Hinata

Hinata

Pronunciation	Hee-nah-tah
Gender	Unisex
Origin
Meaning	Sunny place, in the sun

Hinata is both a unisex Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.

Possible writings

Hinata can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 日向, "sun, facing"
• 日陽, "sun, sun"
• 陽向, "sun, facing"
• 日菜太, "sun, greens, fat"
• ヒナタ, "place in the sun"
• 光暖, “light, warmth”

The name can also be written in hiragana: “ひなた” or katakana: “ヒナタ”.

People

First name

Male

• Hinata Kida (喜田 陽, born 2000), Japanese footballer
• Hinata Watanabe (渡辺 日菜太, born 1986), Japanese kickboxer

Female

• Hinata, a ring name of Japanese professional wrestler Leon
• Hinata Homma (本間 日陽, born 1999), Japanese idol singer
• Hinata Kashiwagi (柏木 ひなた, born 1999), Japanese idol singer
• Hinata Miyazawa (宮澤 ひなた, born 1999), Japanese women's footballer
• Hinata Satō (佐藤 日向, born 1998), Japanese actress and voice actress
• Hinata Takeda (武田 日向, 1978–2017), Japanese manga artist

Surname

• Megumi Hinata (日向 めぐみ), Japanese musician

Fictional characters

First name

Male

• Hinata (ヒナタ), one of Takumi's retainers in Fire Emblem Fates.
• Hinata Mutō (日向), a character from the manga series I Am Here!
• Hinata Shintani (陽向), a character from the manga and anime series Kaichou wa Maid-sama!.
• Hinata (ヒナタ), a marriageable candidate in the Japanese farming simulation game Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns.

Female

• Hinata (ヒナタ, "Solana" in the English version), the female ranger in Pokémon Ranger.
• Hinata (ひなた), a character in the Japanese hentai game Pure Pure.
• Hinata Asahi (ひなた), the main character of the manga Suki: A Like Story.
• Hinata Azuma (ひなた), a character from the manga and anime series Kanamemo.
• Hinata Hakamada (ひなた), a character in the Japanese anime Ro-Kyu-Bu!
• Hinata Hino (日野 日向), a character from the manga and anime series Mirai Nikki
• Hinata Hyuga (ヒナタ), a character from the manga and anime series Naruto.
• Hinata Komone (日向), a character from the manga series Today's Cerberus.
• Hinata Kuraue (ひなた), a character from the manga series Encouragement of Climb.
• Hinata Miyake (日向), a character from the anime series A Place Further Than The Universe.
• Hinata Okano (ひなた), a character from the visual novel Wind: A Breath of Heart
• Hinata Sawanoguchi (日向), a character from the manga Koimoku
• Hinata Sohma (日向), the baby sister of Hiro Sohma from the manga Fruits Basket.
• Hinata Wakaba (ひなた), a character from the Rival Schools fighting game series.
• Hinata Kawamoto (ひなた), a character from the manga and anime series March comes in like a lion.

Surname

• The Hinata family (日向) from the manga and anime series Sgt. Frog
• Oboro Hinata (日向), a character from the Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger

Male

• Hajime Hinata (日向), the protagonist of the video game Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.
• Hideki Hinata (日向), a character from the anime Angel Beats!.
• Shōyō Hinata (日向), the main character of Haikyuu!!

Female

• Ema Hinata (朝日奈), the main character of the novel Brothers Conflict
• Himawari Hinata (日向), the main character of the anime series Himawari!.
• Hinata-sō (ひなた荘, Hinata House), a fictional all-girls' dormitory in the Kanagawa Prefecture from the anime and manga Love Hina.
• Koharu Hinata, a character in the video game Yandere Simulator