Yūta

Yūta

Yuta Iyama, Japanese Go player
Pronunciation	/jɯːta/ (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Yuta (Kunrei-shiki) Yuta (Nihon-shiki) Yūta, Yuta, Yuuta (Hepburn)

Yūta, Yuta or Yuuta is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

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

• 勇太, "courage, thick"
• 勇汰, "courage, excessive"
• 勇多, "courage, many"
• 雄太, "masculinity, thick"
• 雄汰, "masculinity, excessive"
• 雄多, "masculinity, many"
• 友太, "friend, thick"
• 友汰, "friend, excessive"
• 友多, "friend, many"
• 有太, "possessing/having, thick"
• 有汰, "possessing/having, excessive"
• 有多, "possessing/having, many"
• 裕太, "abundant, thick"
• 裕汰, "abundant, excessive"
• 裕多, "abundant, many"
• 悠太, "long time, thick"
• 悠汰, "long time, excessive"
• 悠多, "long time, many"

The name can also be written in hiragana ゆうた or katakana ユウタ.

Notable people with the name

• Yuta Abe (安部 雄大, born 1974), Japanese footballer
• Yuta Arakawa (荒川 雄太, born 1987), Japanese baseball player
• Yuta Baba (馬場 憂太, born 1984), Japanese footballer
• Yuta Bando (坂東 悠汰, born 1996), Japanese long-distance runner
• Yuta Bandoh (坂東 祐大, born 1991), Japanese composer
• Yuta Furukawa (古川 雄大,, born 1987), Japanese actor, singer, songwriter and model
• Yuta Higuchi (樋口 雄太, born 1996), Japanese footballer
• Yuta Hiraoka (平岡 祐太, born 1984), Japanese actor
• Yuta Ikeda (池田 勇太, born 1985), Japanese golfer
• Yuta Ito (伊藤 優汰, born 1992), Japanese footballer
• Yuta Iwasada (born 1991), Japanese baseball player
• Yuta Iyama (井山 裕太, born 1989), Japanese Go player
• Yuta Kanai (金井 勇太, born 1985), Japanese actor
• Yuta Kimura (木村 雄太, born 1985), Japanese baseball player
• Yuta Kinowaki (木脇 悠太, born 1991), Japanese footballer
• Yuta Kobayashi (小林 祐太, born 1987), Japanese basketball player
• Yuta Komori (古森 悠太, born 1995), Japanese shogi player
• Yuta Konagaya (小長谷 勇太, born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Yuta Konishi (小西 勇太, born 1990), Japanese hurdler
• Yuta Kubo (久保 優太, born 1987), Japanese kickboxer
• Yuta Mikado (三門 雄大, born 1986), Japanese footballer
• Yuta Minami (南 雄太, born 1979), Japanese footballer
• Yuta Muto (武藤 祐太, born 1989), Japanese baseball player
• Yuta Nakamoto (中本 悠太, born 1995), Japanese member of Korean boy group NCT and its sub-unit NCT 127
• Yuta Nakano (footballer) (中野 裕太, born 1989), Japanese footballer
• Yuta Nakano (musician) (中野 雄太, born 1980), Japanese music composer and arranger
• Yuta Nakazawa (中沢 佑太, born 1972), Japanese footballer
• Yuta Omine (大嶺 祐太, born 1988), Japanese baseball player
• Yuta Ozawa (小澤 雄太, born 1985), Japanese actor
• Yuta Sasaki (佐々木 佑太, born 1989), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Yuta Sato (佐藤 祐太, born 1995), Japanese footballer
• Yuta Someya (染谷 悠太, born 1986), Japanese footballer
• Yuta Tabuse (田臥 勇太, born 1980), Japanese basketball player
• Yuuta Takahashi (高橋 優太, born 1984), Japanese actor
• Yuta Togashi (富樫 佑太, born 1995), Japanese footballer
• Yuta Watanabe (渡邊 雄太, born 1994), Japanese basketball player
• Yuta Watanabe (badminton) (渡辺 勇大, born 1997), Japanese badminton player
• Yuta Watase (渡瀬 雄太, born 1982), Japanese ski jumper
• Yuta Yazaki (矢嵜 雄大, born 1980), Japanese judoka
• Yuta Yoneyama (米山 裕太, born 1984), Japanese volleyball player

Fictional characters

• Yuta (湧太), protagonist of the manga series Mermaid Saga
• Yuta Asaba (浅羽 悠太), a character in the manga series Kimi to Boku
• Yuta Asahina (朝日奈 悠太), a character in the video game Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
• Yuta Hibiki (響 裕太), a character in the anime series SSSS.Gridman
• Yuta Midorikawa (緑川 ゆうた), a character in the anime series Smile PreCure! (known as Hugo Swanson in English)
• Yuta Okkotsu (乙骨 憂太), protagonist of anime movie Jujutsu Kaisen 0, and second year student in Jujutsu Kaisen anime series.
• Yuta Togashi (富樫 勇太), protagonist of the light novel series Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai!

See also

• Yuta, alternative name for a mokoshi, Japanese architectural feature