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Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...

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kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...

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" The name can also be written in

hiragana is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ...

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...

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Kazuya Abe Kazuya Abe () is a Japanese people, Japanese retired mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. He competed in the Bantamweight (MMA), Bantamweight and Featherweight (MMA), Featherweight divisions. Martial arts career Kazuya Abe made his mixed ma ...

, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese slalom canoeist *, Japanese sport wrestler * Kazuya Fujita (一也), Japanese professional baseball infielder *

Kazuya Fukuura Kazuya Fukuura (福浦和也, born December 14, 1975) is a Japanese professional baseball first baseman for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He began his career as a pitcher. His play and build drew comparisons t ...

(和也), Japanese professional baseball first baseman * Kazuya Fukuzaki (冬也), Japanese footballer *

Kazuya Hatayama is a member of the Japanese Communist Party that was elected in to the House of Representatives, representing the Hokkaido proportional representation block. He is against the Trans-Pacific Partnership and thinks that Japan should demand the retu ...

(和也), Japanese politician * Kazuya Hiraide (和也), Japanese ski mountaineer and mountain climber *

Kazuya Ichijō is a Japanese voice actor. He is married to Minami Hokuto, better known by her stage name Hitomi. He also provided the voice of adult video games. Notable voice roles Anime ;1994 * ''Nintama Rantarō'' (Terai-Mawa, Hachimijiogan, Takuro Sepp ...

(和矢), Japanese voice actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *

Kazuya Kamenashi is a Japanese singer, actor, host, producer, magazine model and a member of KAT-TUN. Born and raised in Edogawa, Tokyo, he joined the Japanese talent agency, Johnny & Associates, at the age of 12. He was drafted as a member and co-lead vocalist o ...

(和也), Japanese singer–songwriter, actor and member of J-pop idol group

KAT-TUN is a Japanese boy band formed under Johnny & Associates (Johnny's) in 2001. The group's name was originally an acronym based on the first letter of each member's family name: Kazuya Kamenashi, Jin Akanishi, Junnosuke Taguchi, Koki Tanaka, ...

Kazuya Kaneda is a Japanese butterfly swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 200 metre butterfly, finishing in 7th place overall in the heats, but finished 6th in his semifinal and did not make the final. He married swimmer Haruka ...

(和也), Japanese swimmer *, Japanese mathematician *

Kazuya Kawabata is a former Japanese football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where th ...

(和哉), Japanese football player *, Japanese writer who authored ''

Mai, the Psychic Girl is a Japanese manga series written by Kazuya Kudō and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from March 1985 to April 1986, with its chapters collected in six ' ...

'' and ''

Pineapple Army is a Japanese manga series written by Kazuya Kudo and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa. It was serialized in Shogakukan's magazine ''Big Comic Original'' from 1985 to 1988, with the individual chapters collected into eight ''tankōbon'' volumes ...

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Kazuya Kojima is a Japanese comedian and actor. He performs '' boke'' (he can also perform ''Kire Gei'' or ''tsukkomi The following glossary of words and terms (generally of Japanese origin) are related to ''owarai'' (Japanese comedy). Many of these term ...

(一哉), Japanese comedian and actor *

Kazuya Kuroda is a Japanese animator, character designer and illustrator. He made with his debut with the Gainax series, '' Top o Nerae!'' and ''Fushigi no Umi no Nadia'', to which he contributed the in-between and key animation respectively. He was then the ...

(和也), Japanese animator, character designer and illustrator *

Kazuya Maekawa is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. His son Daiya Maekawa is also footballer. Club career Maekawa was educated at and played for Hirado High School. After graduating in 1986, he joined Japan Soccer League ...

(和也), Japanese football player *

Kazuya Maruyama Kazuya Maruyama may refer to: * Kazuya Maruyama (politician) * Kazuya Maruyama (baseball) {{hndis, Maruyama, Kazuya ...

(和也), Japanese politician, attorney, and

tarento Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in mass media in Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, bankable stars in America were described as "tal ...

Kazuya Minekura is a Japanese manga artist widely known for the '' Saiyuki'' series. Biography She was born in Kanagawa-ken, and still resides there. Her blood type is A. Her other manga series include ''Wild Adapter'', ''Shiritsu Araiso Koto Gakko Seitokai Shi ...

(かずや), Japanese manga artist * Kazuya Murata (和哉), Japanese football player *

Kazuya Nakai is a Japanese voice actor and narrator who was born in Kobe, Japan. He is affiliated with Aoni Production. His most notable role is Roronoa Zoro from ''One Piece''. Other major voice roles include Toshiro Hijikata from ''Gintama'', Date Masamu ...

(和哉 born 1967), Japanese voice actor *

Kazuya Oshima is a Japanese racing driver, currently racing in the Super GT Series and the Super Formula Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing and ROOKIE Racing. Oshima is one of only two drivers that have won championships in both classes of Super GT: He won ...

(和也), Japanese racing driver * Kazuya Okazaki (和也), Japanese football player * Kazuya Okazaki (和也), Japanese former professional racing cyclist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese futsal player *, Japanese film and television director *

Kazuya Takahashi is a Japanese actor, singer, songwriter and bassist. He was a vocalist and bassist of Otokogumi, the Japanese rock band which was active during late 80s and early 90s. Takahashi has appeared in more than fifty films since 1988. Career He was a ...

(和也), Japanese actor *

Kazuya Takamiya Kazuya Takamiya (高宮和也, born December 4, 1981) is a Japanese professional former baseball pitcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Yokohama BayStars from 2006 to 2010, the Orix Buffaloes in 2011 and 2012, and for ...

