Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 斐紹, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. AH-YAH-TSUU-GUU [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 斐 (aya) meaning "graceful, elegant, beautiful" combined with 紹 (tsugu) meaning "introduce". Other kanji combinations are possible. This name is borne by Japanese baseball player Ayatsugu Yamashita.