Yūta

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)

Last updated July 05, 2025

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

Yūta

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Written forms

Notable people with the name

Fictional characters

See also