(和也), Japanese professional baseball pitcher *, Japanese water polo player *

Kazuya Tatekabe was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was born in Kimobetsu, Hokkaidō. He was represented by Kenyu Horiuchi's Kenyu Office at the time of his death. He was most known for the roles of Jaian (''Doraemon''), Walsa (''Time Bokan''), and Tonzur ...

(和也 1934-2015), Japanese voice actor *

Kazuya Tsurumaki Kazuya Tsurumaki (鶴巻和哉 ''Tsurumaki Kazuya'') is a Japanese anime director. He was born on February 2, 1966, in the city of Gosen, located in the Niigata Prefecture. He is the protégé of Hideaki Anno, and a longtime animator at Gainax. ...

(和哉), Japanese anime director *

Kazuya Tsutsui is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''. Outside Ja ...

(和也), Japanese professional baseball pitcher *Kazuya Sakamoto, Japanese member of the jpop band ON/OFF *

Kazuya Yamamura is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Kawasaki Frontale. International career On 23 December 2009 he was named in the squad for Japan's 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification against Yemen, and made his full international debut for t ...

(和也), Japanese football player *

Kazuya Yoshioka is a Japanese ski jumper. In his long World Cup career, Yoshioka has finished twelve times among the top 10. He also has four podium finishes as well as two team victories on 30 January 1999 in Willingen, and on 19 January 2001 in Park City. ...

(和也), Japanese ski jumper

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*Kazuya Amon (亜門一也), a secret character from the game ''

Yakuza 2 is an action-adventure game by Sega, the sequel to ''Yakuza''. It was released on December 7, 2006, for the PlayStation 2 in Japan and in September 2008 in North America and Europe. The game focuses on the former ''yakuza'' Kazuma Kiryu who recei ...

'' *Kazuya Aoi, main character of ''

Freezing Freezing is a phase transition where a liquid turns into a solid when its temperature is lowered below its freezing point. In accordance with the internationally established definition, freezing means the solidification phase change of a liquid o ...

'' *Kazuya Aoshima (カズヤ), one of the main characters from ''

Little Battlers Experience , or simply ''LBX'', is a series of action role-playing video games created by Level-5, involving small plastic model robots known as LBXs (standing for "Little Battler eXperience") that fight on dioramas made out of cardboard, ...

'' *Kazuya Hiramaru (一也), supporting character from ''

Bakuman is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, the same creative team responsible for '' Death Note''. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from August 2 ...

'' *Kazuya Kinoshita (和也), main character of ''

Rent-A-Girlfriend is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Reiji Miyajima. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' since July 2017, and has been compiled into twenty-nine volumes as of December 2022. The series is license ...

'' *Kazuya Maeda (一也), main character of ''

Photo Kano is a Japanese dating sim video game, game developed by Dingo Inc. and Enterbrain, and was released for the PlayStation Portable on February 2, 2012. Due to Enterbrain's involvement, ''Photo Kano'' is considered the spiritual successor to ...

'' *Kazuya Minegishi (一哉), main character of ''

Devil Survivor ''Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor'' is a tactical role-playing video game in the ''Megami Tensei'' series developed by Atlus for the Nintendo DS. It was released in Japan on January 15, 2009, and in North America on June 23, 2009. An enhan ...

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Kazuya Mishima is a fictional character in Bandai Namco's ''Tekken'' fighting game series, first featured as the protagonist in the original 1994 game and later became one of the major antagonists and antihero of the series. The son of worldwide conglomerate ...

(一八), a main character in the ''

Tekken is a Japanese Media mix, media franchise centered on a series of fighting game, fighting video and arcade games developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly Namco). The franchise also includes film and print adaptations. The ...

'' fighting game series *Kazuya Miyuki (一也), one of the main characters from '' Diamond no Ace'' *Kazuya Nanase (和弥), a major character from ''

Glass Rose is a point-and-click adventure psychological horror video game developed by Cing and Capcom's Production Studio 3 and published by Capcom for the PlayStation 2. It was released in Japan on November 6, 2003 and later in Europe on March 26, 200 ...

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Kazuya Shibuya , originally titled , is a light novel series written by Fuyumi Ono. It follows the adventures of Shibuya Psychic Research as they investigate mysterious occurrences all over Japan with a team of other spiritualists and clever assistants. A ...

(一也), a protagonist in the anime series '' Ghost Hunt'' *

Kazuya Shiranami This is a list of characters from the game, anime and manga involved in BROCCOLI's ''Galaxy Angel'' and its sequel ''Galaxy Angel II''. Many of the character names are related to food, liquor, and desserts. Galaxy Angel Moon Angel Troupe :Em ...

(カズヤ), the protagonist of '' Galaxy Angel II: Zettai Ryouiki no Tobira'' *Kazuya Tayama (和哉), supporting character in ''

Hyōka is a 2001 Japanese mystery novel written by Honobu Yonezawa. It is the first volume of the series. Five additional volumes have been published between 2002 and 2016. A manga adaptation drawn by Taskohna began serialization in the March 2 ...

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Kazuya Uesugi is a Japanese high school baseball manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from 1981 to 1986, with its chapters were collected into 26 ''tankōbon'' volumes ...

(和也), central in the anime and manga series ''

Touch In physiology, the somatosensory system is the network of neural structures in the brain and body that produce the perception of touch (haptic perception), as well as temperature (thermoception), body position (proprioception), and pain. It is ...

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