is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.

Possible writings

*克也, "gram, to be" *勝也, "win, to be" *勝矢, "win, arrow" *勝哉, "win, how" *勝夜, "win, night" *活耶, "active, father" *活弥, "active, extensive, complete" *轄也, "administer, control, to be" *担耶, "carry, bear, father"

People with the given name

*, Japanese mathematician *, Japanese video game designer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese wrestler *, Japanese actor *, Japanese sociologist *, Japanese manga artist, character designer, animator and animation director *, Japanese football player *, Japanese film director and screenwriter *, Japanese karateka *, Japanese football player *, Japanese freestyle skier *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese politician *, Japanese politician *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese cyclist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese snowboarder *, Japanese plastic surgeon *, Japanese illustrator *, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese sprint canoeist *, Japanese musician

People with the surname

*, Japanese actor *, Japanese writer *, Japanese journalist *, Japanese footballer

Fictional characters

*Katsuya Jounouchi (城之内克也), a character from ''

Yu-Gi-Oh! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine between September 1996 and March 2004. The plot follows the story of a boy named Yugi Mutou, w ...

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