is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Daisuke can be written using different

kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequ ...

characters and can mean: *大輔, "big, assist" *大介, "big, mediate" *大祐, "big, bless" *大助, "big, help" *大典, "big, law/rule/ceremony" The name can also be written in

hiragana is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contras ...

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived f ...

Manga artists

Daisuke Higuchi is a Japanese manga artist best known for her work on ''Whistle!''. Often she is mistaken for a man, namely because Daisuke is a name usually attributed to men. Her self-portrait in Whistle! took the form of a crow. History Born in Gunma prefec ...

(樋口大輔), a Japanese female manga artist best known for her work on ''

Whistle! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Higuchi. The series was published in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from March 1998 to October 2002. The series was adapted into a 39-episode anime television series broadca ...

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Daisuke Igarashi is a Japanese manga artist born in Saitama (2 April 1969), Japan. He began his professional career in 1993. Igarashi is known among manga fans for his bold, detailed art style and innovative storytelling. While his works are often described as f ...

(五十嵐大介), a Japanese manga artist known for his bold, detailed art style and innovative storytelling * Daisuke Moriyama (森山大輔), a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the '' Chrono Crusade'' series

Sportspeople

*, Japanese long jumper *, Japanese Paralympic swimmer *, Japanese water polo player * Daisuke Ikeshima (池島大介), retired Japanese race walker *, Japanese golfer *, Japanese Paralympic swimmer *

Daisuke Matsuzaka is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher, who pitched professionally for 23 seasons, 16 of them in NPB, 7 in MLB. He is currently a baseball color commentator, critic, reporter, and YouTuber. Daisuke is nicknamed in Japan and "Dic ...

(松坂大輔), Japanese professional baseball player who pitches for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks *

Daisuke Murakami (snowboarder) is a Japanese snowboarder who competes in the half-pipe event. He represented Japan at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where he placed 19th. He won the 2009–10 FIS Snowboard World Cup The 2009–10 FIS Snowboard World Cup was a multi race tournamen ...

, (村上大輔), Japanese snowboarder who competed in the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internationa ...

* Daisuke Naito (内藤大助), retired Japanese professional boxer *

Daisuke Nakata is a trampoline gymnast who competed for Japan in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or th ...

(中田大輔), Japanese trampolinist who competed in the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

*, Japanese ice hockey player * Daisuke Ohata, (大畑大介), Japanese rugby player * Daisuke Usami, (宇佐美大輔), Japanese volleyball player

Football players

* Daisuke Ichikawa (市川大祐), Japanese football player who plays as a defender and midfielder for the Fujieda MYFC team *, Japanese football player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *

Daisuke Matsui is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for YSCC Yokohama. He played for Japan national team. His wife is Japanese actress Rosa Kato. Club career Early years In 2000, Matsui graduated from and began his professional career with Kyo ...

(松井大輔), Japanese footballer who plays for

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football club based in Gdańsk. The club was founded in 1945 by people expelled from Lwów, who were supporters of Poland's oldest football team Lechia Lwów, founded in 1903. The club's name comes from Lechia, a ...

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 ...

in Poland *, Japanese footballer and manager * Daisuke Nasu (那須大亮), Japanese football player who plays for the

Urawa Red Diamonds , colloquially Urawa Reds (浦和レッズ), also known as Mitsubishi Urawa Football Club from April 1992 to January 1996, is a professional football club in the city of Saitama, part of the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan. The club plays in the J ...

*, Japanese footballer * Daisuke Oku, Japanese former football player *

Daisuke Sakata is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Club career He first played for Yokohama Flügels youth team but became a Yokohama F. Marinos youth player when both teams merged in 1999. He was promoted to the top team ...

, (坂田大輔), Japanese football (soccer) player who plays for Avispa Fukuoka in the J. League *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer

Skaters

Daisuke Murakami (figure skater) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2014 NHK Trophy champion, 2011 Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion, and 2009 Japan Junior bronze medalist. Earlier in his career, he represented the United States, winning a bronze medal on the ISU Junior ...

(村上大介), Japanese figure skater *, Japanese figure skater

Wrestlers

* Daisuke Harada (原田大輔), professional wrestler signed to

Pro Wrestling Noah (stylised as Pro Wrestling NOAH) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) ace Mitsuharu Misawa after he had led a mass exodus in which 24 of AJPW's 26 contracted wrestlers left th ...

* Daisuke Ikeda (池田大輔), professional wrestler competing in the

Independent circuit In professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indie circuit is the collective noun, collective name of independent professional wrestling promotions which are smaller than major televised promotions. It is roughly analogous to a minor lea ...

in Japan * Daisuke Sasaki (佐々木大輔), professional wrestler * Daisuke Sekimoto (関本大介), professional wrestler * Daisuke Tochiazuma, retired sumo wrestler

Actors & voice actors

* Daisuke Gōri (郷里大輔, 1952–2010), Japanese voice actor, actor and narrator *

Daisuke Hirakawa is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Daisuke can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *大輔, "big, assist" *大介, "big, mediate" *大祐, "big, bless" *大助, "big, help" *大典, "big, law/rule ...

