Daisuke

Daisuke

Pronunciation	IPA: [daꜜisɯ̥ke]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of origin	Japan

Daisuke (だいすけ, ダイスケ) is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Daisuke can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 大輔, "big, assist"
• 大介, "big, mediate"
• 大祐, "big, bless"
• 大助, "big, help"
• 大典, "big, law/rule/ceremony"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Manga artists

• Daisuke Higuchi (樋口 大輔), a Japanese female manga artist best known for her work on Whistle!
• Daisuke Igarashi (五十嵐大介), a Japanese manga artist known for his bold, detailed art style and innovative storytelling
• Daisuke Moriyama (森山大輔), a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the Chrono Crusade series

Sportspeople

• Daisuke Arakawa (荒川 大輔; born 1981), Japanese long jumper
• Daisuke Ejima (江島 大佑; born 1986), Japanese Paralympic swimmer
• Daisuke Houki (宝亀 大輔; born 1961), Japanese water polo player
• Daisuke Ikeshima (池島 大介), retired Japanese race walker
• Daisuke Kataoka (片岡 大育; born 1988), Japanese golfer
• Daisuke Maeda (前田 大介), Japanese Paralympic swimmer
• Daisuke Matsuzaka (松坂 大輔), retired Japanese professional baseball pitcher
• Daisuke Murakami (snowboarder), (村上 大輔), Japanese snowboarder who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics
• Daisuke Naito (内藤 大助), retired Japanese professional boxer
• Daisuke Nakajima (中嶋 大祐), retired Japanese racing driver
• Daisuke Nakata (中田大輔), Japanese trampolinist who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Daisuke Obara (小原 大輔; born 1981), Japanese ice hockey player
• Daisuke Ohata, (大畑大介), Japanese rugby player
• Daisuke Usami, (宇佐美 大輔), Japanese volleyball player

Football players

• Daisuke Ichikawa (市川 大祐), Japanese football player who plays as a defender and midfielder for the Fujieda MYFC team
• Daisuke Ishizu (石津 大介; born 1990), Japanese football player
• Daisuke Kanzaki (神崎 大輔; born 1985), Japanese footballer
• Daisuke Kikuchi (菊池 大介; born 1991), Japanese footballer
• Daisuke Matsui (松井 大輔), Japanese footballer who plays for Lechia Gdańsk of Ekstraklasa in Poland
• Daisuke Nakamori (中森 大介; born 1974), Japanese footballer and manager
• Daisuke Nasu (那須 大亮), Japanese football player who plays for the Urawa Red Diamonds
• Daisuke Nishiguchi (西口 大輔; born 1988), Japanese footballer
• Daisuke Oku, Japanese former football player
• Daisuke Sakata, (坂田 大輔), Japanese football (soccer) player who plays for Avispa Fukuoka in the J. League
• Daisuke Takahashi (footballer) (高橋 大輔; born 1983), Japanese footballer

Skaters

• Daisuke Murakami (figure skater) (村上 大介), Japanese figure skater
• Daisuke Takahashi (髙橋 大輔; born 1986), Japanese figure skater

Wrestlers

• Daisuke Harada (原田 大輔), professional wrestler signed to Pro Wrestling Noah
• Daisuke Ikeda (池田大輔), professional wrestler competing in the Independent circuit in Japan
• Daisuke Sasaki (佐々木 大輔), professional wrestler
• Daisuke Sekimoto (関本 大介), professional wrestler
• Daisuke Tochiazuma, retired sumo wrestler

Actors & voice actors

• Daisuke Gōri (郷里 大輔, 1952–2010), Japanese voice actor, actor and narrator
• Daisuke Hirakawa (平川 大輔, born 1973), Japanese voice actor
• Daisuke Kishio (岸尾 だいすけ), Japanese voice actor
• Daisuke Nakamura (actor) (中村 大輔), Japanese voice actor
• Daisuke Namikawa (浪川 太亮, born 1976), Japanese voice actor
• Daisuke Nakagawa (中川 大輔; born 1998), Japanese actor and model
• Daisuke Ono (小野 大輔, born 1978), Japanese voice actor well known for voicing Sebastian Michaelis in the anime adaptation of Black Butler and Jotaro Kujo in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
• Daisuke Sakaguchi (阪口 大助, born 1973), Japanese voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production
• Daisuke Tsuji (辻 大介), Japanese-American actor and voice actor

