# Yōsuke

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

## Written forms

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, born 1944), Japanese actor and voice actor
* Yosuke Arimitsu (有光 洋右, born 1943), Japanese diver
* Yosuke Eguchi (江口 洋介, born 1967), Japanese poet, actor and singer
* Yosuke Fujigaya (藤ヶ谷 陽介, born 1981), Japanese footballer
* Yosuke Haga (芳賀 陽介, born 1986), Japanese ice hockey player
* Yosuke Hiraishi (平石 洋介, born 1980), Japanese baseball player
* Yosuke Ikegaya (池谷 陽輔, born 1979), Japanese rugby union player
* Yosuke Ikehata (池端 陽介, born 1979), Japanese footballer
* Yosuke Ishibitsu (石櫃 洋祐, born 1983), Japanese footballer
* Yosuke Isozaki (礒崎 陽輔, born 1957), Japanese politician
* Yousuke Itou (伊藤 陽佑, born 1984), Japanese actor and singer
* Yosuke Kashiwagi (柏木 陽介, born 1987), Japanese footballer
* Yosuke Kataoka (片岡 洋介, born 1982), Japanese footballer
* Yosuke Kawai (河井 陽介, born 1989), Japanese footballer
* Yosuke Kawasaki (川崎 洋介, born 1977), American classical violinist
* Yosuke Kobayashi (小林 陽介, born 1983), Japanese footballer
* Yosuke Kon (今 洋祐, born 1978), Japanese ice hockey player
* Yosuke Kuroda (黒田 洋介, born 1968), Japanese anime screenwriter
* Yosuke Matsuoka (松岡 洋右, 1880–1946), Japanese diplomat and politician
* Yosuke Mikami (三上 陽輔, born 1992), Japanese footballer
* Yosuke Miyaji (宮路 洋輔, born 1987), Japanese footballer
* Yosuke Nakata (中田 洋介, born 1981), Japanese footballer
* Yosuke Nishi (西 洋祐, born 1983), Japanese footballer
* Yosuke Nishijima (西島 洋介, born 1973), Japanese boxer
* Yosuke Nozaki (野崎 陽介, born 1985), Japanese footballer
* Yosuke Nozawa (野澤 洋輔, born 1979), Japanese footballer
* Yosuke Saito (footballer) (斎藤 陽介, born 1988), Japanese footballer
* Yosuke Sakamoto (坂元 要介, born 1974), Japanese footballer
* Yosuke Saruta (猿田 洋祐, born 1987), Japanese mixed martial artist
* Yosuke Shinoda (篠田 陽介, born 1973), Japanese politician
* Yosuke Takagi (高木 陽介, born 1959), Japanese politician
* Yosuke Takahashi (高橋 葉介, born 1956), Japanese manga artist
* Yosuke Takasu (高須 洋介, born 1976), Japanese baseball player
* Yosuke Takeuchi (竹内 洋輔, born 1979), Japanese figure skater
* Yosuke Tsuruho (鶴保 庸介, born 1967), Japanese politician
* Yosuke Yamahata (山端 庸介, 1917–1966), Japanese photographer
* Yosuke Yamamoto (judoka) (山本 洋祐, born 1960), Japanese judoka
* Yosuke Yamashita (山下 洋輔, born 1942), 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