Daisuke

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

Possible writings

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

• 大輔, "big, help"
• 大介, "big, mediate"
• 大祐, "big, help"
• 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 Ikeshima (池島 大介), retired Japanese race walker
• Daisuke Matsuzaka (松坂 大輔), Japanese professional baseball player who pitches for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
• Daisuke Nakata (中田大輔), Japanese trampolinist who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Daisuke Ohata, (大畑大介), Japanese rugby player
• Daisuke Usami, (宇佐美 大輔), Japanese volleyball player
• Daisuke Murakami (snowboarder), (村上 大輔), Japanese snowboarder who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics

Football players

Football players (Soccer senshu):

• Daisuke Ichikawa (市川 大祐), Japanese football player who plays as a defender and midfielder for the Fujieda MYFC team
• Daisuke Matsui (松井 大輔), Japanese footballer who plays for Lechia Gdańsk of Ekstraklasa in Poland
• Daisuke Nasu (那須 大亮), Japanese football player who plays for the Urawa Red Diamonds
• 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

Skaters

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

Voice actors

• Daisuke Gōri (郷里 大輔, 1952-2010), Japanese voice actor, narrator and actor
• Daisuke Hirakawa (平川 大輔), Japanese voice actor
• Daisuke Kishio (岸尾 だいすけ), Japanese voice actor
• Daisuke Namikawa (浪川 大輔), Japanese voice actor
• Daisuke Ono (小野 大輔), Japanese voice actor well known for voicing Sebastian Michaelis in the anime adaption of Black Butler
• Daisuke Sakaguchi (阪口 大助), Japanese voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production

Other

• Daisuke Amaya (天谷 大輔), Japanese independent game developer
• Daisuke Asakura (浅倉 大介), Japanese pop artist, songwriter and producer
• Daisuke Ban (伴 大介), Japanese actor
• Daisuke Enomoto (榎本 大輔), Japanese businessman and former livedoor executive
• Daisuke Inoue (井上 大佑), Japanese businessman who invented Karaoke
• Daisuke Ishiwatari (石渡 太輔), Japanese video game developer, Musician
• Daisuke Katō (加東 大介, 1911–1975) Japanese actor
• Daisuke Murakawa (村川大介), Japanese professional Go player
• Daisuke Namba (難波 大助, 1899–1924), Japanese student who tried to assassinate Hirohito in 1923
• Daisuke Tsuda (musician) (津田 大介), vocalist of the Japanese band Maximum the Hormone
• Daisuke Tsuda (journalist) (津田 大介), Japanese IT, music journalist, and writer
• Daisuke Watanabe (渡辺 大祐), Japanese video game scenario writer
• Daisuke Watanabe (大輔渡辺), Japanese actor stage/screen/TV

Fictional characters

• Daisuke Aoki, in the manga Kodomo no Jikan
• Daisuke Aramaki, from the manga Ghost in the Shell
• Daisuke Aurora, from Heat Guy J.
• Daisuke Hiyami, from the anime Rockman.exe NT Warrior
• Daisuke Jigen, from Lupin III manga
• Daisuke Kazama, from Kamen Rider Kabuto
• Daisuke Motomiya (Davis Motomiya in English dub), from Digimon
• Daisuke Niwa, of manga and anime series, D.N.Angel
• Daisuke Serizawa, eyepatch-wearing character in Godzilla
• Daisuke, from the film Urduja