Kōsuke

Kōsuke

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Kōsuke, Kosuke or Kousuke (written: 康介, 康裕, 康祐, 浩介, 浩輔, 浩祐, 公介, 公輔, 公祐, 公亮, 幸介, 幸佑, 孝介, 孝亮, 孝輔, 孝助, 康介, 宏介, 紘介, 広祐, 光祐, 光佑, 光将, 耕助, 耕輔, 耕佑, 興輔, 昂輔, 晃佑, 亘右 or こうすけ in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Kousuke Akiyoshi (秋吉 耕佑) (born 1975), Japanese motorcycle racer
• Aoiyama Kōsuke (碧山 亘右) (born 1986), Bulgarian sumo wrestler
• Kousuke Atari (中 孝介) (born 1980), Japanese singer
• Kosuke Endo (遠藤 幸佑) (born 1980), Japanese rugby union player
• Kōsuke Fujishima (藤島 康介) (born 1964), Japanese manga artist
• Kosuke Fukudome (福留 孝介) (born 1977), Japanese baseball player
• Gomi Kosuke (五味 康祐) (1921–1980), pen-name of Gomi Yasusuke, Japanese writer
• Kosuke Hagino (萩野 公介) (born 1994), Japanese swimmer
• Kosuke Harada (原田 紘介) (born 1977), Japanese footballer
• Kosuke Hori (保利 耕輔) (born 1934), Japanese politician
• Kosuke Kimura (木村 光佑) (born 1984), Japanese footballer
• Ijichi Kōsuke (伊地知 幸介) (1854–1917), Japanese general
• Kosuke Ito (伊藤 公介) (born 1941), Japanese politician
• Kosuke Kikuchi (菊地 光将) (born 1985), Japanese footballer
• Kosuke Kitajima (北島 康介) (born 1982), Japanese swimmer
• Kosuke Kitani (木谷 公亮) (born 1978), Japanese footballer
• Kosuke Koyama (小山 晃佑) (1929–2009), Japanese theologian
• Kōsuke Kujirai (鯨井 康介) (born 1987), Japanese actor and singer
• Kōsuke Masuda (増田 こうすけ) (born 1976), Japanese manga artist
• Kosuke Masuda (painter), Japanese painter
• Kosuke Matsuura (松浦 孝亮) (born 1979), Japanese racing driver
• Kōsuke Meguro (目黒 光祐) (born 1954), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Kosuke Nakamachi (中町 公祐) (born 1985), Japanese footballer
• Kōsuke Okano (岡野 浩介) (born 1969), Japanese voice actor
• Kosuke Onose (小野瀬 康介) (born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Kosuke Ota (太田 宏介) (born 1987), Japanese footballer
• Kosuke Ota (born 1982) (太田 康介) (born 1982), Japanese footballer
• Kosuke Saito (斉藤 広祐) (born 1983), Japanese composer
• Kosuke Suda (須田 興輔) (born 1980), Japanese footballer
• Kosuke Suzuki (born 1981), Japanese footballer
• Kosuke Takahashi (高橋 浩祐) (born 1968), Japanese journalist
• Kousuke Takahashi (高橋 孝助), Japanese historian
• Kosuke Taketomi (武富 孝介) (born 1990), Japanese footballer
• Kosuke Takeuchi (竹内 公輔) (born 1985), Japanese basketball player
• Kōsuke Toriumi (鳥海 浩輔) (born 1973), Japanese voice actor
• Kosuke Uchida (内田 昂輔) (born 1987), Japanese footballer
• Kosuke Yamamoto (山本 康裕) (born 1989), Japanese footballer
• Kousuke Yamashita (山下 康介) (born 1974), Japanese composer
• Kosuke Yatsuda (八田 康介) (born 1982), Japanese footballer
• Kousuke Yonehara (米原 幸佑) (born 1986), Japanese singer and actor
• Kosuke Yoshii (吉井 孝輔) (born 1986), Japanese footballer

Fictional characters:

• Kosuke Kindaichi (金田一 耕助), fictional Japanese detective created by Seishi Yokomizo