunct department store in Kumamoto, Kumamoto famous for a 1973 fire

Other

• Japanese aircraft carrier Taiyō, the first of the Taiyō class escort aircraft carriers
• Taiyo (Locomía album), 1989
• Taiyo (Chisato Moritaka album), 1996
• Taiyō (song), the first single by Japanese band GO!GO!7188
• Taiyō, a sunflower variety
• Taiyo, a Japanese satellite launched in 1975 to study thermosphere and sun