Hisashi is a masculine Japanese given name. Its meaning differs depending on the kanji used to write it.
Single kanji used to write the name Hisashi include:
久: "long time"永: "eternal"尚: "still"準: "standard"彌: "complete"長: "long"寿: "life" (also with the kyūjitai variant 壽)昶: "long day"There are more than a hundred different ways to write the name using two or three characters.
Hisashi Abe (阿部 永, born 1933), Japanese zoologistHisashi Yamamoto (山本 尚, born 1943), Japanese organic chemistHisashi Igawa (井川 比佐志, born 1936), Japanese actorHisashi Eguchi (江口 寿史, born 1956), Japanese manga artistHisashi Hirai (平井 久司, born 1959), Japanese manga artistHisashi Imai (今井 寿, born 1965), Japanese guitarist and songwriterHisashi Tomomura (外村 尚, born 1972), known mononymously as Hisashi (musician)Hisashi Yamada (山田 久志, born 1948), Japanese baseball pitcherHisashi Kato (加藤 久, born 1956), Japanese football managerHisashi Tsuchida (土田 尚史, born 1967), Japanese football playerHisashi Kurosaki (黒崎 久志, born 1968), Japanese football playerHisashi Takeda (武田 久, born 1978), Japanese baseball playerHisashi Mizutori (水鳥 寿思, born 1980), Japanese gymnastHisashi Jogo (城後 寿, born 1986), Japanese footballer