Yutaka is a masculine
Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Yutaka can be written using different
kanji characters and can mean:
*豊, "bountiful"
*裕, "affluence"
*穣, "fertile"
*温, "warmth"
The name can also be written in
hiragana ゆたか or
katakana ユタカ.
Notable people with the name
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Yutaka Abe (阿部 豊), former Japanese film director and actor
*, Japanese gymnast
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Yutaka Akita (秋田 豊, born 1970), Japanese former football player
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Yutaka Aoyama (青山 穣, born 1965), Japanese vocal actor
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Yutaka Banno
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Nagoya, Aichi he attended Nagoya Institute of Technology both as undergraduate and graduate. U ...
(伴野 豊, born 1961), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan
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Yutaka Demachi
is a retired Japanese volleyball player. He was a member of the Japanese Men's National Volleyball Team that claimed the bronze medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropoli ...
(出町 豊, born 1935), Japanese volleyball player
*, Japanese ice hockey player
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Yutaka Enatsu (江夏 豊, born 1948), Japanese baseball pitcher
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Rickie Fowler
Rick Yutaka Fowler (born December 13, 1988) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He was the number one ranked amateur golfer in the world for 36 weeks in 2007 and 2008. On January 24, 2016 he reached a career high fourth ...
(リッキー・ユタカ・ファウラー, born 1988), Japanese-American Professional Golf Champion, named after maternal grandfather
*, Japanese basketball player
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Yutaka Fukufuji (福藤 豊, born 1982), the first Japanese-born player to appear in a National Hockey League game
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Yutaka Fukumoto
is a retired Japanese professional baseball player in Nippon Professional Baseball. An aggressive lead-off man and superior defensive centerfielder, he holds the Japanese career records in triples and stolen bases. He also hit more lead-off home ...
(福本 豊, born 1947), professional baseball player
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Yutaka Fukushima (福島 豊, born 1958), Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party
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Yutaka Haniya
was a noted Japanese writer and critic.
Biography
Haniya was born in Taiwan, then a Japanese colony, to a samurai family named Hannya after the ''Hannya Shingyo'' ( Heart Sutra). He had a sickly childhood and suffered from tuberculosis in his ...
(埴谷 雄高, 1909–1997), Japanese author
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Yutaka Higuchi (樋口 豊, born 1949), Japanese figure skater
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Yutaka Higuchi (桶口 豊, born 1967), bassist for the Japanese rock band ''BUCK-TICK''
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Yutaka Hirose (広瀬 裕, born 1962), Japanese actor and voice actor
*, Japanese footballer
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Yutaka Ishinabe (石鍋 裕, born 1948), the first French Chef in the Japanese cooking show ''
Iron Chef''
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Yutaka Izubuchi (出渕 裕, born 1958), Japanese illustrator, anime designer and director
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Yutaka Kagaya (加賀谷 穣, born 1968), Japanese digital artist
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Yutaka Kanai (金井 豊, 1959–1990), Japanese long-distance runner
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Yutaka Katayama (片山 豊, born 1909), the first president of Nissan Motor Company in U.S.A
*, Japanese ice hockey player
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Yutaka Kisenosato (稀勢の里 寛, born 1986), sumo wrestler (born Yutaka Hagiwara 萩原 寛)
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Yutaka Mafune (真船 豊, 1902–1977), playwright in Showa period Japan
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Yutaka Matsushige (松重 豊, born 1963), Japanese actor
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Yutaka Minowa (箕輪 豊, born 1965), character designer and animation director who works with Madhouse
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Yutaka Mizutani (水谷 豊, born 1952), Japanese actor and singer
*, Japanese animator
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Yutaka Niida (新井田 豊, born 1978), professional minimumweight boxer
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Yutaka Ohno
, (born August 30, 1955) is a former Japanese baseball player of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Central League.
He was one of the most famous Japanese left-handed pitchers.
He was born in Izumo, Shimane.
He was known as the man from .
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(大野 豊, born 1955), former Japanese baseball player
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Yutaka Ozaki (尾崎 豊, 1965–1992), popular Japanese musician
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Yutaka Sado
is a Japanese conductor.
While still in school, Sado obtained a position in the Kansai Nikikai, a Japanese school of opera, where he had the opportunity to work with the New Japan Philharmonic and the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, learning operati ...
(佐渡 裕, born 1961), Japanese conductor
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Yutaka Tahara (田原 豊, born 1982), Japanese football player
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Yutaka Takanashi (高梨 豊, born 1935), Japanese photographer who photographed fashion, urban design, and city life
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Yutaka Take (武 豊, born 1969), Japanese jockey
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Yutaka Takenouchi (竹野内 豊, born 1971), Japanese actor
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Yutaka Taniyama (谷山 豊, 1927–1958), Japanese mathematician
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Yutaka Wada
is a retired Japanese baseball player for the Hanshin Tigers. He previously worked as a hitting coach for the Hanshin Tigers prior to the 2012 season. After the team failed to make the 2011 play-offs, team manager Akinobu Mayumi
is the forme ...
(和田 豊, born 1962), former Japanese baseball player
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Yutaka Yaguchi (矢口 豊, born 1932), Chief Instructor and Chairman of the International Shotokan Karate Federation
*, Japanese composer
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Yutaka Yamaguchi (山口 泰, born 1940), member of the Group of Thirty
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Yutaka Yamamoto (山本 寛, born 1974), Japanese animation director
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Yutaka Yokokura (横倉 裕, born 1956), Japanese jazz musician
*, Japanese footballer
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Yutaka Yoshie (吉江 豊, born 1974), Japanese professional wrestler
Fictional characters
*Yutaka Kobayakawa (小早川 ゆたか), character in the anime series ''
Lucky Star Lucky Star, The Lucky Star or Lucky Starr may refer to:
Art, entertainment, and media Anime and manga
* ''Lucky Star'' (manga), a manga, anime, and video game series
* "Lucky Star", one of the Angel Frames from the anime and manga series ''Galaxy ...
''
*Yutaka Kobayashi (小林 温)), ''
Megatokyo
(also stylized as ''MegaTokyo'') is an English-language webcomic created by Fred Gallagher (cartoonist), Fred Gallagher and Rodney Caston. ''Megatokyo'' debuted on August 14, 2000, and has been written and illustrated solely by Gallagher since ...
'' character
*Yutaka Seto (瀬戸 豊), character in the novel, film and manga ''
Battle Royale''
*Yutaka Tamaru (多丸 裕), minor character in the ''
Suzumiya Haruhi'' franchise
*Yutaka Kazami (風見 豊), character in the ''
Gyakuten Saiban''
*Yutaka Kono (河野 豊), character in the ''
Darker than Black''
See also
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Yutaka, Hiroshima, town located in Toyota District of Hiroshima, Japan
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Fukuhoku Yutaka Line, four sections of railway line in Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan
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Yutaka (video game company), the name of a Japanese-only video game company
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Japanese masculine given names