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 zoologist
Hisashi Yamamoto (山本 尚, born 1943), Japanese organic chemist
Hisashi Igawa (井川 比佐志, born 1936), Japanese actor
Hisashi Eguchi (江口 寿史, born 1956), Japanese manga artist
Hisashi Hirai (平井 久司, born 1959), Japanese manga artist
Hisashi Imai (今井 寿, born 1965), Japanese guitarist and songwriter
Hisashi Tomomura (外村 尚, born 1972), known mononymously as Hisashi (musician)
Hisashi Yamada (山田 久志, born 1948), Japanese baseball pitcher
Hisashi Kato (加藤 久, born 1956), Japanese football manager
Hisashi Tsuchida (土田 尚史, born 1967), Japanese football player
Hisashi Kurosaki (黒崎 久志, born 1968), Japanese football player
Hisashi Takeda (武田 久, born 1978), Japanese baseball player
Hisashi Mizutori (水鳥 寿思, born 1980), Japanese gymnast
Hisashi Jogo (城後 寿, born 1986), Japanese footballer
