Yōsuke

Yōsuke

Yosuke Takagi, Japanese politician
Pronunciation	joɯsɯke (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Yosuke (Kunrei-shiki) Yosuke (Nihon-shiki) Yōsuke, Yosuke, Yousuke (Hepburn) Yoske

Yōsuke, Yosuke, Yousuke or Yohsuke is a masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Yōsuke can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:

• 洋介, "ocean, mediate"
• 洋助, "ocean, to help"
• 洋輔, "ocean, to help"
• 洋祐, "ocean, to help"
• 洋右, "ocean, right"
• 陽介, "sunshine, mediate"
• 陽助, "sunshine, to help"
• 陽輔, "sunshine, to help"
• 陽佑, "sunshine, to help"
• 葉介, "leaf, mediate"
• 庸介, "common, mediate"
• 容介, "contain, mediate"
• 容助, "contain, to help"
• 曜介, "weekday, mediate"
• 曜助, "weekday, to help"

The name can also be written in hiragana ようすけ or katakana ヨウスケ.

Notable people with the name

• Yosuke Akimoto (秋元 羊介, born 1944), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Yosuke Arimitsu (有光 洋右, born 1943), Japanese diver
• Yosuke Eguchi (江口 洋介, born 1967), Japanese poet, actor and singer
• Yosuke Fujigaya (藤ヶ谷 陽介, born 1981), Japanese footballer
• Yosuke Haga (芳賀 陽介, born 1986), Japanese ice hockey player
• Yosuke Hiraishi (平石 洋介, born 1980), Japanese baseball player
• Yosuke Ikegaya (池谷 陽輔, born 1979), Japanese rugby union player
• Yosuke Ikehata (池端 陽介, born 1979), Japanese footballer
• Yosuke Ishibitsu (石櫃 洋祐, born 1983), Japanese footballer
• Yosuke Isozaki (礒崎 陽輔, born 1957), Japanese politician
• Yousuke Itou (伊藤 陽佑, born 1984), Japanese actor and singer
• Yosuke Kashiwagi (柏木 陽介, born 1987), Japanese footballer
• Yosuke Kataoka (片岡 洋介, born 1982), Japanese footballer
• Yosuke Kawai (河井 陽介, born 1989), Japanese footballer
• Yosuke Kawasaki (川崎 洋介, born 1977), American classical violinist
• Yosuke Kobayashi (小林 陽介, born 1983), Japanese footballer
• Yosuke Kon (今 洋祐, born 1978), Japanese ice hockey player
• Yosuke Kuroda (黒田 洋介, born 1968), Japanese anime screenwriter
• Yosuke Matsuoka (松岡 洋右, 1880–1946), Japanese diplomat and politician
• Yosuke Mikami (三上 陽輔, born 1992), Japanese footballer
• Yosuke Miyaji (宮路 洋輔, born 1987), Japanese footballer
• Yosuke Nakata (中田 洋介, born 1981), Japanese footballer
• Yosuke Nishi (西 洋祐, born 1983), Japanese footballer
• Yosuke Nishijima (西島 洋介, born 1973), Japanese boxer
• Yosuke Nozaki (野崎 陽介, born 1985), Japanese footballer
• Yosuke Nozawa (野澤 洋輔, born 1979), Japanese footballer
• Yosuke Saito (footballer) (斎藤 陽介, born 1988), Japanese footballer
• Yosuke Sakamoto (坂元 要介, born 1974), Japanese footballer
• Yosuke Saruta (猿田 洋祐, born 1987), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Yosuke Shinoda (篠田 陽介, born 1973), Japanese politician
• Yosuke Takagi (高木 陽介, born 1959), Japanese politician
• Yosuke Takahashi (高橋 葉介, born 1956), Japanese manga artist
• Yosuke Takasu (高須 洋介, born 1976), Japanese baseball player
• Yosuke Takeuchi (竹内 洋輔, born 1979), Japanese figure skater
• Yosuke Tsuruho (鶴保 庸介, born 1967), Japanese politician
• Yosuke Yamahata (山端 庸介, 1917–1966), Japanese photographer
• Yosuke Yamamoto (judoka) (山本 洋祐, born 1960), Japanese judoka
• Yosuke Yamashita (山下 洋輔, born 1942), Japanese jazz pianist

Fictional characters

• Yosuke Hanamura (花村 陽介), character in the video game Persona 4
• Yosuke Koiwai (小岩井 葉介), character in the manga Yotsuba&!
• Yosuke Miyadai (宮台 陽介), character in the film Battle Royale II: Requiem
• Yosuke Fuuma (風摩 ようすけ), character in the anime and manga Wedding Peach