Kazuya
Kazuya is a masculine Japanese given name.
Written forms
Kazuya can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:- 一八, "one, eight"
- 一矢, "one, arrow"
- 一也, "one, to be"
- 一夜, "one, night"
- 和也, "harmony, to be"
- 和矢, "harmony, arrow"
- 和哉, "harmony, particle"
- 和夜, "harmony, night"
- 冬也, "winter, to be"
- 冬夜, "winter, night"
People with the name
- Kazuya Abe, Japanese mixed martial artist
- Kazuya Adachi, Japanese slalom canoeist
- Kazuya Deguchi, Japanese sport wrestler
- Kazuya Fujita, Japanese professional baseball infielder
- Kazuya Fukuura, Japanese professional baseball first baseman
- Kazuya Hatayama, Japanese politician
- Kazuya Hiraide, Japanese ski mountaineer and mountain climber
- Kazuya Ichijō, Japanese voice actor
- Kazuya Igarashi, Japanese footballer
- Kazuya Iio, Japanese footballer
- Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese singer–songwriter, actor and member of J-pop idol group KAT-TUN
- Kazuya Kaneda, Japanese swimmer
- Kazuya Kato, Japanese mathematician
- Kazuya Kawabata, Japanese football player
- , Japanese author of Mai, the Psychic Girl and Pineapple Army
- Kazuya Kojima, Japanese comedian and actor
- Kazuya Kuroda, Japanese animator, character designer and illustrator
- Kazuya Maekawa, Japanese football player
- Kazuya Maruyama, Japanese politician, attorney, and tarento
- Kazuya Minekura, Japanese manga artist
- Kazuya Murata, Japanese football player
- Kazuya Nakai, Japanese voice actor
- Kazuya Oshima, Japanese racing driver
- Kazuya Okazaki, Japanese former professional racing cyclist
- Kazuya Onohara, Japanese footballer
- Kazuya Shimizu, Japanese futsal player
- Kazuya Shiraishi, Japanese film and television director
- Kazuya Takahashi, Japanese actor
- Kazuya Takamiya, Japanese professional baseball pitcher
- Kazuya Takeuchi, Japanese water polo player
- Kazuya Tatekabe, Japanese voice actor
- Kazuya Tsurumaki, Japanese anime director
- Kazuya Tsutsui, Japanese professional baseball pitcher
- Kazuya Yamamura, Japanese football player
- Kazuya Yoshioka, Japanese ski jumper
Fictional characters
- Kazuya Amon, a secret character from the game Yakuza 2
- Kazuya Aoi, main character of Freezing
- Kazuya Aoike, a supporting character in Boys Over Flowers.
- Kazuya Aoshima, one of the main characters from Little Battlers Experience
- Kazuya Hiramaru, supporting character from Bakuman
- Kazuya Ikuta, minor character in episode 34 & 35 on Kamen Rider Kuuga
- Kazuya Kinoshita, main character of Rent-A-Girlfriend
- Kazuya Maeda, main character of Photo Kano
- Kazuya Minegishi, main character of Devil Survivor
- Kazuya Mishima, a main character in the Tekken fighting game series
- Kazuya Miyuki, one of the main characters from Diamond no Ace
- Kazuya Nanase, a major character from Glass Rose
- Kazuya Oki, one of the main characters from Kamen Rider Super-1
- Kazuya Shibuya, a protagonist in the anime series Ghost Hunt
- Kazuya Shiranami, the protagonist of Galaxy Angel II: Zettai Ryouiki no Tobira
- Kazuya Tayama, supporting character in Hyōka
- Kazuya Uesugi, central in the anime and manga series Touch
- Kazuya Yanagiba, also known as Limone, a character in ''Wedding Peach''