Kōsaku

Kōsaku

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Kōsaku, Kosaku or Kousaku (written: 功作, 宏作, 幸作, 耕作, 耕筰, 興作, 孝作 or 浩作) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Kosaku Akimoto (秋元 宏作, born 1968), Japanese baseball player
• Aruga Kōsaku (有賀 幸作, 1897–1945), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
• Kōsaku Hamada (濱田 耕作, 1881–1938), Japanese archaeologist and academic
• Kosaku Inaba (稲葉 興作, 1924–2006), Singapore-born Japanese businessman
• Kosaku Masuda (増田 功作, born 1976), Japanese footballer
• Kōsaku Matsumora (松茂良 興作, 1829–1898), Japanese karateka
• Satoyama Kōsaku (里山 浩作, born 1981), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Kosaku Shimada (島田 幸作, 1944–2008), Japanese golfer
• Kōsaku Takii (滝井 孝作, 1894–1984), Japanese poet and writer
• Kōsaku Yamada (山田 耕筰, 1886–1965), Japanese composer and conductor
• Kōsaku Yamashita (山下 耕作, 1930–1998), Japanese film director
• Yoshio Kōsaku (吉雄 幸作, 1724–1800), Japanese physician and translator
• Kōsaku Yosida (吉田 耕作, 1909–1990), Japanese mathematician