Tetsuya is a masculine

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Tetsuya can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: * 哲也, "philosophy, to be" * 鉄也, "iron, to be" * 哲哉, "philosophy, alas" * 徹也, "devotion, to be" * 徹矢, "penetrate, arrow" * 鉄弥, "iron, increasingly" The name can also be written in

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People with the name

Tetsuya (dancer) Tetsuya Tsuchida (土田哲也; ''Tsuchida Tetsuya'', born February 18, 1981, in Yokosuka, Kanagawa), better known by his stage name Tetsuya, is a Japanese dancer, actor, businessman and lecturer. He is a member of Exile and Exile The Second. He w ...

(born 1981), Japanese dancer *

Tetsuya (musician) is a Japanese musician, best known as the leader and bassist of the rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel. He was formerly known by the stage name tetsu and he started using his birth name professionally on December 1, 2009. While in L'Arc-en-Ciel his name is ...

(born 1969), Japanese musician *, Japanese footballer *

Tetsuya Asano is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japanese national team. Club career Asano was born in Hokota on February 23, 1967. After graduating from high school, torough Toyota Shukyu-Dan, he joined Japan Soccer Leag ...

(浅野哲也, born 1967) is a former Japanese football player and manager *

Tetsuya Chiba is a Japanese manga artist famous for his sports stories. Chiba's works include ''Ashita no Joe'', his best known work, and ''Notari Matsutarō''. Many of his early titles are still in print due to continued popularity. Life He was born in Ch ...

(てつや, born 1939), Japanese manga artist *

Tetsuya Chikushi , Chikushi Tetsuya, 23 June 1935 – 7 November 2008 was a Japanese journalist, TV presenter and news anchor. Career Chikushi was born in Hita, Ōita on 23 June 1935. He graduated from Waseda University's school of political science and econom ...

(哲也, 1935–2008), Japanese newscaster * Tetsuya Endo (disambiguation), multiple people *

Tetsuya Enomoto is a former Japanese football player. He is currently the goalkeeper coach of Yokohama F. Marinos. Playing career Enomoto was born in Kawasaki on May 2, 1983. He joined J1 League club Yokohama F. Marinos from youth team in 2002. He debuted in ...

(哲也, born 1983), Japanese football player *

Tetsuya Fujii Tetsuya Fujii (, ''Fujii Tetsuya''; born 1960) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets. From 1988 to 1992, he had discovered a total of 22 numbered asteroids together with his colleague, Kazuro Watanabe, at the ...

(哲也), a Japanese astronomer *, Japanese shogi player * Tetsuya Theodore "Ted" Fujita (哲也, 1920–1998), Japanese severe storms researcher * Tetsuya Funatsu (舩津徹也, born 1987) is a Japanese football player *

Tetsuya Harada is a Japanese former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was the 1993 FIM 250cc World Champion. Early years Born in Chiba, Japan, Harada won the Japanese 125cc Junior championship in 1988, and was runner-up to Tadayuki Okada in the All-J ...

(哲也, born 1970), Japanese former GP motorcycle racer *

Tetsuya Hibino (born 10 April 1974, Aichi) is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for Shibata Racing Team. Like many of the drivers in the D1 Grand Prix, he is the owner of his own tuning shop called SunRis ...

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

Tetsuya Ichimura __NOTOC__ is a Japanese photographer noted for his photographs of nudes. Ichimura was born, with the family name Hamaguchi,His name in ''kanji'' was or is (Kasahara, "Ichimura Tetsuya"). The likeliest readings of the character are Takashi and R ...

(哲也, born 1930), Japanese photographer *

Tetsuya Ishida Tetsuya Ishida (石田徹也, Ishida Tetsuya, June 16, 1973 – May 23, 2005) was a contemporary Japanese painter known for his surrealist portrayal of late-20th and early-21st century Japanese city life. His works typically depict hyperrealisti ...

(徹也, 1973–2005), Japanese painter *, Japanese footballer * Tetsuya Iwanaga (哲哉, born 1970), Japanese voice actor *

Tetsuya Kajiwara (drummer) is a Japanese drummer who has performed with The Blue Hearts and The 3Peace.Tetsuya K ...

(徹也, born 1963), Japanese drummer *

Tetsuya Kakihara is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He was affiliated with 81 Produce before he became a freelancer in June 2013. He set up his own agency, Zynchro, in July 2014. Since 2010, Kakihara has been affiliated with Kiramune, a music label by Bandai ...

(徹也, born 1982), Japanese voice actor *

Tetsuya Kakiuchi is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fiel ...

