Yūsuke Explained
Yūsuke, Yusuke, or Yuusuke is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Yūsuke can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:
- 勇介, "courage, mediate"
- 勇助, "courage, to help"
- 勇輔, "courage, to help"
- 勇祐, "courage, to help"
- 勇佑, "courage, to help"
- 勇丞, "courage, to help"
- 雄介, "masculinity, mediate"
- 雄助, "masculinity, to help"
- 雄輔, "masculinity, to help"
- 雄祐, "masculinity, to help"
- 雄佑, "masculinity, to help"
- 雄丞, "masculinity, to help"
- 友介, "friend, mediate"
- 友助, "friend, to help"
- 友輔, "friend, to help"
- 有介, "possessing/having, mediate"
- 由介, "reason, mediate"
- 裕祐, "abundant, to help"
- 柚介, "citron, mediate"
- 愉祐, "pleasure, to help"
The name can also be written in hiragana ゆうすけ or katakana ユウスケ.
Notable people with the name
- Yusuke Aihara (相原 裕介, born 1994), a Japanese professional vert skater
- Yusuke Chiba (Japanese: チバ ユウスケ, born 1968), Japanese singer who formerly sang for Thee Michelle Gun Elephant and is the founder of the garage rock band The Birthday
- Yusuke Fujimoto (Japanese: 藤本 祐介, born 1975), Japanese former heavyweight kickboxer
- Yusuke Hagihara (Japanese: 萩原 雄祐, 1897–1979), Japanese astronomer known for his contributions to celestial mechanics
- Yusuke Hashiba (Japanese: 羽柴 雄輔, 1851-1921), Japanese archaeologist
- Yusuke Hatanaka (Japanese: 畑中 勇介, born 1985), Japanese cyclist
- Yusuke Hatano (Japanese: 波多野 裕介, born 1986), Japanese composer and arranger
- Yusuke Hayashi (Japanese: 林 勇介, born 1990), Japanese footballer
- Yusuke Higa (Japanese: 比嘉 祐介, born 1989), Japanese footballer who plays for the Yokohama F. Marinos
- Yusuke Hino (Japanese: 日野 裕介, born 1985), Japanese professional wrestler
- , Japanese shogi player
- , Japanese footballer
- Yusuke Iseya (Japanese: 伊勢谷 友介, born 1976), Japanese actor
- Yusuke Kamiji (Japanese: 上地 雄輔, born 1979), Japanese actor, singer, and tarento
- Yusuke Kaneko (Japanese: 金子 祐介, born 1976), Japanese ski jumper
- Yusuke Kato (加藤 友介, born 1986), Japanese footballer, who plays for Nakhon Ratchasima F.C. in the Thai Premier League
- Yusuke Kawazu (Japanese: 川津 祐介, born 1935), Japanese actor
- Yusuke Kobori (Japanese: 小堀 佑介, born 1981), retired Japanese professional boxer and former WBA lightweight champion
- Yuusuke (musician) (Japanese: ユウスケ, full name Yusuke Kuniyoshi Japanese: 国吉祐輔, born 1985), musician and one of the two vocalists of the hard rock band High and Mighty Color
- Yusuke Matsui (Japanese: 松井 佑介, born 1987), Japanese baseball player
- Yusuke Maruyama (Japanese: 丸山 裕介, born 1995), Japanese actor, singer
- Yusuke Mine (峰 祐介, born 1934), Japanese actor best known for his role on the 26-lesson TV program Let's Learn Japanese
- Yusuke Mori (Japanese: 森 勇介, born 1980), Japanese footballer who plays for Tokyo Verdy
- , Japanese curler
- Yusuke Murata (Japanese: 村田 雄介, born 1978), Japanese manga artist
- Yusuke Naora (Japanese: 直良 有祐, born 1971), Japanese video game art director and character designer at Square Enix
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese long-distance runner
- , Japanese rugby union player
- Yusuke Numata (Japanese: 沼田 祐介, born 1968), Japanese voice actor
- Yusuke Oeda (Japanese: 大枝 雄介, born 1935), Japanese professional Go player
- Yusuke Okada (basketball) (Japanese: 岡田 優介, born 1984), Japanese basketball player
- Yusuke Omi (近江 友介, born 1946), Japanese footballer
- Yusuke Saikawa (斉川 雄介, born 1985), Japanese former soccer player
- Yusuke Sato (Japanese: 佐藤 悠介, born 1977), Japanese footballer
- Yusuke Shimada (Japanese: 島田 裕介, born 1982), Japanese footballer
- , Japanese water polo player
- , Japanese voice actor
- Yusuke Suzuki (racewalker) (Japanese: 鈴木 雄介, born 1988), Japanese racewalker
- Yusuke Suzuki (footballer) (Japanese: 鈴木 祐輔, born 1982), Japanese footballer
- Yusuke Santamaria (Japanese: ユースケ・サンタマリア, real name Yusuke Nakayama Japanese: 中山 裕介, born 1971), Japanese singer and actor
- Yusuke Takahashi (Japanese: 高橋 悠介, born 1997), Japanese tennis player
- , Japanese long-distance runner
- Yusuke Tanaka (football forward) (Japanese: 田中 佑昌, born 1986), a Japanese footballer who plays for the J. League team JEF United Ichihara Chiba
- Yusuke Tanaka (football defender) (Japanese: 田中 裕介, born 1986), Japanese footballer who plays for the J. League team Kawasaki Frontale
- Yusuke Tanaka (gymnast), Japanese gymnast who competed for Japan in the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Yusuke Tomoi (Japanese: 友井 雄亮, born 1980), Japanese actor from Hokkaidō Japan
- , Japanese baseball player
- , Japanese shogi player
- Yusuke Yachi (Japanese: 谷内 雄亮, born 1980), Japanese race walker
- Yusuke Yada (Japanese: 谷田 悠介, born 1983), Japanese footballer currently playing for Kataller Toyama
- Yusuke Yamagata (Japanese: 山形 雄介, born 1986), Japanese footballer
- Yusuke Yamamoto (Japanese: 山本裕典, born 1988), Japanese actor from Aichi Japan
- Yusuke Yoshizaki (吉崎 雄亮, born 1981), Japanese former football player
Fictional characters
- Yusuke Amamiya (Japanese: 天宮 勇介), a character in the Super Sentai television series Choujuu Sentai Liveman
- Yusuke Fujisaki (Japanese: 藤崎 佑助), the main character of Sket Dance anime and manga
- Yusuke Fujiwara (Japanese: 藤原 優介), a character in the anime spin-off series Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX
- Yusuke Godai (Japanese: 五代 雄介), the main character in the tokusatsu television series Kamen Rider Kuuga
- Yusuke Kitagawa (Japanese: 喜多川 祐介), a playable character from Persona 5
- Yusuke Makishima (Japanese: 巻島 裕介), a character of Yowamushi Pedal
- Yusuke Oda (小田 裕介), a character of Hajime no Ippo
- Yusuke Sakamoto (Japanese: 坂本裕介), the main character in the 2000 film Juvenile
- Yusuke Yoshino (Japanese: 芳野 祐介), a character from the visual novel, manga, and anime Clannad
- Yusuke Urameshi (Japanese: 浦飯 幽助), the main character in the YuYu Hakusho anime and manga series
