Satoshi

Satoshi (さとし, サトシ) is a generally masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

 * 哲, "intelligent, philosophy, clear"
 * 悟, "bodhi, enlightenment, apprehension"
 * 敏, "quick, sharp"
 * 智, "knowledge, wisdom"
 * 聡, "intelligent, clever, bright"
 * 慧, "bright, intelligent"
 * 訓, "teach, instruct"
 * 諭, "teach, to lead"

People with the name

 * Satoshi Arai (荒井 聰), Japanese politician
 * Satoshi Furukawa (古川 聡), Japanese surgeon and astronaut
 * Satoshi Hamada (浜田 聡), Japanese politician
 * Satoshi Hashimoto (橋本 さとし), Japanese actor and voice actor
 * Satoshi Hatakeyama (畠山 智之), Japanese journalist
 * Satoshi Hino (日野 聡), Japanese voice actor
 * Satoshi Ishii (石井 慧), Japanese judoka and mixed martial artist
 * Satoshi Inoue (musician) (井上 智), Japanese jazz guitarist
 * Satoshi Inoue (politician) (井上 哲士), Japanese politician
 * Satoshi Kamiya (神谷 哲史), Japanese origami master
 * Satoshi Kanazawa (born 1962), American-British evolutionary psychologist
 * Satoshi Kawata (河田 聡), Japanese scientist
 * Satoshi Kinsui (金水 敏), Japanese linguist
 * Satoshi Kitamura (きたむら さとし), Illustrator
 * Satoshi Kojima (小島 聡), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Satoshi Komatsu (小松 聖), Japanese baseball player
 * Satoshi Kon (今 敏), film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist
 * Satoshi Kuribayashi (栗林 慧), Japanese photographer
 * Satoshi Maruya (丸谷 里志), Japanese swimmer
 * Satoshi Matsuda (松田 悟志), Japanese actor
 * Satoshi Matsuoka (松岡 聡), Japanese computer scientist
 * Satoshi Mikami (三上 哲), Japanese actor and voice actor
 * Satoshi Mitazono (三反園 訓), Japanese journalist and the governor of Kagoshima Prefecture
 * Satoshi Miyagi (宮城 聰), Japanese theatre director
 * Satoshi Mizukami (水上 悟志), Japanese manga artist
 * Satoshi Mori (basketball) (森 哲), Japanese basketball player
 * Satoshi Mori (skier) (born 1971), Japanese Nordic combined skier
 * Satoshi Morimoto (森本 敏), Japanese scholar
 * Satoshi Motoyama (本山 哲), Japanese race car driver
 * Satoshi Nakamoto (born 1975), a presumed pseudonym of the creator of bitcoin, a digital currency; written in Japanese as サトシ・ナカモト
 * Satoshi Nakamura (中村 哲), Japanese computer scientist
 * Satoshi Ohno (大野 智), Japanese actor and musician
 * Satoshi Ōmura (大村 智), biochemist, a winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
 * Satoshi Sato (佐藤 聡), Japanese footballer
 * Satoshi Sato (skier) (佐藤 智), Japanese cross-country skier
 * Satoshi Shiki (士貴 智志), Japanese manga artist
 * Satoshi Shimizu (清水 聡), Japanese boxer
 * Satoshi Shingaki (新垣 諭), Japanese professional boxer
 * Satoshi Sumida (隅田 敏司), Japanese swimmer
 * Satoshi Sumita (澄田 智), Japanese businessman, banker, and the 25th Governor of the Bank of Japan
 * Satoshi Suzuki (鈴木 智), Japanese screenwriter
 * Satoshi Tajiri (田尻 智), creator of Pokémon
 * Satoshi Takayanagi (高柳 慧), Japanese long jumper
 * Satoshi Takano (高野 智史), Japanese shogi player
 * Satoshi Takeda (武田 聡), Japanese swimmer
 * Satoshi Tanaka (田中 聡), Japanese footballer
 * Satoshi Tomiie (富家 哲), Japanese DJ and electronic music producer
 * Satoshi Tomiura (冨浦 智嗣), Japanese actor
 * Satoshi Tsumabuki (妻夫木 聡), Japanese actor and singer
 * Satoshi Tsunami (都並 敏史), Japanese football player
 * Satoshi Uematsu (植松 聖), perpetrator of the Sagamihara stabbings
 * Satoshi Urushihara (漆原 智志), manga artist and artist
 * Satosi Watanabe (渡辺 慧), Japanese theoretical physicist
 * Satoshi Watanabe (beach volleyball) (渡辺 聡), Japanese beach volleyball player
 * Satoshi Yagisawa (八木澤 教司), Japanese composer
 * Satoshi Yamamoto (山本 サトシ), illustrator of Pokémon Adventures starting in volume 10
 * Satoshi Yanagisawa (柳澤 哲), Japanese race walker
 * Satoshi Yoshida (吉田 智志), Japanese footballer
 * Satoshi Yuki (結城 聡), Japanese professional Go player
 * Satoshi Yūki (結城 智史), a pseudonym of Kouji Miura (b. 1995), a Japanese manga artist

Fictional characters

 * Ash Ketchum (known as Satoshi (サトシ) in Japan), the main character in the Pokémon television series
 * Satoshi Himuro (氷室 聡), in the Red River universe
 * Satoshi Hiwatari (日渡 怜) or Satoshi Hikari (氷狩 怜), in D.N.Angel media
 * Satoshi (Urusei Yatsura) (サトシ), also known as Megane, a member of Lum's Stormtroopers
 * Satoshi Hojo (北条 悟史), in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni media
 * Satoshi Omiya (大宮 智史), a racer in Initial D series
 * Satoshi Fukube (福部 里志), in Hyōka
 * Satoshi Mochida (持田 哲志), in the Corpse Party series
 * Satoshi Isshiki (一色 慧), in the Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma
 * Satoshi Tsuchida (土田 聡史), in the Kuroko's Basketball