Doi (surname)

Doi (土井、土居、土肥^?) are three Japanese family names that are pronounced identically, with the first kanji of each pair of characters meaning "earth."^[1] Since they are the same phonetically, they are romanized identically: "do" for the first character and "i" for the second. Their identical pronunciation makes them function as the same surname in languages with writing systems that do not use some form of Chinese characters (for example, the Latin alphabet).

People

• Hiroaki Doi, hammer thrower
• Isami Doi, (1903–1965), American artist
• Kathryn Doi Todd, first female Asian-American judge and mother of Mia Doi Todd
• Koji Doi, Japanese mathematician, who introduced the
  • Doi–Naganuma lifting
• Mia Doi Todd, American musician and daughter of Kathryn Doi Todd
• Misaki Doi, Japanese professional tennis player
• Naruki Doi, Japanese professional wrestler
• Ryuichi Doi, Japanese politician
• Takako Doi, Japanese female politician
• Takao Doi, Japanese astronaut
• Takeo Doi, (1920–2009), Japanese psychoanalyst
• Takero Doi, Japanese economist
• Toshitada Doi, Compact Disc inventor
• Yoichi Doi, Japanese football player
• Yoshihiro Doi, Japanese baseball player

References

1. ^ Jim Breen's WWWJDIC