Satoshi

Notable people with the name include: Satoshiさ と し is a masculine Japanese given name .

Meaning and variants

The name is generally in the meaning group 'wise' and can be written with several characters. Some of the characters can also be read differently.

哲 'Wisdom' (also Satoru ) 怜 'compassion' (also Rei ) 悟 'Understanding' (also Satoru ) 敏 'Wise Teacher' 教 'wisdom, knowledge'

智 'wisdom, intelligence' 聖 'Saint' (also Takashi ) 聡 'intelligence, clarity' 訓 'teaching' 諭 'proclaim' 慧 'Clarity, Intelligence' (also Rei )

哲 史 'Old Sage' (also Akifumi ) 智 史 'Ancient Knowledge' (also Tomoshi or Tomochika ) 里 志 'tradition' 聡 志 'traditional knowledge' 賀 諭 'education' 聖 士 'saint' 悟 志 'traditional knowledge'

Satoshi is also the name of the currently smallest unit of the virtual currency Bitcoin in honor of the main inventor Satoshi Nakamoto.

Well-known namesake

Names depending on the more common form with first name in front (modern) or behind (old usage):

• Satoshi Hirose (* 1976), Japanese racing cyclist.
• Satoshi Kawabata (* 1970), Japanese pool player
• Satoshi Kon (1963-2010), Japanese screenwriter and anime film director
• Satoshi Shiki (* 1970), Japanese manga artist
• Satoshi Urushihara (* 1966), Mangaka
• Satoshi Yagisawa (* 1975), Japanese composer
• Satoshi Tajiri (* 1965), head of GAME FREAK , inc. and inventor of Pokémon
• Satoshi Nakamoto , founder of Bitcoin , the first cryptocurrency
• Satoshi Yamaguchi (soccer player, 1959) (born 1959), Japanese soccer player
• Satoshi Yamaguchi (soccer player, 1978) (born 1978), Japanese soccer player

Fictional people

Satoshi also appears as the name of several fictional characters:

• Ash Ketchum (in Japanese. Original Satoshi), main character in Pokémon
• Satoshi Himuro , Character in Red River
• Satoshi Hiwatari , anime character in DNAngel
• Satoshi (Urusei Yatsura) , anime character in Lum's Stormtroopers
• Satoshi Hojo , one of the anime characters from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
• Satoshi Omiya, anime character in Initial D
• Satoshi Fukube, character in Hyōka
• Satoshi Mochida, character in the animated series " Corpse Party "

Wrong readings

• 哲: Satoshi Anabuki for Satoru Anabuki (1921–2005), Japanese fighter pilot in World War II

Other meanings

• 1 bitcoin equals 100 million "satoshi". The currency was named after Satoshi Nakamoto , the inventor of Bitcoin.