Hisashi Explained

Hisashi is a masculine Japanese given name. Its meaning differs depending on the kanji used to write it.

Kanji

Single kanji used to write the name Hisashi include:^[1]

"long time"

"eternal"

"still"

"standard"

"complete"

"long"

"life" (also with the kyūjitai variant)

"long day"

There are more than a hundred different ways to write the name using two or three characters.^[1]

People with the name

• , Japanese zoologist
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese guitarist and songwriter
• , Japanese writer and playwright
• , Japanese historian
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese ice hockey player
• , Japanese football manager
• , Japanese electrical engineer and computer scientist
• , Japanese geologist
• , Japanese football player
• , Japanese painter
• , Japanese alpine skier
• , Japanese gymnast
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese video game developer
• , Japanese screenwriter and mystery novelist
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese baseball player
• , known mononymously as Hisashi (musician)
• , Japanese football player
• , Japanese baseball pitcher
• , Japanese sumo wrestler
• , Japanese organic chemist
• , Japanese sumo wrestler

Fictional characters

• Hisashi Kinoshita (木下 久志), a character from Haikyu!! with the position of wing spiker from Karasuno High
• Hisashi Mitsui (三井 寿), a character from Slam Dunk

See also

• , Japanese composer

Notes and References

1. Book: Breen, Jim. Jim Breen

   . Japanese Names Dictionary. Jim Breen. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. 2011. 17 October 2015.