title: Higashi
text: # Higashi
  
  Higashi is the Japanese word for east. In kanji it is represented as 東.
  
  Higashi may also refer to:
  
  ## Places
  
  * Higashi, Shibuya, a district of Shibuya, Tokyo
  * Higashi, Fukushima, a village in Fukushima Prefecture
  * Higashi, Okinawa, a village in Okinawa Prefecture
  * Higashi-ku is the name of wards of four cities:
     * Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, a ward of Fukuoka
     * Higashi-ku, Hiroshima, a ward of Hiroshima
     * Higashi-ku, Nagoya, a ward of Nagoya
     * Higashi-ku, Sapporo, a ward of Sapporo
  
  ## People with the surname
  
  * Junya Higashi, Japanese footballer
  * Keigo Higashi, Japanese footballer
  * Kelly Higashi, American judge and lawyer
  * Koichi Higashi, Japanese footballer
  * Kotaro Higashi, Japanese footballer
  * Satoru Higashi (東 悟, born 1963), Japanese boxer
  * Shunki Higashi (東 俊希, born 2000), Japanese footballer
  
  ### Fictional characters
  
  * Joe Higashi, a character from SNK's Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series
  * Kotaro Higashi, an alter ego of Ultraman Taro from the 1973 tokusatsu series of the same name.
  * Setsuna Higashi, a character in Fresh Pretty Cure!
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Higashi (food), Japanese confectionery
  * One of the Maug Islands
  