(垣内哲也, born 1970) is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder *

Tetsuya Kiyonari is a professional Go player. Biography Tetsuya became a professional go player in 1976. He was promoted to 9 dan in 1986. He holds the record of fastest promotion from 1 dan to 9 dan in the Kansai Ki-in. Tetsuya has been runner up twice, once ...

(哲也, born 1961), Japanese professional Go player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player *

Tetsuya Komuro is a Japanese musician, songwriter and record producer. He is recognized as the most successful producer in Japanese music history and introduced contemporary electronic dance music to the Japanese mainstream. He was also a former owner of the ...

(哲哉, born 1958), Japanese keyboardist, songwriter and music producer *, Japanese ballet dancer * Tetsuya Makita (哲也, born 1984), Japanese actor * Tetsuya Matoyama (哲也, born 1970), Japanese professional baseball catcher *, Japanese baseball player *

Tetsuya Mizuguchi is a Japanese video game designer, producer, and businessman. Along with ex-Sega developers he is the one of the co-founders of the video game development firm Q Entertainment. He formerly worked for Sega as a producer in their Sega AM3 'arcade m ...

(哲也, born 1965), Japanese video game designer and producer *, Japanese football manager *

Tetsuya Naito is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is the leader of the ''Los Ingobernables de Japón'' faction. Tetsuya Naito began training for a professional wrestling career in 2000, initially under Anima ...

(哲也, born 1982), Japanese professional wrestler *

Tetsuya Nakashima Tetsuya Nakashima (中島哲也) (born 1959) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He was born in Fukuoka, attending high school in Chikushino. His 2010 film '' Confessions'' was awarded Best Picture at the Japanese Academy Awards, where ...

(哲也, born 1959), Japanese film director *, Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese artist, printmaker and educator *

Tetsuya Nomura is a Japanese video game artist, designer and director working for Square Enix (formerly Square). He designed characters for the ''Final Fantasy'' series, debuting with ''Final Fantasy VI'' and continuing with various later installments. Addit ...

(哲也, born 1970), Japanese video game director *

Tetsuya Ōkubo is a Japanese football player. Playing career Known by the nickname 'Jumbo' due to his size he plays primarily as a target man striker, getting the majority of his goals with his head. Popular with fans and teammates during his career due to his ...

(大久保哲哉, born 1980) is a Japanese football player *

Tetsuya Ota is a racing driver from Maebashi in the Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He survived a fiery multi-car pileup he was involved in during a JGTC race at Fuji Speedway on May 3, 1998, caused by a safety car which was driven at twice the recommended speed ...

(哲也, born 1959), Japanese racecar driver *, Japanese ice hockey player *

Tetsuya Saruwatari is a mangaka. He was born in Ōmuta, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. After dropping out of high school, he worked as assistant of Shinji Hiramatsu and Hiroshi Motomiya. He made the debut as solo manga artist with 海の戦士 (Umi No Senshi) in ' ...

(哲也, born 1958), Japanese manga artist *

Tetsuya Shibata is a Japanese video game music composer and sound director. He is credited for over twenty musical scores produced for Capcom's video game releases including the ''Monster Hunter'' and ''Devil May Cry'' series, as well those in the '' Darkstalk ...

(徹也, born 1973), video game music composer * Tetsuya Shimizu (清水哲也, born 1983), Japanese professional wrestler * Tetsuya Shikawa 鉄也, Japanese politician * Tetsuya Shiroo (哲彌, born 1948), Japanese yakuza *

Tetsuya Takahashi (born November 18, 1966 in Shizuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese video game designer and director. Takahashi worked at Square (now Square Enix), in the 90s as a graphic designer and director, participating on some of their most well-received title ...

(哲哉, born 1966), Japanese video game creator *

Tetsuya Takeda Tetsuya Takeda (), born April 11, 1949, is a Japanese folk singer and actor. Takeda is perhaps most known in Japan for his starring role in the Tokyo Broadcasting System's (TBS) long-running, highly rated television drama '' Sannen B Gumi Kinpa ...

(鉄矢), Japanese singer and actor *

Tetsuya Takehora is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Life and career Tetsuya Takehora studied at the , founded by director Shōhei Imamura in 1975 as the Yokohama Vocational School of Broadcast and Film. He entered the film industry as an assistant ...

(竹洞哲也, born 1974) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. * Tetsuya Tanaka (田中哲也, born 1965) is a Japanese racing driver *, Japanese footballer and manager *

Tetsuya Utsumi is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball(NPB). He previously played for the Yomiuri Giants. Career In , Orix BlueWave selected him with the first selection, but he did not sign, and ...

