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 ...

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 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 ...

People with the name

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Tatsuya Egawa is a Japanese mangaka, manga artist and film director. He is probably best known for his ''Golden Boy (manga), Golden Boy'' manga series, which debuted in 1992. Egawa is known for his drawings of over-the-top facial expressions always crediting ...

(達也, born 1961), Japanese manga artist *, Japanese manga artist * Tatsuya Enomoto (達也, born 1979), Japanese footballer *

Tatsuya Fuji is a Japanese actor. He was born in Beijing and raised in Yokohama. In 1962, Fuji joined Nikkatsu Company and began his acting career with small roles in Nikkatsu film. In 1968, Fuji married actress Izumi Ashikawa. He gained popularity throu ...

(born 1941), Japanese film actor *

Tatsuya Fujiwara is a Japanese actor. Internationally, he is best known for his leading roles as Shuya Nanahara in the '' Battle Royale'' films, Light Yagami in the ''Death Note'' films, Kaiji Itō in the '' Kaiji'' films, and Rikuhiko Yuki in Hideo Nakata's ''Th ...

(竜也, born 1982), Japanese actor *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese volleyball player * Tatsuya Futakami, Japanese shogi player *

Tatsuya Furuhashi is a Japanese football player. He last played for Japan Football League club Honda FC. Playing career Furuhashi started his career with semi-professional Japan Football League team Honda FC in 1999, while also working as a factory worker. He ...

(born 1980), Japanese football player * Tatsuya Hiruta (達也), Japanese manga artist *

Tatsuya Hori is a Japanese politician. He was director of the Hokkaidō-Kitami University. From 1995 he served as governor of Hokkaidō for two terms totalling 8 years. He was chairman of the board of Sapporo University. He was associate professor at Tokyo ...

(born 1935), Japanese politician * Tatsuya Isaka (達也, born 1985), Japanese actor *

Tatsuya Ishida ''Sinfest'' is a long-running American webcomic by Tatsuya Ishida. Updating daily, ''Sinfest'' started as a black comedy strip in January 2000. It covers such topics as American politics, organized religion, and radical feminism. Overview It fol ...

, a comic artist *

Tatsuya Ishihara is a Japanese animator, television and film director. Working for Kyoto Animation, he directed ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', ''Clannad'', ''Nichijou'', ''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions'' and ''Sound! Euphonium''. Early life and educ ...

(立也, born 1966), Japanese anime director *

Tatsuya Ishii , also known as Tatuya Ishii (born September 22, 1959) is a Japanese singer-songwriter, artist, and industrial designer from Ibaraki Prefecture. Biography In 1985, he debuted as vocalist in the band . In 1992, their single won the Japanese ...

(竜也, born 1959), Japanese singer, songwriter, artist *

Tatsuya Ishikawa is a Japanese former football player. Club career Ishikawa was born in Fujieda on December 25, 1979. After graduating from the University of Tsukuba, he joined the Kashima Antlers in 2002. He gradually played more often as left side back du ...

(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 is a Japanese mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division. He is a former Shooto Lightweight Champion, and has also competed in the UFC, PRIDE, DREAM, Strikeforce, ONE FC, and Rizin Fighting Federation. Kawajiri also partici ...

(達也, born 1978), Japanese mixed martial arts fighter *, Japanese film producer, critic and music producer *

Tatsuya Kinugasa is a male Japanese retired male medley swimmer. Swimming career Kinugasa represented Japan at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1997 Summer Universiade in Catania, Italy ...

(born 1974), Japanese Olympic medley swimmer * Tatsuya Kurama (1952–1995), sumo wrestler *

Tatsuya Masushima is a Japanese former football player. Career After three seasons playing for JEF United Chiba, Masushima retired in December 2020. National team career In June 2005, Masushima was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2005 World Youth Champ ...

(born 1985), Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor *

Tatsuya Mizuno (born June 2, 1981) is a Japanese mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist currently competing in the Middleweight (MMA), Middleweight division. A professional competitor since 2006, he has fought for Dream (mixed martial arts), DREAM, Pancrase, ...

(born 1981), Japanese professional mixed martial artist *

Tatsuya Mochizuki is a former Japanese football player and manager. Playing career Mochizuki was born in Shizuoka on April 20, 1963. After graduating from Shimizu Higashi High School, he played professionally in the Netherlands, for Haarlem and Telstar between ...

