Daisuke Explained

is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

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

• , Japanese long jumper
• , Japanese Paralympic swimmer
• , Japanese water polo player
• Daisuke Ikeshima (池島 大介), retired Japanese race walker
• , Japanese golfer
• , 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 Nakata (中田大輔), Japanese trampolinist who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics
• , 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
• , Japanese football player
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• Daisuke Matsui (松井 大輔), Japanese footballer who plays for Lechia Gdańsk of Ekstraklasa in Poland
• , Japanese footballer and manager
• Daisuke Nasu (那須 大亮), Japanese football player who plays for the Urawa Red Diamonds
• , 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
• , Japanese footballer

Skaters

• Daisuke Murakami (figure skater) (村上 大介), Japanese figure skater
• , 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 Matsubara (松原 大典), Japanese voice actor
• Daisuke Nakamura (actor) (中村 太亮), Japanese voice actor
• Daisuke Namikawa (浪川 大輔, born 1976), Japanese voice actor
• 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
• , Japanese-American actor and voice actor

Other

• , Japanese independent game developer
• , Japanese pop artist, songwriter and producer
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese businessman and former livedoor executive
• , Japanese businessman who invented Karaoke
• , Japanese singer, composer and multi-instrumentist
• , Japanese video game developer and musician
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese basketball player
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese comedian and actor
• , Japanese professional Go player
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese actor (Kamen Rider Zero-One)
• , Japanese mixed martial artist
• , Japanese student who tried to assassinate Hirohito in 1923
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese shogi player
• Daisuke Takahashi (mathematician), Japanese mathematician
• , vocalist of the Japanese band Maximum the Hormone
• , Japanese IT, music journalist, and writer
• , Japanese male model
• , Japanese video game scenario writer
• , Japanese stage/screen/TV actor
• , Japanese photographer
• , Japanese singer and actor

Fictional characters

• , in the manga Kodomo no Jikan
• , from the manga Ghost in the Shell
• , from Heat Guy J.
• , from the anime Rockman.exe NT Warrior
• , from the anime Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star
• , from Lupin III manga
• , from Kamen Rider Kabuto
• (Davis Motomiya in English dub), from Digimon
• , 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
• , from the tokusatsu series, Ninja Captor
• , from the anime/manga series, UFO Robot Grendizer
• , from anime/manga series,
• Daisuke Ido (イド ダイスケ), from the manga Battle Angel Alita
• Daisuke, from the game Mouthwashing

See also

• • Dice-K