Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Kosuke

康介こうすけ

A boy name with 3 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 康介, combines peace + mediate.

Hiragana
こうすけ
Katakana
コウスケ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Kōsuke
Morae
4 こうすけ
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 Kosuke. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • こうくんkō-kun
  • こうちゃんkō-chan
  • こうすけくんkōsuke-kun
  • こうすけちゃんkōsuke-chan
  • こーちゃんko-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji