Shōta


Shōta, Shouta, or Shota 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, Japanese golfer
  • Shouta Aoi, Japanese singer, actor, and voice actor
  • Shota Arai, Japanese footballer
  • Shota Arai, Japanese footballer
  • Shōta Chida, Japanese shogi player
  • Shota Dobayashi, Japanese baseball player
  • Endō Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler
  • Shota Fujio, Japanese footballer
  • Shota Haku, stage name Soul, Japanese singer, member of South Korean boy band P1Harmony
  • Shota Hazui, Japanese water polo player
  • Shota Horie, Japanese rugby union player
  • Shota Hoshi, Japanese futsal player
  • Shōta Iizuka, Japanese sprinter
  • Ikioi Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler
  • Shōta Imanaga, Japanese baseball player
  • Shota Inoue, Japanese footballer
  • Shota Ishimine, Japanese baseball outfielder
  • Shota Iwata, Japanese footballer
  • Shota Kanno, Japanese footballer
  • Shota Kawanishi, Japanese footballer
  • Shota Kimura, Japanese baseball player
  • Shota Kimura, Japanese footballer
  • Shota Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
  • Shota Koide, Japanese footballer
  • Shota Koike, Japanese baseball catcher
  • Shota Matsuda, Japanese actor
  • Shota Matsuhashi, Japanese footballer
  • Shota Matsushima, Japanese actor
  • Shota Nakamura, Japanese speed skater
  • Shota Nakazaki, Japanese baseball player
  • Shota Oba, Japanese baseball pitcher
  • Shota Ohno, Japanese baseball catcher
  • Shota Otsuka, Japanese footballer
  • Shota Rustaveli Georgian poet, author of The Knight in the Panther's Skin
  • Shota Saito, Japanese footballer
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  • Shota Sakaki, Japanese footballer
  • Shota Sasaki, Japanese slalom canoeist
  • Shota Shimizu, Japanese musician and singer-songwriter
  • Shōta Sometani, Japanese actor
  • Shōta Suzuki, Japanese baseball player
  • Shota Suzuki, Japanese footballer
  • Shota Suzuki, Japanese footballer
  • Shota Taguchi, Japanese actor
  • Shota Takeda, Japanese baseball pitcher
  • Shota Takekuma, Japanese baseball player
  • Shota Umino, Japanese professional wrestler

    Fictional characters

  • Shōta/Sawyer, a character in the anime series Pokémon XY
  • List of My Hero Academia characters#Shota Aizawa, a character in the manga series My Hero Academia
  • Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Kiss#Shota Amachi, a character in the video game Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Kiss
  • Shota Hikasa, a character in the film Battle Royale II: Requiem
  • Shota Ohara, a main character from anime and manga series Little Ghost Q-Taro
  • Kimi ni Todoke#Shota Kazehaya, a character in the manga series Kimi ni Todoke
  • Shoutarou Kaneda, abbreviated "Shota", a character in the manga series Tetsujin 28-go
  • Shota Magatsuchi, a character in the manga series Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
  • Shota Shibata, a lead character in the 2018 movie Shoplifters
  • Shōta Mitarai, a character from the game The Idolmaster 2 and ''The Idolmaster SideM''