Famous People with Name Daisuke

Daisuke Ochi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Daisuke Ochi: a Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League. As a rookie in 2008, Ochi was a key member of a young Giants bullpen that came within three outs of a Japan Series title. Ochi was the losing pitcher in Game 7 of that series against the Saitama Seibu Lions, after he hit Lions second baseman Yasuyuki Kataoka. Kataoka then stole second and third, then was driven home to tie the game. Ochi put another man on and was ultimately charged with what proved to be the series-winning run.

Daisuke Yamai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Daisuke Yamai: a professional baseball pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons. In the 2007 Nippon Series he threw eight innings of a combined perfect game with Hitoki Iwase to decide the series against the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.

Daisuke "Dice" Murakami            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Daisuke "Dice" Murakami: a Japanese figure skater who previously represented the United States in international competition. He is the 2009 Japanese Junior bronze medalist and the 2006 U.S. Junior pewter medalist.Murakami began skating at age nine. He began competing on the Juvenile level in 2001. He moved up the competition ladder and made his Nationals debut at the 2004 United States Figure Skating Championships, where he won the silver medal. This earned him a trip to the 2004 Triglav Trophy, which he won.

Daisuke Hosokawa            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Daisuke Hosokawa: a Japanese freestyle swimmer.

Daisuke Murakawa            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Daisuke Murakawa: a professional Go player.Murakawa was still just a 6th grader when he became a professional Go player at the Kansai Ki-in. He was only one month older than Cho Chikun, making him the second youngest professional in Japan. This also made him the youngest Kansai Ki-in professional, edging out Yuki Satoshi by a small margin. Murakawa is the youngest ever tsumego (life and death) problem creator and number created. His rival is Iyama Yuta from the Nihon Ki-in. Over the last six years, Murakawa has gone up five dan ranks. He is currently 5 dan. He has also won the Nagai award.