Satoshi

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{{Infobox given name | name = Satoshi | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation = Satoshi | gender = Male | meaning = | region = Japanese | origin = Japanese | related names = Japanese }}

{{nihongo|'''Satoshi'''|さとし, サトシ}} is a generally masculine Japanese given name.

== Written forms == *{{linktext|哲}}, "intelligent, philosophy, clear" *{{linktext|悟}}, "bodhi, enlightenment, apprehension" *{{linktext|敏}}, "quick, sharp" *{{linktext|智}}, "knowledge, wisdom" *{{linktext|聡}}, "intelligent, clever, bright" *{{linktext|慧}}, "bright, intelligent" *{{linktext|訓}}, "teach, instruct" *{{linktext|諭}}, "teach, to lead" *{{linktext|里}}, "hometown, birthplace, one's origins, one's upbringing, one's past" *{{linktext|市}}, "market, city, town"

==People with the name== *Satoshi (born 1998), Moldovan singer *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Arai|荒井聰||born 1946}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Asano|浅野哲||born 1982}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Ashikawa|芦川聡||1953–1983}}, Japanese musician, composer, producer and record store owner *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Dezaki|出﨑哲||born 1940}}, Japanese anime director, producer and screenwriter *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Fujii|藤井聡||born 1968}}, Japanese civil engineer, economist and social critic *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Fujimaru|藤丸敏||born 1960}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Fujimoto|藤本聰||born 1975}}, Japanese Paralympic judoka *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Fujisaki|藤崎聡||born 1968}}, Japanese mixed martial artist *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Fujita|藤田智||born 1959}}, Japanese horticulturalist and professor *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Fukuda|福田聡志||born 1983}}, Japanese former professional baseball pitcher *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Fukuoka|福岡聡||born 1965}}, Japanese mixed martial artist *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Fukushima|福島智||born 1962}}, Japanese researcher and advocate *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Furukawa|古川聡||born 1964}}, Japanese surgeon and astronaut *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Furuno|古野慧||born 1999}}, Japanese freestyle skier *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Goto|後藤哲||born 1971}}, Japanese voice actor *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Hamada|浜田聡||born 1977}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Hashimoto|橋本さとし||born 1966}}, Japanese actor and voice actor *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Hatakeyama|畠山智之||born 1958}}, Japanese journalist *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Hida|飛弾暁||born 1984}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Higashi|東聡||born 1960}}, Japanese professional golfer *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Hino|日野聡||born 1978}}, Japanese voice actor *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Hirayama|平山智||1930–2021}}, American baseball player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Hirose|廣瀬敏||born 1976}}, Japanese former cyclist *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Hiyamizu|冷水佐壽||1943–2019}}, Japanese professor *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Honma|本間聡||born 1968}}, Japanese former mixed martial artist *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Horinouchi|堀之内聖||born 1979}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Iida|飯田覚士||born 1969}}, Japanese professional boxer *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Iizuka|飯塚悟史||born 1993}}, Japanese professional baseball player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Inoue (musician)|井上智||born 1959}}, Japanese jazz guitarist *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Inoue (politician)|井上哲士||born 1958}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Irifune|入船敏||born 1975}}, Japanese long-distance runner *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Iriki|入來智||1967—2023}}, Japanese baseball player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Ishii|石井慧||born 1986}}, Japanese judoka and mixed martial artist *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Iwabuchi|岩渕聡||born 1975}}, Japanese retired professional tennis player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Kadokura|門倉聡||born 1959}}, Japanese composer, arranger, producer and keyboardist *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Kajino|梶野智||born 1965}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Kako|加古里子||1926–2018}}, Japanese author and illustrator *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Kamiya|神谷哲史||born 1981}}, Japanese origami master *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Kanazawa|サトシカナザワ||born 1962}}, American-British evolutionary psychologist *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Kashima|加島聰}}, Japanese civil engineer *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Kataoka|片岡聡||born 1958}}, Japanese professional Go player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Kawata|河田聡||born 1951}}, Japanese scientist *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Kikuchi|菊池悟||1952–2019}}, Japanese handball player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Kinsui|金水敏||born 