Satoshi

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

Written forms

• 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"
• 里, "hometown, birthplace, one's origins, one's upbringing, one's past"
• 市, "market, city, town"

People with the name

• Satoshi (born 1998), Moldovan singer
• Satoshi Arai (荒井 聰, born 1946), Japanese politician
• Satoshi Asano (浅野 哲, born 1982), Japanese politician
• Satoshi Ashikawa (芦川 聡, 1953–1983), Japanese musician, composer, producer and record store owner
• Satoshi Dezaki (出﨑 哲, born 1940), Japanese anime director, producer and screenwriter
• Satoshi Fujii (藤井 聡, born 1968), Japanese civil engineer, economist and social critic
• Satoshi Fujimaru (藤丸 敏, born 1960), Japanese politician
• Satoshi Fujimoto (藤本 聰, born 1975), Japanese Paralympic judoka
• Satoshi Fujisaki (藤崎 聡, born 1968), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Satoshi Fujita (藤田 智, born 1959), Japanese horticulturalist and professor
• Satoshi Fukuda (福田 聡志, born 1983), Japanese former professional baseball pitcher
• Satoshi Fukuoka (福岡 聡, born 1965), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Satoshi Fukushima (福島 智, born 1962), Japanese researcher and advocate
• Satoshi Furukawa (古川 聡, born 1964), Japanese surgeon and astronaut
• Satoshi Furuno (古野 慧, born 1999), Japanese freestyle skier
• Satoshi Goto (後藤 哲, born 1971), Japanese voice actor
• Satoshi Hamada (浜田 聡, born 1977), Japanese politician
• Satoshi Hashimoto (橋本 さとし, born 1966), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Satoshi Hatakeyama (畠山 智之, born 1958), Japanese journalist
• Satoshi Hida (飛弾 暁, born 1984), Japanese former football player
• Satoshi Higashi (東 聡, born 1960), Japanese professional golfer
• Satoshi Hino (日野 聡, born 1978), Japanese voice actor
• Satoshi Hirayama (平山 智, 1930–2021), American baseball player
• Satoshi Hirose (廣瀬 敏, born 1976), Japanese former cyclist
• Satoshi Hiyamizu (冷水 佐壽, 1943–2019), Japanese professor
• Satoshi Honma (本間 聡, born 1968), Japanese former mixed martial artist
• Satoshi Horinouchi (堀之内 聖, born 1979), Japanese former football player
• Satoshi Iida (飯田 覚士, born 1969), Japanese professional boxer
• Satoshi Iizuka (飯塚 悟史, born 1993), Japanese professional baseball player
• Satoshi Inoue (musician) (井上 智, born 1959), Japanese jazz guitarist
• Satoshi Inoue (politician) (井上 哲士, born 1958), Japanese politician
• Satoshi Irifune (入船 敏, born 1975), Japanese long-distance runner
• Satoshi Iriki (入來 智, 1967—2023), Japanese baseball player
• Satoshi Ishii (石井 慧, born 1986), Japanese judoka and mixed martial artist
• Satoshi Iwabuchi (岩渕 聡, born 1975), Japanese retired professional tennis player
• Satoshi Kadokura (門倉 聡, born 1959), Japanese composer, arranger, producer and keyboardist
• Satoshi Kajino (梶野 智, born 1965), Japanese former football player
• Satoshi Kako (加古 里子, 1926–2018), Japanese author and illustrator
• Satoshi Kamiya (神谷 哲史, born 1981), Japanese origami master
• Satoshi Kanazawa (サトシ カナザワ, born 1962), American-British evolutionary psychologist
• Satoshi Kashima (加島 聰), Japanese civil engineer
• Satoshi Kataoka (片岡 聡, born 1958), Japanese professional Go player
• Satoshi Kawata (河田 聡, born 1951), Japanese scientist
• Satoshi Kikuchi (菊池 悟, 1952–2019), Japanese handball player
• Satoshi Kinsui (金水 敏, born 1956), Japanese linguist
• Satoshi Kirishima (桐島 聡, 1954–2024), Japanese communist revolutionary
