What is "musashi"

is a Japanese name, which may refer to:

, better known by the name , is a retired professional Japanese Heavyweight karateka and kickboxer. He is a four-time K-1 Japan tournament champion, a former WAKO Heavyweight Muay Thai champion and two-time K-1 World Grand Prix finalist. He announced his retirement and decided to end his 14-year professional career at a press conference in Tokyo on August 26, 2009.

He holds notable wins over Ray Sefo, Peter Aerts, Sam Greco and Bob Sapp.

is a Japanese novel written by Eiji Yoshikawa. It was serialized in 1935 in the newspaper Asahi Shimbun.

Several ships have been named :

• Japanese steam warship Musashi, an early steam warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, formerly USRC Kewanee.

• , corvette of the , of the Imperial Japanese Navy launched in 1886

• , a of the Imperial Japanese Navy World War II

• Musashi (yacht), a super yacht built by Feadship and delivered to business magnate Larry Ellison in 2010
• MS Musashi, a Panamanian cargo ship