# Satoshi
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{{Infobox given name
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| pronunciation = Satoshi
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| origin = Japanese
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{{nihongo|'''Satoshi'''|さとし, サトシ}} is a generally masculine [Japanese](/source/Japanese_name) [given name](/source/given_name).
== Written forms ==
*{{linktext|哲}}, "intelligent, philosophy, clear"
*{{linktext|悟}}, "[bodhi](/source/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](/source/Satoshi_(singer)) (born 1998), Moldovan singer
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Arai](/source/Satoshi_Arai)|荒井 聰||born 1946}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Asano](/source/Satoshi_Asano)|浅野 哲||born 1982}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Ashikawa](/source/Satoshi_Ashikawa)|芦川 聡||1953–1983}}, Japanese musician, composer, producer and record store owner
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Dezaki](/source/Satoshi_Dezaki)|出﨑 哲||born 1940}}, Japanese anime director, producer and screenwriter
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Fujii](/source/Satoshi_Fujii)|藤井 聡||born 1968}}, Japanese civil engineer, economist and social critic
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Fujimaru](/source/Satoshi_Fujimaru)|藤丸 敏||born 1960}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Fujimoto](/source/Satoshi_Fujimoto)|藤本 聰||born 1975}}, Japanese Paralympic judoka
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Fujisaki](/source/Satoshi_Fujisaki)|藤崎 聡||born 1968}}, Japanese mixed martial artist
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Fujita](/source/Satoshi_Fujita)|藤田 智||born 1959}}, Japanese horticulturalist and professor
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Fukuda](/source/Satoshi_Fukuda)|福田 聡志||born 1983}}, Japanese former professional baseball pitcher
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Fukuoka](/source/Satoshi_Fukuoka)|福岡 聡||born 1965}}, Japanese mixed martial artist
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Fukushima](/source/Satoshi_Fukushima)|福島 智||born 1962}}, Japanese researcher and advocate
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Furukawa](/source/Satoshi_Furukawa)|古川 聡||born 1964}}, Japanese surgeon and astronaut
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Furuno](/source/Satoshi_Furuno)|古野 慧||born 1999}}, Japanese freestyle skier
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Goto](/source/Satoshi_Goto)|後藤 哲||born 1971}}, Japanese voice actor
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Hamada](/source/Satoshi_Hamada)|浜田 聡||born 1977}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Hashimoto](/source/Satoshi_Hashimoto)|橋本 さとし||born 1966}}, Japanese actor and voice actor
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Hatakeyama](/source/Satoshi_Hatakeyama)|畠山 智之||born 1958}}, Japanese journalist
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Hida](/source/Satoshi_Hida)|飛弾 暁||born 1984}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Higashi](/source/Satoshi_Higashi)|東 聡||born 1960}}, Japanese professional golfer
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Hino](/source/Satoshi_Hino)|日野 聡||born 1978}}, Japanese voice actor
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Hirayama](/source/Satoshi_Hirayama)|平山 智||1930–2021}}, American baseball player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Hirose](/source/Satoshi_Hirose)|廣瀬 敏||born 1976}}, Japanese former cyclist
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Hiyamizu](/source/Satoshi_Hiyamizu)|冷水 佐壽||1943–2019}}, Japanese professor
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Honma](/source/Satoshi_Honma)|本間 聡||born 1968}}, Japanese former mixed martial artist
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Horinouchi](/source/Satoshi_Horinouchi)|堀之内 聖||born 1979}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Iida](/source/Satoshi_Iida)|飯田 覚士||born 1969}}, Japanese professional boxer
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Iizuka](/source/Satoshi_Iizuka)|飯塚 悟史||born 1993}}, Japanese professional baseball player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Inoue (musician)](/source/Satoshi_Inoue_(musician))|井上 智||born 1959}}, Japanese jazz guitarist
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Inoue (politician)](/source/Satoshi_Inoue_(politician))|井上 哲士||born 1958}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Irifune](/source/Satoshi_Irifune)|入船 敏||born 1975}}, Japanese long-distance runner
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Iriki](/source/Satoshi_Iriki)|入來 智||1967—2023}}, Japanese baseball player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Ishii](/source/Satoshi_Ishii)|石井 慧||born 1986}}, Japanese judoka and mixed martial artist
