Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Yusuke

祐介ゆうすけ

A boy name with 4 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 祐介, combines divine help + mediate.

Hiragana
ゆうすけ
Katakana
ユウスケ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Yūsuke
Morae
4 ゆうすけ
Gender
Boy

Kanji spellings

The same name can be written with different characters. Parents choose the kanji for its meaning.

Nicknames

How friends and family might shorten Yusuke. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • ゆうくんyū-kun
  • ゆうちゃんyū-chan
  • ゆうすけくんyūsuke-kun
  • ゆうすけちゃんyūsuke-chan
  • ゆーちゃんyu-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji