is a generally masculine

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

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 Satoshi Kanazawa (born 16 November 1962) is an American-born British evolutionary psychologist and writer. He is currently Reader in Management at the London School of Economics. Kanazawa's comments and research on race and intelligence, healt ...

(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) Satoshi Mori (born May 19, 1971) is a former Japanese nordic combined skier who competed from 1994 to 2003. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he had his best overall finish of fifth in the 4 x 5 km team event at Nagano in 1998 and his best ind ...

(born 1971), Japanese Nordic combined skier *, Japanese scholar *, Japanese race car driver *

Satoshi Nakamoto Satoshi Nakamoto is the name used by the presumed pseudonymous person or persons who developed bitcoin, authored the bitcoin white paper, and created and deployed bitcoin's original reference implementation. As part of the implementation, Nakam ...

(born 1975), a presumed pseudonym of the creator of bitcoin, a digital currency; written in

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 is a 2001 Japanese mystery novel written by Honobu Yonezawa. It is the first volume of the series. Five additional volumes have been published between 2002 and 2016. A manga adaptation drawn by Taskohna began serialization in the March 2 ...

'' *, in the '' Corpse Party'' series *, in the '' Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma'' *, in the ''

Kuroko's Basketball is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2008 to September 2014, with its chapters collected in 30 ...

References

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