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Worldwide, Hisashi (尚志 , Hisashi , Хисаши ) is quite a common primarily male, but very seldom girly first name. The first name Hisashi is habitual in Japan, where it is a rare largely male, but uncommonly girly name, China, where it is a rare primarily masculine, but very infrequently girly name, and Indonesia, where it is a very rare masculine name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in China, Japan, and the United States. Much less frequently, Hisashi is the last name as well as the forename.
Hisashi is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hisashi Sasaki , character in Bakuman and Hisashi Mitsui , the fictional character from Slam Dunk.