Daisuke (だいすけ, ダイスケ) is a common masculine Japanese given name.
Daisuke can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
大輔, "big, help"
大介, "big, mediate"
大祐, "big, help"
大助, "big, help"
大典, "big, law/rule/ceremony"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
Daisuke Higuchi (樋口 大輔), a Japanese female manga artist best known for her work on Whistle!
Daisuke Igarashi (五十嵐大介), a Japanese manga artist known for his bold, detailed art style and innovative storytelling
Daisuke Moriyama (森山大輔), a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the Chrono Crusade series
Daisuke Ikeshima (池島 大介), retired Japanese race walker
Daisuke Matsuzaka (松坂 大輔), Japanese professional baseball player who pitches for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Daisuke Nakata (中田大輔), Japanese trampolinist who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics
Daisuke Ohata, (大畑大介), Japanese rugby player
Daisuke Usami, (宇佐美 大輔), Japanese volleyball player
Daisuke Murakami (snowboarder), (村上 大輔), Japanese snowboarder who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics
Football players (Soccer senshu):
Daisuke Ichikawa (市川 大祐), Japanese football player who plays as a defender and midfielder for the Fujieda MYFC team
Daisuke Matsui (松井 大輔), Japanese footballer who plays for Lechia Gdańsk of Ekstraklasa in Poland
Daisuke Nasu (那須 大亮), Japanese football player who plays for the Urawa Red Diamonds
Daisuke Oku, Japanese former football player
Daisuke Sakata, (坂田 大輔), Japanese football (soccer) player who plays for Avispa Fukuoka in the J. League
Daisuke Murakami (figure skater) (村上 大介), Japanese figure skater
Daisuke Takahashi, figure skater (髙橋 大輔), Japanese figure skater
Daisuke Harada (原田 大輔), professional wrestler signed to Pro Wrestling Noah
Daisuke Ikeda (池田大輔), professional wrestler competing in the Independent circuit in Japan
Daisuke Sasaki (佐々木 大輔), professional wrestler
Daisuke Sekimoto (関本 大介), professional wrestler
Daisuke Tochiazuma, retired sumo wrestler
Daisuke Gōri (郷里 大輔, 1952-2010), Japanese voice actor, narrator and actor
Daisuke Hirakawa (平川 大輔), Japanese voice actor
Daisuke Kishio (岸尾 だいすけ), Japanese voice actor
Daisuke Namikawa (浪川 大輔), Japanese voice actor
Daisuke Ono (小野 大輔), Japanese voice actor well known for voicing Sebastian Michaelis in the anime adaption of Black Butler
Daisuke Sakaguchi (阪口 大助), Japanese voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production
Daisuke Amaya (天谷 大輔), Japanese independent game developer
Daisuke Asakura (浅倉 大介), Japanese pop artist, songwriter and producer
Daisuke Ban (伴 大介), Japanese actor
Daisuke Enomoto (榎本 大輔), Japanese businessman and former livedoor executive
Daisuke Inoue (井上 大佑), Japanese businessman who invented Karaoke
Daisuke Ishiwatari (石渡 太輔), Japanese video game developer, Musician
Daisuke Katō (加東 大介, 1911–1975) Japanese actor
Daisuke Murakawa (村川大介), Japanese professional Go player
Daisuke Namba (難波 大助, 1899–1924), Japanese student who tried to assassinate Hirohito in 1923
Daisuke Tsuda (musician) (津田 大介), vocalist of the Japanese band Maximum the Hormone
Daisuke Tsuda (journalist) (津田 大介), Japanese IT, music journalist, and writer
Daisuke Watanabe (渡辺 大祐), Japanese video game scenario writer
Daisuke Watanabe (大輔渡辺), Japanese actor stage/screen/TV
Daisuke Aoki, in the manga Kodomo no Jikan
Daisuke Aramaki, from the manga Ghost in the Shell
Daisuke Aurora, from Heat Guy J.
Daisuke Hiyami, from the anime Rockman.exe NT Warrior
Daisuke Jigen, from Lupin III manga
Daisuke Kazama, from Kamen Rider Kabuto
Daisuke Motomiya (Davis Motomiya in English dub), from Digimon
Daisuke Niwa, of manga and anime series, D.N.Angel
Daisuke Serizawa, eyepatch-wearing character in Godzilla
Daisuke, from the film Urduja
