Hinata

Hinata

Pronunciation	Hee-nah-tah (IPA: [çina̠ta̠])
Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Various meanings
Other names
Related names	Himari, Himawari, Himuka, Hina, Hiuga, Hyūga, Hizashi

Hinata is a common Japanese given name, and a Japanese family name.

Written forms and meanings

The reading of Hinata can be written using many different combinations of kanji, such as:

• 日, "sun; day; date"
• 日向, "in the sun; facing the sun"
• 日陽, "day sun; sunny yang"
• 日暖, "sunny warmth and geniality; warmth of the sun"
• 日菜, "sunny vegetables"
• 日詩, "sunny poem; poetry of the sun"
• 日南, "sunny south; the sun's southern side; the south of the sun"
• 日寿, "sunny longevity"
• 日当, "daily allowance; per day; sunlit; exposed to the sun"
• 日當, "sunny undertaking; the sun serves; the sun withstands"
• 日方, "sunny side; sunny direction; in the direction of the sun"
• 日宛, "sunny address; just like the sun"
• 日和, "sunny harmony; sunny japan; japan's harmony"
• 日奈多, "many sunny what"
• 日奈太, "large sunny what"
• 日菜多, "many sunny greens"
• 日菜太, "large sunny vegetables"
• 日菜詩, "sunny vegetable poem"
• 日菜珠, "sunny vegetable pearl"
• 日向太, "thick under the sun"
• 日向汰, "elimination under the sun; eliminated under the sun"
• 日向大, "big under the sun"
• 日向陽, "yang under the sun; a sun under the sun; a sun facing towards the sun"
• 日那向, "under that sun; facing towards that sun"
• 日那多, "many sunny what"
• 日那太, "large sunny what"
• 日那田, "sunny what cropland"
• 日南田, "sunny southern cropland; a cropland on the south of the sun"
• 日南羽, "sunny southern feathers; feathers on the south of the sun"
• 日名田, "sunny famous cropland; a famous cropland of the sun"
• 日永田, "sunny eternal cropland"
• 陽向, "in the sun; facing the sun"
• 灯向, "facing towards the lamp; facing towards the lantern"
• 灯成多, "the lamp/lantern becomes many; the lamp/lantern succeeds in many"
• 向日葵, "sunflower"
• 向陽, "towards the sun"
• 太陽, "the sun"
• 春陽, "summer sun; summer yang"
• 暖, "warm and genial"
• 暖太, "large warmth"
• 光暖, "bright and warm; warmth of the light"
• 光永, "bright light forever"
• 彩羽, "colorful feathers"
• 羽叶, "the feather grants; the feather answers; the feather makes it come true"
• 雛多, "many young birds"
• 雛太, "large young bird"
• 雛田, "young bird cropland"
• 雛音, "sounds of a young bird"
• 南, "south; southern"

The name can also be written in hiragana (ひなた) and katakana (ヒナタ), although, it loses its meaning in these forms.

People

First name

Male

• Hinata Maruta (丸田 陽七太, born 1997), Japanese professional boxer
• Hinata Kida (喜田 陽, born 2000), Japanese footballer
• Hinata Konishi (小西 陽向, born 2001), Japanese footballer
• Hinata Watanabe (渡辺 日菜太, born 1986), Japanese kickboxer

Female

• Hinata, a ring name of Japanese professional wrestler Leon
• Hinata Homma (本間 日陽, born 1999), Japanese idol singer
• Hinata Kashiwagi (柏木 ひなた, born 1999), Japanese idol singer
• Hinata Miyazawa (宮澤 ひなた, born 1999), Japanese women's footballer
• Hinata Satō (佐藤 日向, born 1998), Japanese actress and voice actress
• Hinata Takeda (武田 日向, 1978–2017), Japanese manga artist
• Hinata Terayama (寺山 日葵, 2001), Japanese kickboxer

Surname

• Megumi Hinata (日向 めぐみ), Japanese musician
• Minami Hinata (日向 未南), Japanese voice actress

Fictional characters

First name

Male

• Hinata (ヒナタ), one of Takumi's retainers in Fire Emblem Fates.
• Hinata Mutō (日向), a character from the manga series I Am Here!
• Hinata Shintani (陽向), a character from the manga and anime series Kaichou wa Maid-sama! .
• Hinata Shoyo (日向 翔陽), is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the manga series Haikyu!! created by Haruichi Furudate .
• Hinata (ヒナタ), a marriageable candidate in the Japanese farming simulation game Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns.

Female

• Hinata (ヒナタ, "Solana" in the English version), the female ranger in Pokémon Ranger .
• Hinata Asahi (ひなた), the main character of the manga Suki: A Like Story .
• Hinata Azuma (ひなた), a character from the manga and anime series Kanamemo .
• Hinata Hakamada (ひなた), a character in the Japanese anime Ro-Kyu-Bu!.
• Hinata Hino (日野 日向), a character from the manga and anime series Mirai Nikki.
• Hinata Hiramitsu (平光ひなた) a character in the anime Healin' Good Pretty Cure.
• Hinata Hyuga (ヒナタ), a character from the manga and anime series Naruto .
• Hinata Kawamoto (ひなた), a character from the manga and anime series March Comes in Like a Lion .
• Hinata Komone (日向), a character from the manga series Today's Cerberus .
• Hinata Kuraue (ひなた), a character from the manga series Encouragement of Climb .
• Hinata Miyake (日向), a character from the anime series A Place Further Than the Universe .
• Hinata Okano (ひなた), a character from the visual novel Wind: A Breath of Heart.
• Hinata Okano (岡野 ひなた), a character from the Assassination Classroom manga and anime series.
• Hinata Sakaguchi (ヒナタ), a character from the light novel, manga and anime series That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime .
• Hinata Sawanoguchi (日向), a character from the manga Koimoku.
• Hinata Sohma (日向), the baby sister of Hiro Sohma from the manga Fruits Basket .
• Hinata Tachibana (橘 日向), a character and Takemichi’s girlfriend from the manga and anime series Tokyo Revengers .
• Hinata Uesato (上里 ひなた), a character and Wakaba’s best friend in Nogi Wakaba is a Hero .
• Hinata Wakaba (ひなた), a character from the Rival Schools fighting game series.

Surname

• The Hinata family (日向) from the manga and anime series Sgt. Frog.
• Oboro Hinata (日向), a character from the Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger.

Male

• Hajime Hinata (日向), the protagonist of the video game Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair .
• Hideki Hinata (日向), a character from the anime Angel Beats! .
• Shōyō Hinata (日向), the main character of Haikyū!! with the position of middle blocker from Karasuno High.

Female

• Ema Hinata (朝日奈), the main character of the novel Brothers Conflict.
• Himawari Hinata (日向), the main character of the anime series Himawari! .
• Hinata-sō (ひなた荘, Hinata House), a fictional all-girls' dormitory in the Kanagawa Prefecture from the anime and manga Love Hina .
• Kaho Hinata (日向), a character of the manga and anime Blend-S
• Koharu Hinata, a character in the video game Yandere Simulator
• Natsu Hinata (日向 夏), the younger sister of Shōyō Hinata in Haikyū!!.