(内海哲也, born 1982) is a Japanese professional baseball player *

Tetsuya Wakuda (born 18 June 1959) is a Japanese-born Australian chef based in Sydney. He appeared as the leading judge in the final episode of the second season of ''Junior MasterChef Australia''. Background Early life Tetsuya Wakuda was born on June 18, 1 ...

(哲也, born 1959), Japanese-born Australian chef *

Tetsuya Watari born (December 28, 1941 – August 10, 2020) was a Japanese film, stage, and television actor. Life He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University. Watari belonged to the karate club at university. He made his screen debut in 1964, in Isamu Kosugi ...

(哲也, born 1941), Japanese stage, film, and television actor *

Tetsuya Yamagami Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan and a serving member of the House of Representatives, was assassinated on 8 July 2022 while speaking at a political event outside Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Whi ...

(山上徹也), the only suspect in the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese baseball player *

Tetsuya Yanagisawa is a Japanese animator, storyboard artist, and director. Works (as director) *'' Kannazuki no Miko'' - (TV series, 2004) *'' Shattered Angels'' - (TV series, 2007) *'' Heaven's Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork'' - (Film, 2011) * ...

(テツヤ), Japanese anime director *

Tetsuya Yoneda Tetsuya Yoneda ( ja, 米田哲也, born March 3, 1938) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher who spent most of his career with the Hankyu Braves in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He was so tough that he was known as Gasoline T ...

(哲也, born 1938), Japanese professional baseball pitcher *, Japanese long-distance runner

Fictional characters

* Tetsuya Azuma (鉄也), protagonist of the 1973 anime series ''

Casshan ''Casshan'', also known in Japan as , is an anime series created by Tatsunoko Productions founder Tatsuo Yoshida in 1973. The ''Casshern'' franchise also includes a 1993 original video animation , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV ...

'' and of the 2004 film ''

Casshern ''Casshan'', also known in Japan as , is an anime series created by Tatsunoko Productions founder Tatsuo Yoshida in 1973. The ''Casshern'' franchise also includes a 1993 original video animation titled '' Casshan: Robot Hunter'', and a 2004 ...

'' * Tetsuya Kajiwara (Fushigi Yūgi) (哲也), in the manga and anime series ''Fushigi Yūgi'' * Tetsuya Kuroko, the protagonist of the manga and anime series ''

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 ...

'' * Tetsuya Kijiyama, a childhood friend of Torao in the manga series '' Gender-Swap at the Delinquent Academy'' * Tetsuya Sendo, a friend of Ritsu Kasanoda in the manga and anime series ''

Ouran High School Host Club is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Bisco Hatori, and serialized in Hakusensha's '' LaLa'' magazine between the September 2002 and November 2010 issues. The series follows Haruhi Fujioka, a scholarship student at Ouran Ac ...

'' * Tetsuya Takahashi, in Haruki Murakami's novel '' After Dark'' *

Tetsuya Tsurugi This is a list of characters from the anime and manga series ''Mazinger Z'', ''Great Mazinger'', ''Grendizer'', and ''Mazinkaiser'', as well as the '' Shin Mazinger'' reboot. It lists the main players of the plots as well as minor characters or ...

(鉄也), the protagonist of manga and anime series ''

Great Mazinger is a Japanese manga comic book and anime television series by manga artist Go Nagai. The story is a sequel and direct continuation of ''Mazinger Z'' series after its initial success. The series was aired on Japanese television in 1974, im ...

'' * Tetsuya Watarigani, a recurring character in the anime series '' Beyblade: Metal Fusion'' * Tetsuya Yuuki (哲也), in the manga and anime series ''

Ace of Diamond is a Japanese baseball-themed manga series written and illustrated by Yuji Terajima. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from May 2006 to January 2015. A sequel titled ''Ace of Diamon ...

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Tetsuya Tetsuya is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Tetsuya can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: * 哲也, "philosophy, to be" * 鉄也, "iron, to be" * 哲哉, "philosophy, alas" * 徹也, "devotion, to be" ...

, Japanese name of Tyson from '' Pokémon: Advanced Battle'' * Tetsuya Yano, a character from ''

Choujuu Sentai Liveman is the twelfth entry of Toei Company's Super Sentai metaseries. The last Super Sentai title of the Shōwa Era, it aired on TV Asahi from February 27, 1988 to February 18, 1989, replacing ''Hikari Sentai Maskman'' and was replaced by ''Kousoku Se ...

'' * Tetsuya from '' Yokai Watch''

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