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 , 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 , retired Japanese racing driver 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 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 , 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 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

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