(達也, born 1963), Japanese football player *

Tatsuya Mori is a Japanese documentary filmmaker, TV director and author. Career Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Mori graduated from Rikkyo University, where he appeared in the student films of Kiyoshi Kurosawa. After graduating, he tried acting and even a ...

, Japanese documentary filmmaker *

Tatsuya Nagatomo is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with Office Osawa. He is originally from Nagasaki Prefecture. Live appearances *''Goodbye Boy'' *''Matasaburo-kun no Koto: Bokura no Jidai'' *'' Beautiful Mystery'' Voice roles Video games *''Valky ...

(達也, born 1953), Japanese actor and voice actor *

Tatsuya Nakadai is a Japanese film actor. He was featured in 11 films directed by Masaki Kobayashi, including ''The Human Condition'' trilogy, wherein he starred as the lead character Kaji, plus ''Harakiri'', ''Samurai Rebellion'' and ''Kwaidan''. Nakadai wor ...

(達矢, born 1932), Japanese actor *, Japanese musician *, Japanese actor * Tatsuya Oe, a Japanese electronic music producer, club DJ *, Japanese footballer * Tatsuya Sakai (marksman), 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, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese baseball player * Tatsuya Shiokawa (born 1983), Japanese baseball player * Tatsuya Shinhama (born 1996), Japanese speed skater *

Tatsuya Sugai is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan. He is a former holder of the Ōi title. Promotion history The promotion history for Sugai is as follows: * 6-kyū: September 29, 2004 * 4-dan: April 1, 2010 * 5-dan: August 21, 2011 * 6-dan: ...

, Japanese shogi player *

Tatsuya Suzuki (disambiguation) Tatsuya Suzuki may refer to: *, Japanese forward *, Japanese midfielder *, Japanese defender *, Japanese animator {{hndis, Suzuki, Tatsuya ...

, multiple people *, Japanese jazz saxophonist *, Japanese screenwriter for anime * Tatsuya Tanaka (disambiguation), 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 is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Tsuruta was born in Fuji on September 9, 1982. He joined J1 League club Shimizu S-Pulse from youth team in 2001. However he could not play at all in the match behind Masanori Sanada. In 2002, ...

(born 1982), Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *

Tatsuya Ueda , is a Japanese idol, singer, and actor from the Japanese idol group KAT-TUN. Born in Kanagawa in Japan, he joined the Japanese talent agency, Johnny & Associates in 1998. In March 2006 he debuted as a member of the Japanese boy band KAT-TUN and ...

(竜也), a Japanese idol, singer-songwriter and radio host *

Tatsuya Uemura is a Japanese arcade game musician and programmer. He has composed the following scores for arcade games: *''Flying Shark'' *''Tiger-Heli'' *''Guardian'' *'' Hellfire'' *''Twin Cobra'' *'' Out Zone'' *'' Dogyuun'' *''Zero Wing'' (with Toshiaki ...

(建也, born 1960), Japanese arcade game musician and programmer *, Japanese badminton player * Tatsuya Yamaguchi (disambiguation), multiple people *

Tatsuya Yamashita is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre back for J1 League club Cerezo Osaka is a Japanese professional football club based in Osaka. The club currently plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the coun ...

(born 1987), Japanese footballer * Tatsuya Yazawa (born 1984), Japanese footballer *

Tatsuya Yoshida (born 9 January 1961 in Kitakami, Iwate) is a Japanese musician; drummer and composer who is the only consistent member of the renowned progressive rock duo Ruins, as well as of Koenji Hyakkei. He is also a member of the progressive rock trios ...

(達也), Japanese musician and composer

Fictional characters

*Tatsuya Uesugi (達也), the main character in ''

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 ...

'' *Tatsuya Shima (達也), a character in ''

Wangan Midnight is a Japanese racing manga series written and illustrated by Michiharu Kusunoki. It was first serialized in Shogakukan's '' Big Comic Spirits'' in 1990, but was later serialized in Kodansha's '' Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1992 to 2008. T ...

'' *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 is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2008 to September 2014, with its chapters collected in 30 ...

'' *Tatsuya Shiba, a main character in ''

The Irregular at Magic High School is a Japanese web novel series by Tsutomu Satō. It was published on Shōsetsuka ni Narō, a web novel website, from October 2008 to March 2011. Satō reached a deal with Dengeki Bunko and began releasing his work in a light novel form ...

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Tatsuya Kimura is a Japanese film producer and a critic, and also as known as , a music producer. :ja:木村立哉, 17:41, 2 November 2008 Biography Tatsuya Kimura was born in 1964 in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Debuted as a critic in his high school da ...

, 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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