Shōta

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

Written forms

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

消太, "erase, thick"
正太, "correct, thick"
翔太, "soar, thick"
章太, "composition, thick"
奨太, "reward, thick"
将太, "general, thick"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

Shota Akiyoshi (秋吉翔太, born 1990), Japanese golfer
Shouta Aoi (蒼井翔太, born 1987), Japanese singer, actor, and voice actor
Shota Arai (footballer, born 1985) (新井翔太), Japanese footballer
Shota Arai (footballer, born 1988) (新井章太), Japanese footballer
Shōta Chida (千田翔太, born 1994), Japanese shogi player
Shota Dobayashi (堂林翔太, born 1991), Japanese baseball player
Endō Shōta (遠藤聖大, born 1990), Japanese sumo wrestler
Shota Fujio (藤尾翔太, born 2001), Japanese footballer
Shota Haku (白翔太, born 2005), stage name Soul, Japanese singer, member of South Korean boy band P1Harmony
Shota Hayashi (林祥太, born 1995), Japanese footballer
Shota Hazui (born 1986), Japanese water polo player
Shota Horie (堀江翔太, born 1986), Japanese rugby union player
Shota Hoshi (星翔太, born 1985), Japanese futsal player
Shōta Iizuka (飯塚翔太, born 1991), Japanese sprinter
Ikioi Shōta (勢翔太, born 1986), Japanese sumo wrestler
Shōta Imanaga (今永昇太, born 1993), Japanese baseball player
Shota Inoue (井上翔太, born 1989), Japanese footballer
Shota Ishimine (伊志嶺翔大, born 1988), Japanese baseball outfielder
Shota Iwata (岩田正太, born 1988), Japanese footballer
Shota Kanno (菅野将太, born 1984), Japanese footballer
Shota Kawanishi (川西翔太, born 1988), Japanese footballer
Shota Kimura (baseball) (木村正太, born 1986), Japanese baseball player
Shota Kimura (footballer) (木村勝太, born 1988), Japanese footballer
Shota Kobayashi (古林将太, born 1991), Japanese footballer
Shota Koide (小井手翔太, born 1981), Japanese footballer
Shota Koike (小池翔大, born 1988), Japanese baseball catcher
Shota Matsuda (松田翔太, born 1985), Japanese actor
Shota Matsuhashi (松橋章太, born 1982), Japanese footballer
Shota Matsushima (松島庄汰, born 1990), Japanese actor
Shota Nakamura (中村奨太, born 1993), Japanese speed skater
Shota Nakazaki (中崎翔太, born 1992), Japanese baseball player
Shota Oba (大場翔太, born 1985), Japanese baseball pitcher
Shota Ohno (大野奨太, born 1987), Japanese baseball catcher
Shota Otsuka (大塚翔太, born 1987), Japanese footballer
Shota Rustaveli (12th–13th centuries) Georgian poet, author of The Knight in the Panther's Skin
Shota Saito (齋藤翔太), Japanese footballer
Shota Saito (斎藤翔太), Japanese footballer
Shota Saito [ja] (斉藤祥太), Japanese actor
Shota Sakaki (榊翔太, born 1993), Japanese footballer
Shota Sasaki (佐々木将汰, born 1993), Japanese slalom canoeist
Shota Shimizu (清水翔太, born 1989), Japanese musician and singer-songwriter
Shōta Sometani (染谷将太, born 1992), Japanese actor
Shōta Suzuki (baseball, born 1995) (鈴木翔太), Japanese baseball player
Shota Suzuki (footballer, born 1984) (鈴木将太), Japanese footballer
Shota Suzuki (footballer, born 1996) (鈴木翔太), Japanese footballer
Shota Taguchi (田口翔大, born 2004), Japanese actor
Shota Takeda (武田翔太, born 1993), Japanese baseball pitcher
Shota Takekuma (武隈祥太, born 1989), Japanese baseball player
Shota Umino (海野翔太, born 1997), Japanese professional wrestler

Fictional characters

Shōta (ショータ)/Sawyer, a character in the anime series Pokémon XY
Shota Aizawa (相澤消太), a character in the manga series My Hero Academia
Shota Amachi (天地翔太), a character in the video game Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Kiss
Shota Hikasa (日笠将太), a character in the film Battle Royale II: Requiem
Shota Ohara (大原正太), a main character from anime and manga series Little Ghost Q-Taro
Shota Kazehaya (風早翔太), a character in the manga series Kimi ni Todoke
Shoutarou Kaneda (金田正太郎), abbreviated "Shota", a character in the manga series Tetsujin 28-go
Shota Magatsuchi (真ヶ土翔太), a character in the manga series Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
Shota Shibata, a lead character in the 2018 movie Shoplifters

Written forms

People with the name

Fictional characters

See also