Hideaki

Hideaki

Hideaki Anno, a Japanese animator, film director, and actor.
Pronunciation	Hí-dè-à-kí. Can have different pronunciations depending on the language used.
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Japanese
Origin
Word/name	Japan
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Other names
Related names	Hideki, Hideo

Hideaki (ひであき) is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

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

• 秀秋, "excellent", "autumn"
• 英秋, "outstanding", "autumn"
• 秀明, "excellent", "bright"
• 英明, "outstanding", "bright"
• 秀朗, "excellent", "clear"
• 秀昭, "excellent", "shining"
• 英昭, "outstanding", "shining"
• 秀章, "excellent", "composition"
• 秀聡, "excellent", "wise"
• 秀彰, "excellent", "clear"

A popular kanji is 明 (the combination of two different characters 日 = sun and 月 = moon) which means "the light coming from the sun", "sunlight and moonlight", "bright", "intelligent", "wisdom" or "truth". The name can also be written in hiragana.

Notable people

Notable people with the name include:

• Hideaki Anno (庵野 秀明, born 1960), Japanese animator and film director
• Hideaki Hagino (萩野 英明, born 1973), Japanese footballer
• Kobayakawa Hideaki (小早川 秀秋, 1577–1602), Japanese daimyō
• Iba Hideaki (伊庭秀明, 1648–1717), Japanese swordsman
• Hideaki Ikematsu (池松 秀明, born 1986), Japanese footballer
• Hideaki Inaba (因幡 英昭, born 1944), Japanese powerlifter
• Hideaki Ishi (石 英明, born 1962), Japanese record producer and DJ Krush
• Hideaki Itsuno (伊津野 英昭, born 1971), Japanese video game director and designer
• Hideaki Itō (伊藤 英明, born 1975), Japanese actor
• Hideaki Kabumoto (株元 英彰, born 1975), Japanese actor
• Hideaki Kaetsu (嘉悦 秀明, born 1974), Japanese footballer
• Hideaki Kamei (亀井 秀明, born 1949), Japanese fencer
• Hideaki Kase (加瀬 英明, born 1936), Japanese diplomat
• Hideaki Kawamura (河村 英昭, born 1974), Japanese hurdler
• Hideaki Kitajima (北嶋 秀朗, born 1978), Japanese footballer
• Hideaki Kobayashi (composer) (小林 秀聡, born 1973), Japanese composer
• Hideaki Kobayashi (diplomat) (小林 秀明, born 1945), Japanese diplomat
• Hideaki Matsuura (松裏 英明, born 1981), Japanese footballer
• Hideaki Miyamura (born 1955), Japanese-born American potter
• Hideaki Mori (森 秀昭, born 1972), Japanese footballer
• Hideaki Motoyama (本山 秀昭, born 1969), Japanese badminton player
• Hideaki Nitani (二谷 英明, 1930–2012), Japanese actor
• Hideaki Okabe (岡部 英明, born 1959), Japanese politician
• Hideaki Okubo (大久保 秀昭, born 1969), Japanese baseball player
• Hideaki Ōmura (大村 秀章, born 1960), Japanese politician
• Hideaki Ozawa (小澤 英明, born 1974), Japanese footballer
• Hideaki Sena (瀬名 秀明, born 1968), Japanese pharmacologist and writer
• Hideaki Sorachi (空知 英秋, born 1979), Japanese manga artist
• Hideaki Takatori (高取 秀明, born 1967), Japanese singer and composer
• Hideaki Takeda (武田 英明, born 1985), Japanese footballer
• Hideaki Takizawa (滝沢 秀明, born 1982), Japanese actor and singer
• Hideaki Tezuka (手塚 秀彰, born 1954), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Hideaki Tokunaga (德永 英明, born 1961), Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
• Hideaki Tominaga (富永 英明, born 1976), Japanese footballer
• Hideaki Tomiyama (富山 英明, born 1957), Japanese sport wrestler
• Hideaki Ueno (上野 秀章, born 1981), Japanese footballer
• Hideaki Utsumi (内海 秀明, born 1973), Japanese video game composer
• Hideaki Wakui (涌井 秀章, born 1986), Japanese baseball player
• Hideaki Yanagida (柳田 英明, born 1947), Japanese sport wrestler

Fictional characters

• Hideaki Kurashige (倉茂 秀明), a character in the manga series Miracle Girls
• Hideaki Mashimo (真下 ヒデアキ), a character in the anime series Digimon Fusion
• Hideaki Nakajima (中嶋 英明), a character in the manga series Gakuen Heaven
• Hideaki Tōjō (東条 秀明), a character in the manga series Ace of Diamond
• Hideaki Yoshizawa (吉沢 秀明), a character in the manga series Ace of Diamond