(平川大輔, born 1973), Japanese voice actor * Daisuke Kishio (岸尾だいすけ), Japanese voice actor *Daisuke Matsubara (松原大典), Japanese voice actor * Daisuke Nakamura (actor) (中村太亮), Japanese voice actor *

Daisuke Namikawa is a Japanese actor and singer associated with Stay Luck. He began acting as a child and is sometimes mistaken with Daisuke Hirakawa, as their names only differ by one character when written in kanji. Despite his wide range of roles, he usuall ...

(浪川大輔, born 1976), Japanese voice actor * Daisuke Ono (小野大輔, born 1978), Japanese voice actor well known for voicing Sebastian Michaelis in the anime adaption of

Black Butler is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yana Toboso. It has been serialized in Square Enix's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Monthly GFantasy'' since September 2006. The series follows Ciel Phantomhive, the twelve-year-ol ...

* Daisuke Sakaguchi (阪口大助, born 1973), Japanese voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production *, Japanese-American actor and voice actor

Other

*, Japanese independent game developer *, Japanese pop artist, songwriter and producer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese businessman and former livedoor executive *, Japanese businessman who invented

Karaoke Karaoke (; ; , clipped compound of Japanese ''kara'' "empty" and ''ōkesutora'' "orchestra") is a type of interactive entertainment usually offered in clubs and bars, where people sing along to recorded music using a microphone. The music is ...

*, Japanese singer, composer and multi-instrumentist *, Japanese video game developer and musician *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese actor *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese politician *, Japanese comedian and actor *, Japanese professional Go player *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese actor (''

Kamen Rider Zero-One is a Japanese tokusatsu drama series produced by Toei Company and TV Asahi. It is the 30th series in the ''Kamen Rider'' franchise and the first series in the Reiwa period. The show premiered on September 1, 2019, following the finale of ''Kamen ...

'') *, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese student who tried to assassinate

Hirohito Emperor , commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name , was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had two sons and five daughters; he was ...

in 1923 *, Japanese actor *, Japanese shogi player * Daisuke Takahashi (mathematician), Japanese mathematician *, vocalist of the Japanese band Maximum the Hormone *, Japanese IT, music journalist, and writer *, Japanese male model *, Japanese video game scenario writer *, Japanese stage/screen/TV actor *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese singer and actor

Fictional characters

*, in the manga ''

Kodomo no Jikan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaworu Watashiya. The story revolves around a grade school teacher named Daisuke Aoki, whose main problem is that one of his students, Rin Kokonoe, has a crush on him. It was seriali ...

'' *, from the manga '' Ghost in the Shell'' *, from ''

Heat Guy J is a Japanese anime television series created and directed by '' Escaflowne'' director Kazuki Akane and animated by Satelight. ''Heat Guy J'' was licensed and distributed in the U.S. in 2003 by Pioneer (which subsequently became Geneon En ...

''. *, from the anime '' Rockman.exe NT Warrior'' *, from '' Lupin III'' manga *, from '' Kamen Rider Kabuto'' * (Davis Motomiya in English dub), from ''

Digimon , short for "Digital Monsters" ( ''Dejitaru Monsutā''), is a Japanese media franchise encompassing virtual pet toys, anime, manga, video games, films and a trading card game. The franchise focuses on the eponymous creatures, who inhabit a ...

'' *, of manga and anime series, ''

D.N.Angel ''D.N.Angel'' (stylized as ''D•N•ANGEL'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukiru Sugisaki. The manga premiered in Japan in the Kadokawa Shoten magazine ''Monthly Asuka'' in November 1997. After two extended hiatu ...

'' * Daisuke Serizawa, eyepatch-wearing character in ''

Godzilla is a fictional monster, or '' kaiju'', originating from a series of Japanese films. The character first appeared in the 1954 film '' Godzilla'' and became a worldwide pop culture icon, appearing in various media, including 32 films produ ...

'' *Daisuke, from the film ''

Urduja Urduja was a legendary warrior princess recorded in the travel accounts of Ibn Battuta (1304 – possibly 1368 or 1377 AD). She was described to be a princess of ''Kaylukari'' in the land of ''Tawalisi''. Though the locations of ''Kaylukari'' and ...

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Daisuke is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Daisuke can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *大輔, "big, assist" *大介, "big, mediate" *大祐, "big, bless" *大助, "big, help" *大典, "big, law/rule ...

, from the film ''

The Grudge 3 ''The Grudge 3'' is a 2009 American supernatural horror film and the third and final installment in ''The Grudge'' original trilogy. Toby Wilkins, who had previously directed the successful film ''Splinter'' and the short film series '' Tales fro ...

'' *, from the anime/manga series, '' UFO Robot'' Grendizer *, from anime/manga series, '' The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited'' *

Daisuke Ido The ''Battle Angel Alita'' manga series features a cast of characters designed by Yukito Kishiro. The series takes place around the city of Scrapyard where residents, of whom many are heavily modified by cybernetics to better cope with the hard ...

(イドダイスケ), from the manga Battle Angel Alita