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Iwabuchi](/source/Satoshi_Iwabuchi)|岩渕 聡||born 1975}}, Japanese retired professional tennis player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Kadokura](/source/Satoshi_Kadokura)|門倉 聡||born 1959}}, Japanese composer, arranger, producer and keyboardist
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Kajino](/source/Satoshi_Kajino)|梶野 智||born 1965}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Kako](/source/Satoshi_Kako)|加古 里子||1926–2018}}, Japanese author and illustrator
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Kamiya](/source/Satoshi_Kamiya)|神谷 哲史||born 1981}}, Japanese origami master
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Kanazawa](/source/Satoshi_Kanazawa)|サトシ カナザワ||born 1962}}, American-British evolutionary psychologist
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Kashima](/source/Satoshi_Kashima)|加島 聰}}, Japanese civil engineer
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Kataoka](/source/Satoshi_Kataoka)|片岡 聡||born 1958}}, Japanese professional Go player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Kawata](/source/Satoshi_Kawata)|河田 聡||born 1951}}, Japanese scientist
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Kikuchi](/source/Satoshi_Kikuchi)|菊池 悟||1952–2019}}, Japanese handball player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Kinsui](/source/Satoshi_Kinsui)|金水 敏||born 1956}}, Japanese linguist
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Kirishima](/source/Satoshi_Kirishima)|桐島 聡||1954–2024}}, Japanese communist revolutionary
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Kitamura](/source/Satoshi_Kitamura)|きたむら さとし||born 1956}}, Japanese Illustrator
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Kobayashi](/source/Satoshi_Kobayashi)|小林 聡||born 1972}}, Japanese Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Kodaira](/source/Satoshi_Kodaira)|小平 智||born 1989}}, Japanese professional golfer
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Koga](/source/Satoshi_Koga)|古賀 聡||born 1970}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Koizumi](/source/Satoshi_Koizumi)|小泉 聡||born 1987}}, Japanese curler
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Kojima](/source/Satoshi_Kojima)|小島 聡||born 1970}}, Japanese professional wrestler
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Komatsu](/source/Satoshi_Komatsu)|小松 聖||born 1981}}, Japanese baseball player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Kon](/source/Satoshi_Kon)|今 敏||1963–2010}}, film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist
*[Satoshi Kondo](/source/Satoshi_Kondo) (born 1984), Japanese artistic
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Kukino](/source/Satoshi_Kukino)|久木野 聡||born 1987}}, Japanese retired football player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Kuribayashi](/source/Satoshi_Kuribayashi)|栗林 慧||born 1939}}, Japanese photographer
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Kuroda](/source/Satoshi_Kuroda)|黒田 哲史||born 1975}}, Japanese former professional baseball infielder and current coach
*[Satoshi Kuwata](/source/Satoshi_Kuwata) (born 1983), Japanese fashion designer
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Maruo](/source/Satoshi_Maruo)|丸尾 知司||born 1991}}, Japanese male athlete
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Maruya](/source/Satoshi_Maruya)|丸谷 里志||born 1947}}, Japanese swimmer
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Mashimo](/source/Satoshi_Mashimo)|真下 佐登史||born 1974}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Matsuda](/source/Satoshi_Matsuda)|松田 悟志||born 1978}}, Japanese actor
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Matsui](/source/Satoshi_Matsui)|松井 聰||1915–1995}}, Japanese basketball player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Matsuoka](/source/Satoshi_Matsuoka)|松岡 聡}}, Japanese computer scientist
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Mikami](/source/Satoshi_Mikami)|三上 哲||born 1968}}, Japanese actor and voice actor
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Miki](/source/Satoshi_Miki)|三木 聡||born 1961}}, Japanese film director and screenwriter
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Mitazono](/source/Satoshi_Mitazono)|三反園 訓||born 1958}}, Japanese journalist and the governor of Kagoshima Prefecture
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Miyagawa](/source/Satoshi_Miyagawa)|宮川 悟||born 1977}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Miyagi](/source/Satoshi_Miyagi)|宮城 聰||born 1959}}, Japanese theatre director
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Miyauchi](/source/Satoshi_Miyauchi)|宮内 聡||born 1959}}, Japanese former football player and manager
