Higashi
# 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
