Hideaki


Hideaki is a masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Hideaki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
  • 秀秋, "excellent", "autumn"
  • 英秋, "outstanding", "autumn"
  • 秀明, "excellent", "bright"
  • 英明, "outstanding", "bright"
  • 秀朗, "excellent", "clear"
  • 秀昭, "excellent", "shining"
  • 英昭, "outstanding", "shining"
  • 秀章, "excellent", "composition"
  • 秀聡, "excellent", "wise"
  • 秀彰, "excellent", "clear"
A popular kanji is 明 which means "the light coming from the sun", "sunlight and moonlight", "bright", "intelligent", "wisdom" or "truth".
The name can also be written in hiragana.

People with the name

  • Hideaki Aida, Japanese rower
  • Hideaki Akaiwa, Japanese hero of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
  • Hideaki Anno, Japanese animator and film director
  • Hideaki Hagino, Japanese footballer
  • Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese daimyō
  • Iba Hideaki, Japanese swordsman
  • Hideaki Inaba, Japanese powerlifter
  • Hideaki Ishi, Japanese record producer and DJ Krush
  • Hideaki Itsuno, Japanese video game director and designer
  • Hideaki Itō, Japanese actor
  • Hideaki Kamei, Japanese fencer
  • Hideaki Kase, Japanese diplomat
  • Hideaki Kawamura, Japanese hurdler
  • Hideaki Kikuchi, Japanese guitarist
  • Hideaki Kitajima, Japanese footballer
  • Hideaki Kobayashi, Japanese composer
  • Hideaki Kobayashi, Japanese diplomat
  • Hideaki Kurokawa, Japanese ice hockey player
  • Hideaki Maeguchi, Japanese rower
  • Hideaki Matsuura, Japanese footballer
  • Hideaki Miyamura, Japanese-born American potter
  • Hideaki Mori, Japanese footballer
  • Hideaki Motoyama, Japanese badminton player
  • Hideaki Nitani, Japanese actor
  • Hideaki Okabe, Japanese politician
  • Hideaki Okubo, Japanese baseball player
  • Hideaki Ōmura, Japanese politician
  • Hideaki Ozawa, Japanese footballer
  • Hideaki Sena, Japanese pharmacologist and writer
  • Hideaki Sorachi, Japanese manga artist
  • Hideaki Takatori, Japanese singer and composer
  • Hideaki Takeda, Japanese footballer
  • Hideaki Takizawa, Japanese actor and singer
  • Hideaki Tezuka, Japanese actor and voice actor
  • Hideaki Tokunaga, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
  • Hideaki Tominaga, Japanese footballer
  • Hideaki Tomiyama, Japanese sport wrestler
  • Hideaki Ueno, Japanese footballer
  • Hideaki Utsumi, Japanese video game composer
  • Hideaki Wakui, Japanese baseball player
  • Hideaki Yamada, Japanese cross-country skier
  • Hideaki Yamazaki, Japanese kickboxer
  • Hideaki Yanagida, Japanese sport wrestler

    Fictional characters

  • Hideaki Kurashige, a character in the manga series Miracle Girls
  • Hideaki Mashimo, a character in the anime series Digimon Fusion
  • Hideaki Nakajima, a character in the manga series Gakuen Heaven
  • Hideaki Tōjō, a character in the manga series Ace of Diamond
  • Hideaki Yoshizawa, a character in the manga series Ace of Diamond
Category:Japanese masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names