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, 航輔 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 Kinoshita (木下 康介, born 1994), 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 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
• Kosuke Nakamura (中村 航輔, born 1995), 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 (鈴木 浩介, 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), a fictional Japanese detective created by Seishi Yokomizo