Yūsuke Yamanaka

Yūsuke, Yusuke, or Yuusuke is a masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Yūsuke can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:

*勇介, "courage, mediate"
*勇助, "courage, to help"
*勇輔, "courage, to help"
*勇祐, "courage, to help"
*勇佑, "courage, to help"
*勇丞, "courage, to help"
*雄介, "masculinity, mediate"
*雄助, "masculinity, to help"
*雄輔, "masculinity, to help"
*雄祐, "masculinity, to help"
*雄佑, "masculinity, to help"
*雄丞, "masculinity, to help"
*友介, "friend, mediate"
*友助, "friend, to help"
*友輔, "friend, to help"
*有介, "possessing/having, mediate"
*由介, "reason, mediate"
*裕祐, "abundant, to help"
*柚介, "citron, mediate"
*愉祐, "pleasure, to help"

The name can also be written in hiragana ゆうすけ or katakana ユウスケ.

Notable people with the name

* Yusuke Aihara (相原 裕介, born 1994), a Japanese professional vert skater
*Yusuke Chiba (, born 1968), Japanese singer who formerly sang for Thee Michelle Gun Elephant and is the founder of the garage rock band The Birthday
* Yusuke Fujimoto (, born 1975), Japanese former heavyweight kickboxer
* Yusuke Hagihara (, 1897–1979), Japanese astronomer known for his contributions to celestial mechanics
* Yusuke Hashiba (, 1851-1921), Japanese archaeologist
* Yusuke Hatanaka (, born 1985), Japanese cyclist
* Yusuke Hatano (, born 1986), Japanese composer and arranger
* Yusuke Hayashi (, born 1990), Japanese footballer
* Yusuke Higa (, born 1989), Japanese footballer who plays for the Yokohama F. Marinos
* Yusuke Hino (, born 1985), Japanese professional wrestler
*, Japanese shogi player
*, Japanese footballer
* Yusuke Iseya (, born 1976), Japanese actor
* Yusuke Kamiji (, born 1979), Japanese actor, singer, and tarento
*Yusuke Kaneko (, born 1976), Japanese ski jumper
* Yusuke Kato (加藤 友介, born 1986), Japanese footballer, who plays for Nakhon Ratchasima F.C. in the Thai Premier League
* Yusuke Kobori (, born 1981), retired Japanese professional boxer and former WBA lightweight champion
* Yuusuke (musician) (, full name Yusuke Kuniyoshi , born 1985), musician and one of the two vocalists of the hard rock band High and Mighty Color
* Yusuke Matsui (, born 1987), Japanese baseball player
* Yusuke Mine (峰 祐介, born 1934), Japanese actor best known for his role on the 26-lesson TV program Let's Learn Japanese
* Yusuke Mori (, born 1980), Japanese footballer who plays for Tokyo Verdy
*, Japanese curler
* Yusuke Murata (, born 1978), Japanese manga artist
* Yusuke Naora (, born 1971), Japanese video game art director and character designer at Square Enix
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese long-distance runner
*, Japanese rugby union player
* Yusuke Numata (, born 1968), Japanese voice actor
* Yusuke Oeda (, born 1935), Japanese professional Go player
* Yusuke Okada (basketball) (, born 1984), Japanese basketball player
* Yusuke Omi (近江 友介, born 1946), Japanese footballer
*Yusuke Saikawa (斉川 雄介, born 1985), Japanese former soccer player
* Yusuke Sato (, born 1977), Japanese footballer
* Yusuke Shimada (, born 1982), Japanese footballer
*, Japanese water polo player
*, Japanese voice actor
* Yusuke Suzuki (racewalker) (, born 1988), Japanese racewalker
* Yusuke Santamaria (, real name Yusuke Nakayama , born 1971), Japanese singer and actor
* Yusuke Takahashi (, born 1997), Japanese tennis player
*, Japanese long-distance runner
* Yusuke Tanaka (football forward) (, born 1986), a Japanese footballer who plays for the J. League team JEF United Ichihara Chiba
* Yusuke Tanaka (football defender) (, born 1986), Japanese footballer who plays for the J. League team Kawasaki Frontale
* Yusuke Tanaka (gymnast), Japanese gymnast who competed for Japan in the 2012 Summer Olympics
* Yusuke Tomoi (, born 1980), Japanese actor from Hokkaidō Japan
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japanese shogi player
* Yusuke Yachi (, born 1980), Japanese race walker
* Yusuke Yada (, born 1983), Japanese footballer currently playing for Kataller Toyama
* Yusuke Yamagata (, born 1986), Japanese footballer
* Yusuke Yamamoto (, born 1988), Japanese actor from Aichi Japan

Fictional characters

*Yusuke Amamiya (), a character in the Super Sentai television series '' Choujuu Sentai Liveman''
*Yusuke Fujisaki (), the main character of '' Sket Dance'' anime and manga
*Yusuke Fujiwara (), a character in the anime spin-off series '' Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX''
*Yusuke Godai (), the main character in the tokusatsu television series '' Kamen Rider Kuuga''
* Yusuke Kitagawa (), a playable character from '' Persona 5''
*Yusuke Makishima (), a character of '' Yowamushi Pedal''
*Yusuke Oda (小田 裕介), a character of '' Hajime no Ippo''
*Yusuke Yoshino (), a character from the visual novel, manga, and anime '' Clannad''
*Yusuke Urameshi (), the main character in the '' YuYu Hakusho'' anime and manga series

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Japanese masculine given names
Masculine given names