Kazuya

Kazuya

Pronunciation	(KAH-zoo-yah)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Kazuo Kazuki Kazuma

Kazuya (かずや, カズヤ) is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

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

• 一八, "one, eight"
• 一矢, "one, arrow"
• 一也, "one, to be"
• 和也, "harmony, to be"
• 和矢, "harmony, arrow"
• 和哉, "harmony, particle"
• 冬也, "winter, to be"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Real people

with the given name Kazuya

• Kazuya Fujita (一也), Japanese professional baseball infielder
• Kazuya Fukuura (和也), Japanese professional baseball first baseman
• Kazuya Fukuzaki (冬也), Japanese footballer
• Kazuya Hatayama (和也), Japanese politician
• Kazuya Hiraide (和也), Japanese ski mountaineer and mountain climber
• Kazuya Kato (和也), Japanese mathematician
• Kazuya Kudō (かずや), Japanese writer who authored Mai, the Psychic Girl and Pineapple Army.
• Kazuya Ichijō (和矢), Japanese voice actor
• Kazuya Kamenashi (和也), Japanese singer–songwriter, actor and member of J-pop idol group KAT-TUN
• Kazuya Kaichi (一也鶏内), Japanese voice actor
• Kazuya Kaneda (和也), Japanese swimmer
• Kazuya Kawabata (和哉), Japanese football player
• Kazuya Kuroda (和也), Japanese animator, character designer and illustrator
• Kazuya Maekawa (和也), Japanese football player
• Kazuya Maruyama (和也), Japanese politician, attorney, and tarento
• Kazuya Minekura (かずや), Japanese manga artist
• Kazuya Murata (和哉), Japanese football player
• Kazuya Nakai (和哉), Japanese voice actor
• Kazuya Oshima (和也), Japanese racing driver
• Kazuya Okazaki (和也), Japanese football player
• Kazuya Okazaki (和也), Japanese former professional racing cyclist
• Kazuya Takahashi (和也), Japanese actor
• Kazuya Takamiya (和也), Japanese professional baseball pitcher
• Kazuya Tatekabe (和也), Japanese voice actor
• Kazuya Tsurumaki (和哉), Japanese anime director
• Kazuya Tsutsui (和也), Japanese professional baseball pitcher
• Kazuya Sakamoto, Japanese member of the jpop band ON/OFF
• Kazuya Yamamura (和也), Japanese football player
• Kazuya Yoshioka (和也), Japanese ski jumper

Fictional characters

with the given name Kazuya

• Kazuya Mishima (一八), a main character in the Tekken fighting game series
• Kazuya Shiranami (カズヤ), the protagonist of Galaxy Angel II: Zettai Ryouiki no Tobira
• Kazuya Shibuya (一也), a protagonist in the anime series Ghost Hunt
• Kazuya Uesugi (和也), central in the anime and manga series Touch
• Kazuya Hiramaru (一也), support character from Bakuman
• Kazuya Nanase (和弥), a major character from Glass Rose
• Kazuya Minegishi (一哉), main character of Devil Survivor
• Kazuya Maeda (一也), the main character from Photo Kano
• Kazuya Aoshima (カズヤ), one of the main character from Little Battlers Experience
• Kazuya Miyuki (御幸 一也), a main character and the main catcher in Seidou High School in the anime Ace of Diamond
• Kazuya Tayama (和哉), support character in Hyōka
• Kazuya Ichinose, a character from Inazuma Eleven

See also

• 7353 Kazuya, a main-belt asteroid