Seiya (星矢) is a masculine name of Japanese origin. It is a common masculine
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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Possible writings
Seiya can be written in Hiragana as せいや. In Kanji, it can be alternatively rendered as;
*星矢 "star, heavenly body of arrow"
*清耶 "pure, father"
*正夜 "correct, night"
*生八 "life, eight"
*成也 "successful, to be"
*声弥 "voice, extensive complete"
*盛哉 "prosper, how"
*聖野 "holy, field"
*世乎 "world, question"
*西椰 "west, coconut tree"
*征椰 "conquer, coconut tree"
People with the name
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Seiya Adachi
is a water polo
Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball ...
(安達安 星矢, born 1995), Japanese water polo player
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Seiya Ando (安藤 誓哉, born 1992), Japanese basketball player
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Asahifuji Seiya (旭富士 正也, born 1960), Japanese sumo wrestler
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Seiya Fujita (藤田 征也, born 1987), Japanese footballer
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Seiya Hosokawa
is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Chunichi Dragons. He previously played for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
On 9 December 2022, Hosokawa was traded to the Chunichi Dragons
The are a professional baseball t ...
(細川 成也, born 1988), Japanese baseball player
*, Japanese baseball player
*Seiya Kato (加藤聖哉, born 1994), Japanese footballer
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Seiya Kinami (木浪 聖也, born 1994), Japanese baseball infielder
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Seiya Kishikawa
is a male Japanese table tennis player. He paired with Jun Mizutani
is a retired Japanese table tennis player. He became the youngest Japanese national champion at the age of 17. His consecutive singles titles at the national championships ...
(岸川聖也, born 1987), Japanese table tennis player
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Seiya Kitano (星矢 北野, born 1997), Japanese footballer
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Seiya Kojima (小島 聖矢, born 1989) Japanese footballer
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Seiya Kondō (近藤 誠也, born 1996), Japanese shogi player
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Seiya Motoki (元木 聖也, born 1993), Japanese actor
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Seiya Nakagawa (中川 誠也, born, 1993), Japanese baseball player
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Seiya Nakano (中野誠也, born 1995), is a Japanese football player
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Seiya Niizeki (新関 成弥, born, 1999), Japanese football player
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Seiya Sakamoto (坂本 清耶, born 1944), Japanese water polo player
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Seiya Sanada
, better known by his ring name Sanada (stylized as SANADA), is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He is a member of the stable ''Los Ingobernables de Japón''.
As part of NJPW, Sanada is mostly ...
(真田 聖也, born 1988), Japanese professional wrestler
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Seiya Sugishita
is a Japanese footballer who plays as a striker for Bankhai United in the Thai League 3.
Sugishita is 1.75m tall and right-footed.
Career Sporting Goa
Sugishita made his debut for Sporting Clube de Goa on 18 November 2012 during an I-Leag ...
(杉下 聖也, born 1988), Japanese footballer
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Seiya Suzuki (鈴木 誠也, born 1994), Japanese baseball player
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Seiya Yamaguchi (山口 聖矢, born 1993), is a Japanese football player
Fictional characters
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Pegasus Seiya, the main character in the manga series ''
Saint Seiya
, also known as ''Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac'' or simply ''Knights of the Zodiac'' (translated from the French title ''Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque''), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It w ...
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*, a character in the manga series ''
Sailor Moon''
* Seiya Ryuguin, the main protagonist of the light novel series ''
Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious''
* Seiya Yaboshi, a character in the manga series ''
UFO Baby
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mika Kawamura. The manga was serialized by Kodansha in ''Nakayoshi'' from February 1998 to March 2002, and the chapters were collected into 9 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It was adapted into ...
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* Seiya Kanie, protagonist of the light novel series ''
Amagi Brilliant Park
is a Japanese light novel series written by Shoji Gatoh and illustrated by Yuka Nakajima. Fujimi Shobo has published eight volumes since February 20, 2013, under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. J-Novel Club has licensed the series f ...
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* Seiya Takehaya, a character in the light novel series ''
Tsurune
is a Japanese light novel series written by Kotoko Ayano, with illustrations by Chinatsu Morimoto. The first novel won a Special Judge Award in the Kyoto Animation Award competition in 2016, and was published by the studio in December of that ...
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Japanese masculine given names