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.
Written forms
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 (Russian singer) (born 1979), Russian singer
 - 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 singer, member of South Korean boy group NCT
 - 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 Saitoh, an antagonist of the television drama series Pulang Araw
 - Yuta Togashi (富樫 勇太), protagonist of the light novel/anime series Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
 
See also
- Yuta, alternative name for a mokoshi, Japanese architectural feature
 