1956}}, Japanese linguist *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Kirishima|桐島聡||1954–2024}}, Japanese communist revolutionary *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Kitamura|きたむらさとし||born 1956}}, Japanese Illustrator *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Kobayashi|小林聡||born 1972}}, Japanese Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Kodaira|小平智||born 1989}}, Japanese professional golfer *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Koga|古賀聡||born 1970}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Koizumi|小泉聡||born 1987}}, Japanese curler *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Kojima|小島聡||born 1970}}, Japanese professional wrestler *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Komatsu|小松聖||born 1981}}, Japanese baseball player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Kon|今敏||1963–2010}}, film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist *Satoshi Kondo (born 1984), Japanese artistic *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Kukino|久木野聡||born 1987}}, Japanese retired football player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Kuribayashi|栗林慧||born 1939}}, Japanese photographer *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Kuroda|黒田哲史||born 1975}}, Japanese former professional baseball infielder and current coach *Satoshi Kuwata (born 1983), Japanese fashion designer *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Maruo|丸尾知司||born 1991}}, Japanese male athlete *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Maruya|丸谷里志||born 1947}}, Japanese swimmer *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Mashimo|真下佐登史||born 1974}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Matsuda|松田悟志||born 1978}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Matsui|松井聰||1915–1995}}, Japanese basketball player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Matsuoka|松岡聡}}, Japanese computer scientist *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Mikami|三上哲||born 1968}}, Japanese actor and voice actor *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Miki|三木聡||born 1961}}, Japanese film director and screenwriter *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Mitazono|三反園訓||born 1958}}, Japanese journalist and the governor of Kagoshima Prefecture *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Miyagawa|宮川悟||born 1977}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Miyagi|宮城聰||born 1959}}, Japanese theatre director *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Miyauchi|宮内聡||born 1959}}, Japanese former football player and manager *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Mizukami|水上悟志||born 1980}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Mori (basketball)|森哲||born 1949}}, Japanese basketball player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Mori (skier)|森敏||born 1971}}, Japanese Nordic combined skier *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Morimoto|森本敏||born 1941}}, Japanese scholar *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Motoyama|本山哲||born 1971}}, Japanese race car driver *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Murayama|村山聖||1969–1998}}, Japanese professional shogi player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Nagai|永井怜||born 1984}}, Japanese former professional baseball pitcher *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Nagano|長野聡||born 1982}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|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 *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Nakamura|中村哲||born 1958}}, Japanese computer scientist *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Nakanishi|中西哲||born 1951}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Nakatani|仲谷聖史||born 1981}}, Japanese international rugby union player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Nakayama|中山悟志||born 1981}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Ninoyu|二之湯智||born 1944}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Ogawa|小川聡||born 1983}}, Japanese sabre fencer *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Ohno|大野智||born 1980}}, Japanese actor and musician *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Ōie|大家敏志||born 1967}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Okura|大倉智||born 1969}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Ōmura|大村智||born 1935}}, biochemist, a winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Osaki|大崎悟史||born 1983}}, Japanese long-distance runner *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Osugi|大杉啓||born 1996}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Ōtomo|大友慧||born 1981}}, Japanese former footballer *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Saida|斎田悟司||born 1972}}, Japanese pioneering wheelchair tennis player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Sakashita|坂下里士||born 1989}}, Japanese male short track speed skater *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Sato (skier)|佐藤智||born 1962}}, Japanese cross-country skier *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Shiki|士貴智志||born 1970}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Shimizu|清水聡||born 1986}}, Japanese boxer *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Shingaki|新垣諭||born 1964}}, Japanese professional boxer *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Shinpo|新保鋭||born 1941}}, Japanese speed skater *Satoshi Sugawara| (born 1959), Japanese bobsledder *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Sumida|隅田敏司||born 1962}}, Japanese swimmer *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Sumita|澄田智||1916–2008}}, Japanese businessman, banker, and the 25th Governor of the Bank of Japan *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Suzuki|鈴木智||born 1963}}, Japanese screenwriter *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Suzuki (mathematician)|鈴木敏||1930–1991}}, Japanese mathematician *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Taira|平聡||born 1970}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Tajiri|田尻智||born 1965}}, creator of Pokémon<ref name="TIME-Pokemon">{{Cite magazine |title=The Ultimate Game Freak |magazine=TIME Special Edition |url=https://archive.org/details/time-special-edition-pokemon-2024/page/20/ |access-date=2026-03-11 |pages=20–25 |date=2024 |editor-last=Jacobs |editor-first=Sam |editor2-last=Rothman |editor2-first=Lily}}</ref> *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Takahashi|高橋敏||born 1968}}, Japanese instructor *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Takamatsu|高松聡||born 1963}}, Japanese artist, creative director, photographer and private astronaut *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Takano|高野智史||born 1993}}, Japanese shogi player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Takayama|高山智司||born 1970}} Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Takayama|高山智司||born 1986}} Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Takayanagi|高柳慧||born 1938}}, Japanese long jumper *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Takebe|武部聡志||born 1957}}, Japanese musician, keyboard player, arranger, music director and producer *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Takeda|武田聡||born 1968}}, Japanese swimmer *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Tanaka|田中聡||born 2002}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Tezuka|手塚聡||born 1958}}, Japanese former football player and manager *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Tokiwa|常盤聡||born 1987}}, Japanese former footballer *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Tokizawa|常澤聡||born 1985}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Tomiie|富家哲||born 1966}}, Japanese DJ and electronic music producer *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Tomiura|冨浦智嗣||born 1991}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Tsumabuki|妻夫木聡||born 1980}}, Japanese actor and singer *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Tsunami|都並敏史||born 1961}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Uematsu|植松聖||born c. 1990}}, perpetrator of the Sagamihara stabbings *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Umemura|梅村聡||born 1975}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Urushihara|漆原智志||born 1966}}, manga artist and artist *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Utsunomiya|宇都宮聡||born 1969}}, Japanese fossil collector and science writer *{{Nihongo|Satosi Watanabe|渡辺慧||1910–1993}}, Japanese theoretical physicist *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Watanabe (beach volleyball)|渡辺聡||born 1975}}, Japanese beach volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Yagisawa|八木澤教司||born 1975}}, Japanese composer *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Yagisawa (writer)|八木沢里志||born 1977}}, Japanese author *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Yamaguchi (footballer, born 1959)|山口悟||born 1959}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Yamaguchi (footballer, born 1978)|山口智||born 1978}}, Japanese professional football manager and former player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Yamamoto|山本サトシ||born 1965}}, illustrator of Pokémon Adventures starting in volume 10 *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Yamazaki|山崎敏||born 1981}}, Japanese professional Nippon Professional Baseball player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Yanagisawa|柳澤哲||born 1971}}, Japanese race walker *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Yokoyama|横山聡||born 1980}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Yoneyama (footballer)|米山智||born 1974}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Yuki|結城聡||born 1972}}, Japanese professional Go player *{{nihongo|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<ref name="TIME-Pokemon"/> *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Himuro|氷室聡|}}, in the ''Red River'' universe *{{Nihongo|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 *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Hojo|北条悟史|}}, in ''Higurashi no Naku Koro ni'' media *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Omiya|大宮智史|}}, a racer in ''Initial D'' series *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Fukube|福部里志|}}, in ''Hyōka'' *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Mochida|持田哲志|}}, in the ''Corpse Party'' series *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Isshiki|一色慧|}}, in the ''Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma'' *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Tsuchida|土田聡史|}}, in the ''Kuroko's Basketball''

==References== {{Reflist}}

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