is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Tatsuya can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *達也, "master/accomplished, to be" *達矢, "master/accomplished, arrow" *竜也, "dragon, to be" *竜哉, "dragon, how" *竜弥, "dragon, all the more" *辰也, "sign of the dragon, to be" *龍也, "dragon, to be" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

*, Japanese footballer * Tatsuya Egawa (達也, born 1961), Japanese manga artist *, Japanese manga artist *

Tatsuya Enomoto is a former Japanese football player. Club career Enomoto was born in Nerima, Tokyo on 16 March 1979. After graduating from high school, he joined Yokohama Marinos (later ''Yokohama F. Marinos'') in 1997. He became a regular goalkeeper in Octob ...

(達也, born 1979), Japanese footballer * Tatsuya Fuji (born 1941), Japanese film actor * Tatsuya Fujiwara (竜也, born 1982), Japanese actor *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese volleyball player *

Tatsuya Futakami is a deceased Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 9-dan. He is a former president of the Japan Shogi Association The , or JSA, is the primary organizing body for professional shogi in Japan. The JSA sets the professiona ...

, Japanese shogi player * Tatsuya Furuhashi (born 1980), Japanese football player *

Tatsuya Hiruta is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for writing the long-running ''shōnen'' manga series ''Kōtarō Makaritōru!'' and its two sequels, ''Shin Kōtarō Makaritōru!'' and ''Kōtarō Makaritōru! L''. In 1986, he won the Kodansha Manga ...

(達也), Japanese manga artist * Tatsuya Hori (born 1935), Japanese politician *

Tatsuya Isaka is a Japanese actor. He played Ichigo Kurosaki in the rock musical '' Bleach''. Television dramas * ''Gokusen'' (2002) (Guest star) * '' Water Boys'' (2003) * '' Genseishin Justiriser'' (2004–2005) * ''Tumbling (Film)'' (2010) Stage * Roc ...

(達也, born 1985), Japanese actor * Tatsuya Ishida, a comic artist * Tatsuya Ishihara (立也, born 1966), Japanese anime director * Tatsuya Ishii (竜也, born 1959), Japanese singer, songwriter, artist * Tatsuya Ishikawa (竜也, born 1979), Japanese football player * Tatsuya Ito (born 1961), Minister of State for Financial Services in Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet *, Japanese composer *, Japanese journalist * Tatsuya Kawajiri (達也, born 1978), Japanese mixed martial arts fighter *, Japanese film producer, critic and music producer * Tatsuya Kinugasa (born 1974), Japanese Olympic medley swimmer *

Tatsuya Kurama Kurama Tatsuya (16 December 1952 – 26 January 1995) was a sumo wrestler from Yasu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1968, reaching the top '' makuuchi'' division in 1976. His highest rank was '' sekiwake'' and he won ...

(1952–1995), sumo wrestler * Tatsuya Masushima (born 1985), Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor * Tatsuya Mizuno (born 1981), Japanese professional mixed martial artist * Tatsuya Mochizuki (達也, born 1963), Japanese football player * Tatsuya Mori, Japanese documentary filmmaker * Tatsuya Nagatomo (達也, born 1953), Japanese actor and voice actor * Tatsuya Nakadai (達矢, born 1932), Japanese actor *, Japanese musician *, Japanese actor *

Tatsuya Oe (born 28 November 1969) is a New York-based Japanese composer, recording artist, music producer, and DJ, best known for the moniker of Captain Funk. He is known for his mastery and diversity of composition and music production in electronic, d ...

, a Japanese electronic music producer, club DJ *, Japanese footballer *

Tatsuya Sakai (marksman) Tatsuya Sakai is a Japanese sport shooter who won the 2004 Steel Challenge World Championship in Piru, California. Since handguns cannot be legally obtained by civilians in Japan, he trained at home using an airsoft Airsoft is a team game in ...

, Japanese sport shooter *

Tatsuya Sakuma is a former Japanese professional drifting driver. He retired from drifting after 2015 D1 Grand Prix season. He has competed in the D1GP series since the very beginning, starting out in a Nissan Silvia PS13 He did not do very well, scoring only ...

(達也, born 1974), Japanese professional drifting driver *

Tatsuya Sanmaidō is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan. Early life Sanmaidō was born in Urayasu, Chiba on July 14, 1993. His grandfather was an acquaintance of shogi professional Kunio Naitō, who recommended Sanmaidō learn shogi. Sanmaidō o ...

, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese baseball player *

Tatsuya Shiokawa is a former Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. He is currently a coach for Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Pacific League. External links *Japan Baseball Daily Living people 1983 births Baseball people from Kobe Ja ...

(born 1983), Japanese baseball player *

Tatsuya Shinhama Tatsuya Shinhama (born 11 July 1996) is a Japanese speed skater who is specialized in the sprint distances. Career In March 2018 Shinhama won the gold medal at the 500m and 1000m events of the World University Speed Skating Championships in Min ...

(born 1996), Japanese speed skater * Tatsuya Sugai, Japanese shogi player * Tatsuya Suzuki (disambiguation), multiple people *, Japanese jazz saxophonist *, Japanese screenwriter for anime *

Tatsuya Tanaka (disambiguation) Tatsuya Tanaka may refer to: * Tatsuya Tanaka (figure skater) (born 1988), Taiwanese figure skater * Tatsuya Tanaka (footballer, born 1982), Japanese footballer * Tatsuya Tanaka (footballer, born 1992), Japanese footballer {{hndis, Tanaka, ...

, multiple people *

Tatsuya Tanimoto is a former Japanese member of the House of Representatives of the Diet. He served as a representative of Wakayama 1st district, first as an independent politician, but after 2003 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Wakayama ...

(龍哉, born 1966), Japanese politician *, Japanese figure skater * Tatsuya Tsuruta (born 1982), Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer * Tatsuya Ueda (竜也), a Japanese idol, singer-songwriter and radio host * Tatsuya Uemura (建也, born 1960), Japanese arcade game musician and programmer *, Japanese badminton player *

Tatsuya Yamaguchi (disambiguation) Tatsuya Yamaguchi may refer to: * Tatsuya Yamaguchi (motorcyclist) (born 1976), Japanese motorcycle racer * Tatsuya Yamaguchi (actor) (born 1972), Japanese film and television actor * Tatsuya Yamaguchi (footballer) is a Japanese footballer wh ...

, multiple people * Tatsuya Yamashita (born 1987), Japanese footballer *

Tatsuya Yazawa is a Japanese football player who plays for Fujieda MYFC. Playing career Yazawa was born in Yaizu on October 3, 1984. After graduating from Shizuoka Gakuen High School, he joined J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol in 2003. He played many matches ...

(born 1984), Japanese footballer * Tatsuya Yoshida (達也), Japanese musician and composer

Fictional characters

*Tatsuya Uesugi (達也), the main character in '' Touch'' *Tatsuya Shima (達也), a character in '' Wangan Midnight'' *Tatsuya Suou (達哉), a main character in ''

Persona 2 ''Persona 2'' refers to a duology of role-playing video games released by Atlus. It refers to: * '' Persona 2: Innocent Sin'' (1999) * '' Persona 2: Eternal Punishment'' (2000) {{Media set index Persona (series) Shueisha manga Shueisha fran ...

'' *Tatsuya Himuro, a character in '' Kuroko's Basketball'' *Tatsuya Shiba, a main character in '' The Irregular at Magic High School'' * Tatsuya Kimura, a character from

Hajime no Ippo is a Japanese boxing-themed manga series written and illustrated by George Morikawa. It has been serialized by Kodansha in the ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' since October 1989 and collected into 135 ''tankōb ...

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