is a generally masculine Japanese

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

Possible writings

*哲, "intelligent, philosophy, clear" *悟, "

bodhi The English term enlightenment is the Western translation of various Buddhist terms, most notably bodhi and vimutti. The abstract noun ''bodhi'' (; Sanskrit: बोधि; Pali: ''bodhi''), means the knowledge or wisdom, or awakened intellect ...

, enlightenment, apprehension" *敏, "quick, sharp" *智, "knowledge, wisdom" *聡, "intelligent, clever, bright" *慧, "bright, intelligent" *訓, "teach, instruct" *諭, "teach, to lead"

People with the name

*, Japanese politician *, Japanese surgeon and astronaut *, Japanese politician *, Japanese actor and voice actor *, Japanese journalist *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese judoka and mixed martial artist *, Japanese jazz guitarist *, Japanese politician *, Japanese origami master * Satoshi Kanazawa (born 1962), American-British evolutionary psychologist *, Japanese scientist *, Japanese linguist *, Illustrator *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese baseball player *, film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese computer scientist *, Japanese actor and voice actor *, Japanese journalist and the governor of Kagoshima Prefecture *, Japanese theatre director *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese basketball player * Satoshi Mori (skier) (born 1971), Japanese Nordic combined skier *, Japanese scholar *, Japanese race car driver * Satoshi Nakamoto (born 1975), a presumed pseudonym of the creator of bitcoin, a digital currency; written in Japanese as サトシ・ナカモト :ja:%E3%82%B5%E3%83%88%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8A%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%88 *, Japanese computer scientist *, Japanese actor and musician *, biochemist, a winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese professional boxer *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese businessman, banker, and the 25th Governor of the Bank of Japan *, Japanese screenwriter *, creator of Pokémon *, Japanese long jumper *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese DJ and electronic music producer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese actor and singer *, Japanese football player *, perpetrator of the

Sagamihara stabbings The Sagamihara stabbings were committed on 26 July 2016 in Midori Ward, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan. Nineteen people were killed and twenty-six others were injured, thirteen severely, at a care home for disabled people. The crimes were committe ...

*, manga artist and artist *, Japanese theoretical physicist *, Japanese beach volleyball player *, Japanese composer *, illustrator of Pokémon Adventures starting in volume 10 *, Japanese race walker *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese professional Go player

Fictional characters

* Ash Ketchum (known as Satoshi (サトシ) in Japan), the main character in the ''Pokémon'' television series *, in the ''Red River'' universe * or Satoshi Hikari (氷狩怜), in ''D.N.Angel'' media *

Satoshi (Urusei Yatsura) The ''Urusei Yatsura'' manga series features a large ensemble cast of characters created by Rumiko Takahashi. It tells the story of Japanese teenager Ataru Moroboshi, and the alien Lum, who believes she is Ataru's wife after he accidentally pro ...

(サトシ), also known as Megane, a member of Lum's Stormtroopers *, in ''Higurashi no Naku Koro ni'' media *, a racer in ''

Initial D is a Japanese street racing manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1995 to 2013, with the chapters collected into 48 ''ta ...

'' series *, in '' Hyōka'' *, in the '' Corpse Party'' series *, in the '' Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma'' *, in the '' Kuroko's Basketball''

References

{{Reflist Japanese masculine given names