Shōta

Shōta

Pronunciation	Shōta Shimizu live at Japan Day in Central Park, New York City
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different depending on the kanji
Other names
Related names	Shō Shōtarō

Shōta or Shota (しょうた, ショウタ) is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Shōta can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 正太, "correct, thick"
• 翔太, "soar, thick"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• Shota Matsuda (翔太, born 1985), Japanese actor
• Shota Shimizu (翔太, born 1989), Japanese musician and singer-songwriter
• Shota Yasuda (章大, born 1984), member of the Japanese male idol unit Kanjani8
• Shota Nakazaki (翔太), a Japanese boy dake/friendster boy

Characters

• Shota Amachi (翔太), a character in the video game Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Kiss
• Shoutarou Kaneda (金田 正太郎, Kaneda Shōtarō), abbreviated "Shota", from the anime Tetsujin 28-go

See also

• Shota complex