• Satoshi Kitamura (きたむら さとし, born 1956), Japanese Illustrator
• Satoshi Kobayashi (小林 聡, born 1972), Japanese Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer
• Satoshi Kodaira (小平 智, born 1989), Japanese professional golfer
• Satoshi Koga (古賀 聡, born 1970), Japanese former football player
• Satoshi Koizumi (小泉 聡, born 1987), Japanese curler
• Satoshi Kojima (小島 聡, born 1970), Japanese professional wrestler
• Satoshi Komatsu (小松 聖, born 1981), Japanese baseball player
• Satoshi Kon (今 敏, 1963–2010), film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist
• Satoshi Kondo (born 1984), Japanese artistic
• Satoshi Kukino (久木野 聡, born 1987), Japanese retired football player
• Satoshi Kuribayashi (栗林 慧, born 1939), Japanese photographer
• Satoshi Kuroda (黒田 哲史, born 1975), Japanese former professional baseball infielder and current coach
• Satoshi Kuwata (born 1983), Japanese fashion designer
• Satoshi Maruo (丸尾 知司, born 1991), Japanese male athlete
• Satoshi Maruya (丸谷 里志, born 1947), Japanese swimmer
• Satoshi Mashimo (真下 佐登史, born 1974), Japanese former football player
• Satoshi Matsuda (松田 悟志, born 1978), Japanese actor
• Satoshi Matsui (松井 聰, 1915–1995), Japanese basketball player
• Satoshi Matsuoka (松岡 聡), Japanese computer scientist
• Satoshi Mikami (三上 哲, born 1968), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Satoshi Miki (三木 聡, born 1961), Japanese film director and screenwriter
• Satoshi Mitazono (三反園 訓, born 1958), Japanese journalist and the governor of Kagoshima Prefecture
• Satoshi Miyagawa (宮川 悟, born 1977), Japanese former football player
• Satoshi Miyagi (宮城 聰, born 1959), Japanese theatre director
• Satoshi Miyauchi (宮内 聡, born 1959), Japanese former football player and manager
• Satoshi Mizukami (水上 悟志, born 1980), Japanese manga artist
• Satoshi Mori (basketball) (森 哲, born 1949), Japanese basketball player
• Satoshi Mori (skier) (森 敏, born 1971), Japanese Nordic combined skier
• Satoshi Morimoto (森本 敏, born 1941), Japanese scholar
• Satoshi Motoyama (本山 哲, born 1971), Japanese race car driver
• Satoshi Murayama (村山 聖, 1969–1998), Japanese professional shogi player
• Satoshi Nagai (永井 怜, born 1984), Japanese former professional baseball pitcher
• Satoshi Nagano (長野 聡, born 1982), Japanese football player
• Satoshi Nakajima (中嶋 聡, born 1969), Japanese former professional baseball catcher
• Satoshi Nakamoto (fl. 2008–2011), a presumed pseudonym of the creator of bitcoin, a digital currency
• Satoshi Nakamura (中村 哲, born 1958), Japanese computer scientist
• Satoshi Nakanishi (中西 哲, born 1951), Japanese politician
• Satoshi Nakatani (仲谷 聖史, born 1981), Japanese international rugby union player
• Satoshi Nakayama (中山 悟志, born 1981), Japanese former football player
• Satoshi Ninoyu (二之湯 智, born 1944), Japanese politician
• Satoshi Ogawa (小川 聡, born 1983), Japanese sabre fencer
• Satoshi Ohno (大野 智, born 1980), Japanese actor and musician
• Satoshi Ōie (大家 敏志, born 1967), Japanese politician
• Satoshi Okura (大倉 智, born 1969), Japanese former football player
• Satoshi Ōmura (大村 智, born 1935), biochemist, a winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Satoshi Osaki (大崎 悟史, born 1983), Japanese long-distance runner
• Satoshi Osugi (大杉 啓, born 1996), Japanese footballer
• Satoshi Ōtomo (大友 慧, born 1981), Japanese former footballer
• Satoshi Saida (斎田 悟司, born 1972), Japanese pioneering wheelchair tennis player
