Yōsuke

Yōsuke, Yosuke, Yousuke or Yohsuke is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings
Yōsuke can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:


 * 洋介, "ocean, mediate"
 * 洋助, "ocean, to help"
 * 洋輔, "ocean, to help"
 * 洋祐, "ocean, to help"
 * 洋右, "ocean, right"
 * 陽介, "sunshine, mediate"
 * 陽助, "sunshine, to help"
 * 陽輔, "sunshine, to help"
 * 陽佑, "sunshine, to help"
 * 葉介, "leaf, mediate"
 * 庸介, "common, mediate"
 * 容介, "contain, mediate"
 * 容助, "contain, to help"
 * 曜介, "weekday, mediate"
 * 曜助, "weekday, to help"

The name can also be written in hiragana ようすけ or katakana ヨウスケ.

Notable people with the name

 * Yosuke Akimoto (秋元 羊介), Japanese actor and voice actor
 * Yosuke Arimitsu (有光 洋右), Japanese diver
 * Yosuke Eguchi (江口 洋介), Japanese poet, actor and singer
 * Yosuke Fujigaya (藤ヶ谷 陽介), Japanese footballer
 * Yosuke Haga (芳賀 陽介), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Yosuke Hiraishi (平石 洋介), Japanese baseball player
 * Yosuke Ikegaya (池谷 陽輔), Japanese rugby union player
 * Yosuke Ikehata (池端 陽介), Japanese footballer
 * Yosuke Ishibitsu (石櫃 洋祐), Japanese footballer
 * Yosuke Isozaki (礒崎 陽輔), Japanese politician
 * Yousuke Itou (伊藤 陽佑), Japanese actor and singer
 * Yosuke Kashiwagi (柏木 陽介), Japanese footballer
 * Yosuke Kataoka (片岡 洋介), Japanese footballer
 * Yosuke Kawai (河井 陽介), Japanese footballer
 * Yosuke Kawasaki (川崎 洋介), American classical violinist
 * Yosuke Kobayashi (小林 陽介), Japanese footballer
 * Yosuke Kon (今 洋祐), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Yosuke Kondo (近藤 洋介), Japanese politician
 * Yosuke Kubozuka (窪塚 洋介), Japanese actor
 * Yosuke Kuroda (黒田 洋介), Japanese anime screenwriter
 * Yosuke Matsumoto (松本 陽介), Japanese footballer
 * Yosuke Matsuoka (松岡 洋右), Japanese diplomat and politician
 * Yosuke Mikami (三上 陽輔), Japanese footballer
 * Yosuke Miyaji (宮路 洋輔), Japanese footballer
 * Yosuke Mori (森 洋介), Japanese footballer
 * Yosuke Nakanishi (中西 洋介), Japanese badminton player
 * Yosuke Nakata (中田 洋介), Japanese footballer
 * Yosuke Nishi (西 洋祐), Japanese footballer
 * Yosuke Nishijima (西島 洋介), Japanese boxer
 * Yosuke Nozaki (野崎 陽介), Japanese footballer
 * Yosuke Nozawa (野澤 洋輔), Japanese footballer
 * Yosuke Saito (footballer) (斎藤 陽介), Japanese footballer
 * Yosuke Sakamoto (坂元 要介), Japanese footballer
 * Yosuke Saruta (猿田 洋祐), Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Yosuke Shinoda (篠田 陽介), Japanese politician
 * Yosuke Takagi (高木 陽介), Japanese politician
 * Yosuke Takahashi (高橋 葉介), Japanese manga artist
 * Yosuke Takasu (高須 洋介), Japanese baseball player
 * Yosuke Takeuchi (竹内 洋輔), Japanese figure skater
 * Yosuke Tsuruho (鶴保 庸介), Japanese politician
 * Yosuke Yamahata (山端 庸介), Japanese photographer
 * Yosuke Yamamoto (judoka) (山本 洋祐), Japanese judoka
 * Yosuke Yamashita (山下 洋輔), Japanese jazz pianist

Fictional characters

 * Yosuke Hanamura (花村 陽介), character in the video game Persona 4
 * Yosuke Koiwai (小岩井 葉介), character in the manga Yotsuba&!
 * Yosuke Miyadai (宮台 陽介), character in the film Battle Royale II: Requiem
 * Yosuke Fuuma (風摩 ようすけ), character in the anime and manga Wedding Peach