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Mizukami](/source/Satoshi_Mizukami)|水上 悟志||born 1980}}, Japanese manga artist
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Mori (basketball)](/source/Satoshi_Mori_(basketball))|森 哲||born 1949}}, Japanese basketball player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Mori (skier)](/source/Satoshi_Mori_(skier))|森 敏||born 1971}}, Japanese Nordic combined skier
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Morimoto](/source/Satoshi_Morimoto)|森本 敏||born 1941}}, Japanese scholar
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Motoyama](/source/Satoshi_Motoyama)|本山 哲||born 1971}}, Japanese race car driver
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Murayama](/source/Satoshi_Murayama)|村山 聖||1969–1998}}, Japanese professional shogi player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Nagai](/source/Satoshi_Nagai)|永井 怜||born 1984}}, Japanese former professional baseball pitcher
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Nagano](/source/Satoshi_Nagano)|長野 聡||born 1982}}, Japanese football player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Nakajima](/source/Satoshi_Nakajima)|中嶋 聡||born 1969}}, Japanese former professional baseball catcher
* [Satoshi Nakamoto](/source/Satoshi_Nakamoto) ({{fl}} 2008–2011), a presumed pseudonym of the creator of bitcoin, a digital currency
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Nakamura](/source/Satoshi_Nakamura)|中村 哲||born 1958}}, Japanese computer scientist
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Nakanishi](/source/Satoshi_Nakanishi)|中西 哲||born 1951}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Nakatani](/source/Satoshi_Nakatani)|仲谷 聖史||born 1981}}, Japanese international rugby union player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Nakayama](/source/Satoshi_Nakayama)|中山 悟志||born 1981}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Ninoyu](/source/Satoshi_Ninoyu)|二之湯 智||born 1944}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Ogawa](/source/Satoshi_Ogawa)|小川 聡||born 1983}}, Japanese sabre fencer
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Ohno](/source/Satoshi_Ohno)|大野 智||born 1980}}, Japanese actor and musician
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Ōie](/source/Satoshi_%C5%8Cie)|大家 敏志||born 1967}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Okura](/source/Satoshi_Okura)|大倉 智||born 1969}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Ōmura](/source/Satoshi_%C5%8Cmura)|大村 智||born 1935}}, biochemist, a winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Osaki](/source/Satoshi_Osaki)|大崎 悟史||born 1983}}, Japanese long-distance runner
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Osugi](/source/Satoshi_Osugi)|大杉 啓||born 1996}}, Japanese footballer
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Ōtomo](/source/Satoshi_%C5%8Ctomo)|大友 慧||born 1981}}, Japanese former footballer
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Saida](/source/Satoshi_Saida)|斎田 悟司||born 1972}}, Japanese pioneering wheelchair tennis player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Sakashita](/source/Satoshi_Sakashita)|坂下 里士||born 1989}}, Japanese male short track speed skater
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Sato (skier)](/source/Satoshi_Sato_(skier))|佐藤 智||born 1962}}, Japanese cross-country skier
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Shiki](/source/Satoshi_Shiki)|士貴 智志||born 1970}}, Japanese manga artist
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Shimizu](/source/Satoshi_Shimizu)|清水 聡||born 1986}}, Japanese boxer
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Shingaki](/source/Satoshi_Shingaki)|新垣 諭||born 1964}}, Japanese professional boxer
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Shinpo](/source/Satoshi_Shinpo)|新保 鋭||born 1941}}, Japanese speed skater
*[Satoshi Sugawara](/source/Satoshi_Sugawara)| (born 1959), Japanese bobsledder
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Sumida](/source/Satoshi_Sumida)|隅田 敏司||born 1962}}, Japanese swimmer
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Sumita](/source/Satoshi_Sumita)|澄田 智||1916–2008}}, Japanese businessman, banker, and the 25th Governor of the Bank of Japan
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Suzuki](/source/Satoshi_Suzuki)|鈴木 智||born 1963}}, Japanese screenwriter
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Suzuki (mathematician)](/source/Satoshi_Suzuki_(mathematician))|鈴木 敏||1930–1991}}, Japanese mathematician
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Taira](/source/Satoshi_Taira)|平 聡||born 1970}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Tajiri](/source/Satoshi_Tajiri)|田尻 智||born 1965}}, creator of Pokémon[{{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}}]
