Hisashi

Hisashi is a masculine Japanese given name. Its meaning differs depending on the kanji used to write it.

Kanji

Single kanji used to write the name Hisashi include:^[1]

• 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.^[1]

People

Academics

• Hisashi Abe (阿部 永, born 1933), Japanese zoologist
• Hisashi Yamamoto (山本 尚, born 1943), Japanese organic chemist

Entertainers

• 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)

Sportspeople

• 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

References

1. Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Retrieved 17 October 2015.