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" * 徹矢, "penetrate, arrow" * 鉄弥, "iron, increasingly" The name can also be written in hiragana てつや or katakana テツヤ.

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) (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 Leagu ...

(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 (哲也, 1935–2008), Japanese newscaster *

Tetsuya Endo (disambiguation) Tetsuya Endo may refer to: *, Japanese anime director *, Japanese professional wrestler {{hndis, Endo, Tetsuya ...

, 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 2 ...

(哲也, born 1983), Japanese football player * Tetsuya Fujii (哲也), a Japanese astronomer *, Japanese shogi player * Tetsuya Theodore "Ted" Fujita (哲也, 1920–1998), Japanese severe storms researcher *

Tetsuya Funatsu is a Japanese people, Japanese association football, football player who plays for Thespakusatsu Gunma. Club statistics ''Updated to 23 February 2020''.Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社"2016J1&J2&J3選手名 ...

(舩津徹也, born 1987) is a Japanese football player * Tetsuya Harada (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 (哲也, born 1930), Japanese photographer * Tetsuya Ishida (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 (徹也, born 1982), Japanese voice actor *

Tetsuya Kakiuchi is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder. References

1970 births Living people Baseball people from Wakayama Prefecture Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball outfielders Seibu Lions players Chi ...

(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 (哲哉, born 1958), Japanese keyboardist, songwriter and music producer *, Japanese ballet dancer *

Tetsuya Makita is a Japanese actor, best known for the role of Takeshi Momoshiro of the fourth generation Seigaku cast in ''The Prince of Tennis'' musical series, Tenimyu. Makita was a member of the acting unit D-Boys, produced by Watanabe Entertainment. Care ...

(哲也, born 1984), Japanese actor *

Tetsuya Matoyama Tetsuya Matoyama ( ja, 的山哲也, born October 1, 1970) is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher, and current the fourth squad battery coach for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously playe ...

(哲也, born 1970), Japanese professional baseball catcher *, Japanese baseball player * Tetsuya Mizuguchi (哲也, born 1965), Japanese video game designer and producer *, Japanese football manager * Tetsuya Naito (哲也, born 1982), Japanese professional wrestler * Tetsuya Nakashima (哲也, born 1959), Japanese film director *, Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese artist, printmaker and educator * Tetsuya Nomura (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 (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 , better known by the ring name Bushi (stylized as BUSHI), is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Prior to adopting his current persona, Shimizu worked under the ring names T28 (pronounced 'Tetsuy ...

(清水哲也, born 1983), Japanese professional wrestler * Tetsuya Shikawa 鉄也, Japanese politician *

Tetsuya Shiroo was the former leader of the Suishin-kai, a Nagasaki-based ''yakuza'' group affiliated with the Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest ''yakuza'' organization in Japan. Murder of Iccho Itoh On April 17, 2007, Shiroo shot Iccho Itoh, the mayor of Nagasaki, ...

(哲彌, born 1948), Japanese yakuza * Tetsuya Takahashi (哲哉, born 1966), Japanese video game creator * Tetsuya Takeda (鉄矢), Japanese singer and actor * Tetsuya Takehora (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 (哲也, born 1959), Japanese-born Australian chef * Tetsuya Watari (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. Whil ...

(山上徹也), the only suspect in the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese baseball player * Tetsuya Yanagisawa (テツヤ), Japanese anime director * Tetsuya Yoneda (哲也, born 1938), Japanese professional baseball pitcher *, Japanese long-distance runner

Fictional characters

* Tetsuya Azuma (鉄也), protagonist of the 1973 anime series ''Neo-Human Casshern, Casshan'' and of the 2004 film ''Casshern (film), Casshern'' * Tetsuya Kajiwara (Fushigi Yūgi) (哲也), in the manga and anime series ''Fushigi Yūgi'' * List of Kuroko%27s Basketball characters#Seirin High, Tetsuya Kuroko, the protagonist of the manga and anime series ''Kuroko's Basketball'' * 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'' * Tetsuya Takahashi, in Haruki Murakami's novel ''After Dark (Murakami novel), After Dark'' * Tetsuya Tsurugi (鉄也), the protagonist of manga and anime series ''Great Mazinger'' * List of Beyblade characters#Tetsuya Watarigani, 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'' * List of Pokémon characters#Tyson, Tetsuya, Japanese name of Tyson from ''Pokémon: Advanced Battle'' * Tetsuya Yano, a character from ''Choujuu Sentai Liveman'' * Tetsuya from ''Yokai Watch''

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