Katsuya

Katsuya

Katsuya Okada, a Japanese politician and Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Japan
Pronunciation	Ka-tsu-ya
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of origin	Japan

Katsuya (カツヤ, かつや) is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.

Possible writings

• 克也, "gram, to be"
• 勝也, "win, to be"
• 勝矢, "win, arrow"
• 勝哉, "win, how"
• 勝夜, "win, night"
• 活耶, "active, father"
• 活弥, "active, extensive, complete"
• 轄也, "administer, control, to be"
• 担耶, "carry, bear, father"

People with the given name

• Katsuya Eda (江田 勝哉), Japanese mathematician
• Katsuya Eguchi (江口 勝也) (born 1965), Japanese video game designer
• Katsuya Kobayashi (小林 且弥) (born 1981), Japanese actor
• Katsuya Kondō (近藤 勝也) (born 1963), Japanese manga artist, character designer, animator and animation director
• Katsuya Ishihara (石原 克哉) (born 1978), Japanese footballer
• Katsuya Kakunaka (角中 勝也) (born 1987), Japanese baseball player
• Katsuya Matsumura (松村 克弥) (born 1963), Japanese film director and screenwriter
• Katsuya Miyahira (宮平 勝哉) (1918–2010), Japanese karateka
• Katsuya Nomura (野村 克也) (born 1935), Japanese baseball player
• Katsuya Ogawa (小川 勝也) (born 1963), Japanese politician
• Katsuya Okada (岡田 克也) (born 1953), Japanese politician
• Katsuya Onizuka (鬼塚 勝也) (born 1970), Japanese boxer
• Katsuya Senzaki (先崎 勝也) (born 1987), Japanese footballer
• Katsuya Tahara (田原 勝也) (born 1972), Japanese snowboarder
• Katsuya Takasu (高須 克弥) (born 1945), Japanese plastic surgeon
• Katsuya Terada (寺田 克也) (born 1963), Japanese illustrator
• Katsuya Toida (戸井田 カツヤ) (born 1967), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Katsuya Toyama (當山 克也) (born 1967), Japanese sprint canoeist
• Katsuya Yokoyama (横山 勝也) (1934–2010), Japanese musician

People with the surname

• Masahiko Katsuya (勝谷 誠彦) (born 1960), Japanese journalist
• Toshinobu Katsuya (勝矢 寿延) (born 1961), Japanese footballer