Other

• Daisuke Amaya (天谷 大輔; born 1977), Japanese independent game developer
• Daisuke Asakura (浅倉 大介; born 1967), Japanese pop artist, songwriter and producer
• Daisuke Ban (伴 大介; born 1947), Japanese actor
• Daisuke Enomoto (榎本 大輔; born 1971), Japanese businessman and former livedoor executive
• Daisuke Inoue (井上 大佑; born 1940), Japanese businessman who invented Karaoke
• Daisuke Inoue (井上大輔; (1941–2000)), Japanese singer, composer and multi-instrumentist
• Daisuke Ishiwatari (石渡 太輔; born 1973), Japanese video game developer and musician
• Daisuke Katagami (片上 大輔; born 1986), Japanese shogi player
• Daisuke Katō (加東 大介; 1911–1975), Japanese actor
• Daisuke Kobayashi (小林 大祐; born 1987), Japanese basketball player
• Daisuke Matsumoto (politician) (松本 大輔; born 1971), Japanese politician
• Daisuke Miyagawa (宮川 大輔; born 1973), Japanese comedian and actor
• Daisuke Murakawa (村川大介; born 1990), Japanese professional Go player
• Daisuke Nakagawa (中川 大輔; born 1968), Japanese shogi player
• Daisuke Nakagawa (中川 大輔; born 1998), Japanese actor (Kamen Rider Zero-One)
• Daisuke Nakamura (fighter) (中村 大介; born 1980), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Daisuke Namba (難波 大助; 1899–1924), Japanese student who tried to assassinate Hirohito in 1923
• Daisuke Shima (嶋 大輔; born 1964), Japanese actor
• Daisuke Suzuki (鈴木 大介; born 1974), Japanese shogi player
• Daisuke Takahashi (mathematician), Japanese mathematician
• Daisuke Tsuda (musician) (津田 大介; born 1977), vocalist of the Japanese band Maximum the Hormone
• Daisuke Tsuda (journalist) (津田 大介; born 1973), Japanese IT, music journalist, and writer
• Daisuke Ueda (上田 太輔; born 1987), Japanese male model
• Daisuke Watanabe (渡辺 大祐; born 1974), Japanese video game scenario writer
• Daisuke Watanabe (actor) (渡辺 大輔; born 1982), Japanese stage/screen/TV actor
• Daisuke Yokota (横田 大輔; born 1983), Japanese photographer
• Daisuke Yokoyama (横山 だいすけ, 横山 大介; born 1983), Japanese singer and actor

Fictional characters

• Daisuke Aoki (青木 大介), in the manga Kodomo no Jikan
• Daisuke Aramaki (荒巻 大輔), from the manga Ghost in the Shell
• Daisuke Aurora (ダイスケ・アウローラ), from Heat Guy J.
• Daisuke Hayami (速見 ダイスケ), from the anime Rockman.exe NT Warrior
• Daisuke Hyuuga (日向 大介), from the anime Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star
• Daisuke Jigen (次元 大介), from Lupin III manga
• Daisuke Kazama (風間 大介), from Kamen Rider Kabuto
• Daisuke Motomiya (本宮 大輔) (Davis Motomiya in English dub), from Digimon
• Daisuke Niwa (丹羽 大助), of manga and anime series, D.N.Angel
• Daisuke Serizawa, eyepatch-wearing character in Godzilla
• Daisuke, from the film Urduja
• Daisuke, from the film The Grudge 3
• Daisuke Izumo (出雲 大介), from the tokusatsu series, Ninja Captor
• Daisuke Umon (宇門 大介), from the anime/manga series, UFO Robot Grendizer
• Daisuke Kanbe (神戸 大助), from anime series The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited
• Daisuke Ido (イド ダイスケ), from the manga Battle Angel Alita
• Daisuke, from the game Mouthwashing
• Daisuke, from the dating sim game Date Everything!

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Daisuke
• All pages with titles containing Daisuke
• Dice-K