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Takahashi](/source/Satoshi_Takahashi)|高橋 敏||born 1968}}, Japanese instructor
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Takamatsu](/source/Satoshi_Takamatsu)|高松 聡||born 1963}}, Japanese artist, creative director, photographer and private astronaut
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Takano](/source/Satoshi_Takano)|高野 智史||born 1993}}, Japanese shogi player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Takayama](/source/Satoshi_Takayama)|高山 智司||born 1970}} Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Takayama](/source/Satoshi_Takayama_(politician%2C_born_1986))|高山 智司||born 1986}} Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Takayanagi](/source/Satoshi_Takayanagi)|高柳 慧||born 1938}}, Japanese long jumper
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Takebe](/source/Satoshi_Takebe)|武部 聡志||born 1957}}, Japanese musician, keyboard player, arranger, music director and producer
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Takeda](/source/Satoshi_Takeda)|武田 聡||born 1968}}, Japanese swimmer
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Tanaka](/source/Satoshi_Tanaka)|田中 聡||born 2002}}, Japanese footballer
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Tezuka](/source/Satoshi_Tezuka)|手塚 聡||born 1958}}, Japanese former football player and manager
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Tokiwa](/source/Satoshi_Tokiwa)|常盤 聡||born 1987}}, Japanese former footballer
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Tokizawa](/source/Satoshi_Tokizawa)|常澤 聡||born 1985}}, Japanese football player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Tomiie](/source/Satoshi_Tomiie)|富家 哲||born 1966}}, Japanese DJ and electronic music producer
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Tomiura](/source/Satoshi_Tomiura)|冨浦 智嗣||born 1991}}, Japanese actor
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Tsumabuki](/source/Satoshi_Tsumabuki)|妻夫木 聡||born 1980}}, Japanese actor and singer
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Tsunami](/source/Satoshi_Tsunami)|都並 敏史||born 1961}}, Japanese football player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Uematsu](/source/Satoshi_Uematsu)|植松 聖||born c. 1990}}, perpetrator of the [Sagamihara stabbings](/source/Sagamihara_stabbings)
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Umemura](/source/Satoshi_Umemura)|梅村 聡||born 1975}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Urushihara](/source/Satoshi_Urushihara)|漆原 智志||born 1966}}, manga artist and artist
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Utsunomiya](/source/Satoshi_Utsunomiya)|宇都宮 聡||born 1969}}, Japanese fossil collector and science writer
*{{Nihongo|[Satosi Watanabe](/source/Satosi_Watanabe)|渡辺 慧||1910–1993}}, Japanese theoretical physicist
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Watanabe (beach volleyball)](/source/Satoshi_Watanabe_(beach_volleyball))|渡辺 聡||born 1975}}, Japanese beach volleyball player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Yagisawa](/source/Satoshi_Yagisawa)|八木澤 教司||born 1975}}, Japanese composer
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Yagisawa (writer)](/source/Satoshi_Yagisawa_(writer))|八木沢 里志||born 1977}}, Japanese author
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Yamaguchi (footballer, born 1959)](/source/Satoshi_Yamaguchi_(footballer%2C_born_1959))|山口 悟||born 1959}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Yamaguchi (footballer, born 1978)](/source/Satoshi_Yamaguchi_(footballer%2C_born_1978))|山口 智||born 1978}}, Japanese professional football manager and former player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Yamamoto](/source/Satoshi_Yamamoto)|山本 サトシ||born 1965}}, illustrator of Pokémon Adventures starting in volume 10
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Yamazaki](/source/Satoshi_Yamazaki)|山崎 敏||born 1981}}, Japanese professional Nippon Professional Baseball player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Yanagisawa](/source/Satoshi_Yanagisawa)|柳澤 哲||born 1971}}, Japanese race walker
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Yokoyama](/source/Satoshi_Yokoyama)|横山 聡||born 1980}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Yoneyama (footballer)](/source/Satoshi_Yoneyama_(footballer))|米山 智||born 1974}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Satoshi Yuki](/source/Satoshi_Yuki)|結城 聡||born 1972}}, Japanese professional Go player
*{{nihongo|Satoshi Yūki|結城 智史|}}, a pseudonym of [Kouji Miura](/source/Kouji_Miura) (b. 1995), a Japanese manga artist
==Fictional characters==
*[Ash Ketchum](/source/Ash_Ketchum) (known as Satoshi (サトシ) in Japan), the main character in the ''Pokémon'' television series