Yūsaku

Yūsaku

Pronunciation	jɯɯsakɯ (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Yusaku (Kunrei-shiki) Yusaku (Nihon-shiki) Yūsaku, Yusaku, Yuusaku (Hepburn)

Yūsaku, Yusaku or Yuusaku is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Yūsaku can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:

• 勇作, "courage, make"
• 勇策, "courage, scheme"
• 雄作, "masculine, make"
• 雄策, "masculine, scheme"
• 祐作, "to help, make"
• 祐策, "to help, scheme"
• 友作, "friend, make"
• 友策, "friend, scheme"
• 優作, "superiority, make"
• 優策, "superiority, scheme"
• 有作, "to have, make"
• 有策, "to have, scheme"
• 悠作, "long time, make"
• 悠策, "long time, scheme"

The name can also be written in hiragana ゆうさく or katakana ユウサク.

Notable people with the name

• Yusaku Igarashi (五十嵐 雄策), Japanese writer
• Yusaku Iriki (入来 祐作, born 1972), Japanese baseball player
• Yusaku Kuwazuru (桑水流 裕策, born 1985), Japanese rugby union player
• Yusaku Maezawa (前澤 友作, born 1977), Japanese businessman
• Yusaku Matsuda (松田 優作, 1949–1989), Japanese actor
• Yusaku Miyazato (宮里 優作, born 1980), Japanese golfer
• Yusaku Ono (小野 祐策, born 1947), Japanese weightlifter
• Yusaku Tanioku (谷奥 優作, born 1978), Japanese footballer
• Yusaku Uehara (上原 勇作, 1856–1933), Japanese general
• Yusaku Ueno (上野 優作, born 1973), Japanese footballer
• Yusaku Yara (屋良 有作, born 1948), Japanese actor and voice actor

See also

• 79333 Yusaku, a main-belt asteroid