Taiyō

Taiyō is the Japanese word for sun. It can also refer to:

• a male Japanese firstname
• Taiyō Kea, a Japanese professional wrestler
• Taiyo Yakuhin or Taiyo Pharmaceutical Industry, a pharmaceutical product manufacturing company located in Takayama, Gifu, Japan
• Taiyō Whales, one of the previous names of the Yokohama BayStars
• Taiyo Yuden, a manufacturer of electronic components
• Japanese aircraft carrier Taiyō, the first of the Taiyō class escort aircraft carriers
• Taiyo Department Store, a now-defunct department store in Kumamoto, Kumamoto famous for a 1973 fire
• The first single by Japanese band GO!GO!7188
• a sunflower variety
• a Japanese satellite launched in 1975 to study thermosphere and sun