Shōta
Shōta, Shouta, 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:
- 消太,
- 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
- Shota Imai (今井 昌太, born 1984), Japanese footballer
- 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 Saito (齋藤 翔太), Japanese footballer
- Shota Saito (斎藤 翔太), Japanese footballer
- (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) (鈴木 翔太, born 1995), 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
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 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 Shibata, a lead character in the 2018 movie Shoplifters
See also[]
Categories:
- Given names
- Japanese masculine given names