Satoshi

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

Possible writings

• 哲, "philosophy, clear"
• 悟, "enlightenment, apprehension"
• 敏, "quick, sharp"
• 智, "knowledge, wisdom"
• 聡, "intelligent, clever, bright"
• 慧, "bright, intelligent"
• 訓, "teach, instruct"
• 諭, "proclaim, instruct"

People with the name

• Satoshi Arai (荒井 聰, born 1946), Japanese politician
• Satoshi Dezaki (哲, born 1940), Japanese anime director, producer, and screenwriter
• Satoshi Furukawa (聡, born 1964), surgeon and astronaut
• Satoshi Hashimoto (さとし, born 1966), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Satoshi Hatakeyama (智之, born 1958), journalist
• Satoshi Hino (聡, born 1978), voice actor
• Satoshi Ishii (慧, born 1986), Japanese judoka and mixed martial artist
• Satoshi Inoue (musician) (智, born 1959), Jazz guitarist
• Satoshi Kamiya (哲史, born 1981), origami master
• Satoshi Kanazawa (born 1962), American-British evolutionary psychologist
• Satoshi Kawata (聡, born 1951), Japanese scientist
• Satoshi Kinsui (敏, born 1956), Japanese linguist
• Satoshi Kitamura (さとし, born 1956), Illustrator
• Satoshi Kojima (聡, born 1970), professional wrestler
• Satoshi Komatsu (小松 聖, born 1981), Japanese baseball player
• Satoshi Kon (敏, 1963–2010), film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist
• Satoshi Matsuda (悟志, born 1978), Japanese actor
• Satoshi Matsuoka (松岡 聡), Japanese computer scientist
• Satoshi Mikami (哲, born 1968), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Satoshi Mitazono (訓, born 1958), Japanese journalist and the governor of Kagoshima Prefecture
• Satoshi Miyagi (宮城 聰, born 1959), Japanese theatre director
• Satoshi Motoyama (哲, born 1971), Japanese racecar driver
• Satoshi Morimoto (敏, born 1941), Japanese scholar
• Satoshi Nakamoto, a presumed pseudonym of the creator of bitcoin, a digital currency
• Satoshi Nakamura (哲, born 1958), Japanese computer scientist
• Satoshi Ohno (智, born 1980), Japanese actor and musician
• Satoshi Ōmura (智, born 1935), biochemist, a winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Satoshi Shiki (智志, born 1970), Japanese manga artist
• Satoshi Shimizu (聡, born 1986), boxer
• Satoshi Shingaki (諭, born 1964), professional boxer
• Satoshi Sumita (智, 1916–2008), Japanese businessman, banker, and the 25th Governor of the Bank of Japan
• Satoshi Suzuki (智), Japanese screenwriter
• Satoshi Tajiri (智, born 1965), creator of Pokémon
• Satoshi Takayanagi (高柳 慧, born 1938), Japanese long jumper
• Satoshi Takano (高野 智史, born 1993), Japanese shogi player
• Satoshi Tomiie (哲, born 1966), DJ and electronic music producer
• Satoshi Tomiura (智嗣, born 1991), Japanese actor
• Satoshi Tsumabuki (聡, born 1980), Japanese actor and singer
• Satoshi Tsunami (敏史, born 1961), Japanese football player
• Satoshi Urushihara (智志, born 1966), manga artist and artist
• Satosi Watanabe (慧, 1910–1993), theoretical physicist
• Satoshi Watanabe (beach volleyball) (渡辺 聡, born 1975), Japanese beach volleyball player
• Satoshi Yagisawa (教司, born 1975), Japanese composer
• Satoshi Yamamoto (サトシ, born 1965), illustrator of Pokémon Adventures starting in volume 10
• Satoshi Yanagisawa (哲, born 1971), race walker
• Satoshi Yuki (聡, born 1972), professional Go player

Fictional characters

• Ash Ketchum (known as Satoshi in Japan), the main character in the Pokémon television series
• Satoshi Himuro, a character in the Red River universe
• Satoshi Hiwatari, a character in D.N.Angel media
• Satoshi (Urusei Yatsura), also known as Megane, a member of Lum's Stormtroopers
• Satoshi Hojo, a character in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni media
• Satoshi Omiya, a racer in Initial D series
• Satoshi Fukube, a character in Hyōka
• Satoshi Mochida, a character in the "Corpse Party" series
• Satoshi Isshiki, a character in the "Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma"
• Satoshi Tsuchida, a character in the "Kuroko's Basketball"