is a masculine
Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Naoto can be written using different
kanji characters and can mean:
*直人, "honesty, person"
*尚人, "esteem, person"
*直登, "honesty, ascend"
*尚登, "esteem, ascend"
*直斗, "honesty,
Big Dipper"
*猶人, "easy-going/graceful, person"
The name can also be written in
hiragana or
katakana.
People with the name
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese footballer
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Naoto Fukasawa
Naoto Fukasawa (; born 1956) is a Japanese designer, author, and educator, working in the fields of product and furniture design. He is known for his product design work with the Japanese retail company Muji, as well as collaborations with compa ...
(直人, born 1956), Japanese industrial designer
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Naoto Hikosaka
is a professional Go player
Player may refer to:
Role or adjective
* Player (game), a participant in a game or sport
** Gamer, a player in video and tabletop games
** Athlete, a player in sports
** Player character, a character in a video ...
(born 1962), professional Go player
*, Japanese footballer
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Naoto Hirooka (直人, born 1978), Japanese avant-garde fashion designer
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Naoto Hiroyama
are a 5-member Japanese rock band, based in Okinawa, Japan. Formed in 2001, the band began with Spice Music and later signed with Sony Music Japan's gr8! records division in 2003. The band left gr8! records in 2010 to start their own label, Su ...
(直人), the guitarist and headman of the J-rock band Orange Range
*Naoto Nakamura or
Naoto Inti Raymi (直人, born 1979), singer-songwriter
*, Japanese ski jumper
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Naoto Kan (直人, born 1946), Japanese politician - former Prime Minister of Japan
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Naoto Kataoka (片岡 直人, born 1983), Japanese dancer, actor, rapper and creative director
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Naoto Kine
is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Naoto can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*直人, "honesty, person"
*尚人, "esteem, person"
*直登, "honesty, ascend"
*尚登, "esteem, ascend"
*直斗, "hones ...
(尚登), the guitarist of the Japanese band
TM NETWORK
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Naoto Matsukura
is a Japanese radio-controlled car racer from Edogawa, Tokyo. He has won five IFMAR World Championship titles as well as five top qualifier titles. He has also won 24 JMRCA All-Japan Championship titles. Until the end of 2014, Matsukura drove ...
(直人, born 1993), Japanese radio-controlled car racer
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Naoto Matsuo
is a former Japanese football player.
Playing career
Matsuo was born in Wakayama on September 10, 1979. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club Vissel Kobe in 1998. He played many matches as a substitute midfielder in the fir ...
(born 1979), Japanese football player
*, Japanese water polo player
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Naoto Ohshima
(born February 26, 1964) is a Japanese artist and video game designer, best known for designing Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Sonic the Hedgehog and Dr. Eggman characters from Sega's ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise. Although Yuji Naka created ...
(直人, born 1964), original character designer of Sonic the Hedgehog and Dr. Robotnik
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Naoto Otake
is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. His younger brother Masato was also a footballer. He is currently manager of Kagoshima United.
Club career
Otake was educated at and played for Tokai Univer ...
(直人, born 1968), Japanese football player
*, Japanese rugby union player
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Naoto Sakurai
is a former Japanese football player.
Playing career
Sakurai was born in Saitama on September 2, 1975. After graduating from high school, he joined his local club Urawa Reds in 1994. He debuted in 1995 and played several matches every season. H ...
(born 1975), Japanese football player
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Naoto Sato
is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Naoto can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*直人, "honesty, person"
*尚人, "esteem, person"
*直登, "honesty, ascend"
*尚登, "esteem, ascend"
*直斗, "honest ...
(直人), Japanese astronomer
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Naoto Tajima (直人, 1912–1990), Japanese athlete and gold medalist
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Naoto Takenaka (直人, born 1956), Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director
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Naoto Tsuji
is a Japanese professional basketball player. he plays for the Kawasaki Brave Thunders of the B.League.
He has been a member of Japan's national basketball team on many occasions. At the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Be ...
(直人, born 1989), Japanese basketball player
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Naoto Watanabe
is a Japanese former professional baseball player who is currently a coach for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played for the Golden Eagles, Yokohama BayStars/Yokohama DeNA BayStars and Saita ...
(born 1980), Nippon Baseball player
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Naoto Shibata
is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Naoto can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*直人, "honesty, person"
*尚人, "esteem, person"
*直登, "honesty, ascend"
*尚登, "esteem, ascend"
*直斗, "honest ...
(直人), bass guitarist of the Japanese band
Anthem
An anthem is a musical composition of celebration, usually used as a symbol for a distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries. Originally, and in music theory and religious contexts, it also refers more particularly to short ...
*Naoto (猶人), bass guitarist of the Japanese band
exist trace
Fictional characters
*Naoto Date (直人), the protagonist of the manga and anime series ''
Tiger Mask''
*Naoto Date (直人), one of the supporting characters in the Japanese drama series
''Jotei''
*Naoto Fuyumine (直人), one of the main characters in the ''
Dogs: Bullets & Carnage'' series
*Naoto Kirihara (直人), the main character in the J-drama ''
Night Head
''Night Head Genesis'' is a Japanese anime television series adapted from the 1992 TV drama ''Night Head''. It began airing on the anime television network Animax on July 27, 2006.
The series was licensed for a North American release on Febru ...
'' and ''
Night Head Genesis'' anime
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Naoto Kurogane
is a fighting video game series developed and published in Japan by Arc System Works, and later localized in North America by Aksys Games and in Europe by Zen United. An anime adaptation aired in the fall of 2013.
Playable in ''BlazBlue: Calami ...
(ナオト), a supporting character in the ''
BlazBlue'' video game series
*Naoto Sho (直人), the main hero of the Japanese tokusatsu series ''
Gridman the Hyper Agent''
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Naoto Shirogane
is a fictional character in the video game ''Persona 4''.
Concept and creation
Naoto was created for ''Persona 4''. She is a young detective who moves to Inaba, the setting of ''Persona 4'', to solve a serial-murder case. Due to the gendered ster ...
(直斗), one of the main characters in the game ''
Persona 4
released outside of Japan as ''Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4'', is a 2008 role-playing video game by Atlus. It is chronologically the fifth installment in the ''Persona'' series, itself a part of the larger ''Megami Tensei'' franchise, and was ...
''
*Naoto Kōzuki (直人), a minor character from the anime ''
Code Geass''
*Naoto Takayama ((高山 直人), the main protagonist of the manga and anime series ''
Rail Wars!''
*Naoto Takizawa, the sixth ranger of the Super Sentai season "
Mirai Sentai Timeranger"
*Naoto Miura (見浦ナオト), one of the main characters of the manga and anime series ''
Clockwork Planet''
See also
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H. Naoto (born 1978), Japanese fashion brand
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6025 Naotosato, a Main-belt Asteroid
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Naota
The central characters in ''FLCL'' (also known as Fooly Cooly), a 2000 Japanese anime produced by Gainax and Production I.G, with two additional seasons released in 2018. The first season covers the story of a sixth grade student named Naota Nand ...
, the main character of ''FLCL''
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Japanese masculine given names