How do you pronounce "Yoshi"?

[SKmaric]

I say it in the short "o" sound (jɑ) because that's always the way I heard it whenever I played a Mario game where Yoshi actually had a voice (and taking into consideration it's a Japanese name and the long "O" sound doesn't exist in Japanese so...)

 

[Keqing]

yo-shi

 

[SolarBlaze]

"Yo-shee".

 

[BowserJunior]

Yō•shi

 

[Baby Mario Bloops]

I say the non-Japanese version (I think).

 

[ralphfan]

"Yo-shi". (joʊʃi)

I've known a couple of people of Japanese origin who pronounce their names as joʊʃi.

IPA Pronounciation Guide

 

[Uniju]

/joʊʃiː/
I never knew there was any other way to say it before. I went and checked an episode of the cartoons since you mentioned it appearing there(I misread this, but the point stands) but I just found them saying it the normal way.
And Ralph, I'm pretty sure there's no /h/.

 

[ralphfan]

Good catch, thanks.

 

[Specific Neptune]

The normal way, the way it was intended to be pronounced

 

[Lin Beifong]

That's easy. It's Yo-shi (ðætɡriːnˈdaɪ.nə.sɔːrθɪŋwɪððəˈdʒaɪ.əntnoʊzhuːiːtslɑːtsastʌf)

 

[New Super Mario]

Yo (like Yo Dawg or whatevs) she (like the beginning of "sheet")

 

[Toad Eightyfive]

Yo Dawg

 

[Lakituthequick]

As he says it in-game.

 

[Crackin355]

Either way.

I don't pay attention to how I say it because I say the name rarely.

 

[Lorenz Hellman Gloucester]

charles.

 

[A Paragoomba and the Koopa Bros.]

I always pronounce it like "Yooshee"

 

[UltraMario]

Yo (like Yo Dawg or whatevs) she (like the beginning of "sheet")

Basically that.

 

[Walkazo]

Yo (like Yo Dawg or whatevs) she (like the beginning of "sheet")

Basically that.

Same. Like how he says his name in the games.

 

[LN1]

Yow-shy [nobbc]:P[/nobbc]

 

[Magikrazy]

Yo as in YOLO
Shi as in She Bangs

 

[Zae]

yaw-she

 

[U freak]

I say it like this,

Yoshi.

Pretty cool huh?

 

[Lin Beifong]

Yo (like Yo Dawg or whatevs) she (like the beginning of "sheet")

Basically that.

Same. Like how he says his name in the games.

I probably only have the pronounciation from Yoshi's Story in mind now, but don't they actually pronounce it kinda like "Yawshee" there? IIRC, it doesn't sound anywhere close to a Yo Dawg sound.

 

[Razor]

Yo like in yogurt...then shi, like, shi.

Like he says his own name in the Mario games he's playable in.

 

[Ray Trace]

I sometimes pronounce it as Yo-s--t