Yayoi
Yayoi ( Japanese 弥 生 ' new life ' ) means
- the yayoi period
- an asteroid, see (4072) Yayoi
- a Mutsuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, see Yayoi (ship, 1926)
- Yayoi Sho , a Japanese horse race
- Yayoi (Ōita) , a locality in Japan
- Yayoi (Tokyo) , an area in Tokyo
Yayoi is a Japanese feminine given name:
- Yayoi Kusama (彌 生 o 弥 生), pop art artist and writer
- Yayoi Jinguji (弥 生), actress and singer
- Yayoi Wachi (弥 生), sound designer at Sega
- Yayoi Yoshioka (彌 生), doctor and women's rights activist