• Satoshi Sakashita (坂下 里士, born 1989), Japanese male short track speed skater
• Satoshi Sato (skier) (佐藤 智, born 1962), Japanese cross-country skier
• Satoshi Shiki (士貴 智志, born 1970), Japanese manga artist
• Satoshi Shimizu (清水 聡, born 1986), Japanese boxer
• Satoshi Shingaki (新垣 諭, born 1964), Japanese professional boxer
• Satoshi Shinpo (新保 鋭, born 1941), Japanese speed skater
• Satoshi Sugawara| (born 1959), Japanese bobsledder
• Satoshi Sumida (隅田 敏司, born 1962), Japanese swimmer
• Satoshi Sumita (澄田 智, 1916–2008), Japanese businessman, banker, and the 25th Governor of the Bank of Japan
• Satoshi Suzuki (鈴木 智, born 1963), Japanese screenwriter
• Satoshi Suzuki (mathematician) (鈴木 敏, 1930–1991), Japanese mathematician
• Satoshi Taira (平 聡, born 1970), Japanese former football player
• Satoshi Tajiri (田尻 智, born 1965), creator of Pokémon^[1]
• Satoshi Takahashi (高橋 敏, born 1968), Japanese instructor
• Satoshi Takamatsu (高松 聡, born 1963), Japanese artist, creative director, photographer and private astronaut
• Satoshi Takano (高野 智史, born 1993), Japanese shogi player
• Satoshi Takayama (高山 智司, born 1970) Japanese politician
• Satoshi Takayama (高山 智司, born 1986) Japanese politician
• Satoshi Takayanagi (高柳 慧, born 1938), Japanese long jumper
• Satoshi Takebe (武部 聡志, born 1957), Japanese musician, keyboard player, arranger, music director and producer
• Satoshi Takeda (武田 聡, born 1968), Japanese swimmer
• Satoshi Tanaka (田中 聡, born 2002), Japanese footballer
• Satoshi Tezuka (手塚 聡, born 1958), Japanese former football player and manager
• Satoshi Tokiwa (常盤 聡, born 1987), Japanese former footballer
• Satoshi Tokizawa (常澤 聡, born 1985), Japanese football player
• Satoshi Tomiie (富家 哲, born 1966), Japanese DJ and electronic music producer
• Satoshi Tomiura (冨浦 智嗣, born 1991), Japanese actor
• Satoshi Tsumabuki (妻夫木 聡, born 1980), Japanese actor and singer
• Satoshi Tsunami (都並 敏史, born 1961), Japanese football player
• Satoshi Uematsu (植松 聖, born c. 1990), perpetrator of the Sagamihara stabbings
• Satoshi Umemura (梅村 聡, born 1975), Japanese politician
• Satoshi Urushihara (漆原 智志, born 1966), manga artist and artist
• Satoshi Utsunomiya (宇都宮 聡, born 1969), Japanese fossil collector and science writer
• Satosi Watanabe (渡辺 慧, 1910–1993), Japanese theoretical physicist
• Satoshi Watanabe (beach volleyball) (渡辺 聡, born 1975), Japanese beach volleyball player
• Satoshi Yagisawa (八木澤 教司, born 1975), Japanese composer
• Satoshi Yagisawa (writer) (八木沢 里志, born 1977), Japanese author
• Satoshi Yamaguchi (footballer, born 1959) (山口 悟, born 1959), Japanese former football player
• Satoshi Yamaguchi (footballer, born 1978) (山口 智, born 1978), Japanese professional football manager and former player
• Satoshi Yamamoto (山本 サトシ, born 1965), illustrator of Pokémon Adventures starting in volume 10
• Satoshi Yamazaki (山崎 敏, born 1981), Japanese professional Nippon Professional Baseball player
• Satoshi Yanagisawa (柳澤 哲, born 1971), Japanese race walker
• Satoshi Yokoyama (横山 聡, born 1980), Japanese former football player
• Satoshi Yoneyama (footballer) (米山 智, born 1974), Japanese former football player
• Satoshi Yuki (結城 聡, born 1972), 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^[1]
• 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

References

1. ^ Jacobs, Sam (ed.) (2024). "The Ultimate Game Freak". TIME Special Edition. pp. 20–25. Retrieved 2026-03-11.