Shōta

Shōta, Shouta, or Shota (しょうた, ショウタ) is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

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

• 消太, "erase, thick"
• 正太, "correct, thick"
• 翔太, "soar, thick"
• 章太, "composition, thick"
• 奨太, "reward, thick"
• 将太, "general, thick"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

• Shota Akiyoshi (秋吉 翔太, born 1990), Japanese golfer
• Shouta Aoi (蒼井 翔太, born 1987), Japanese singer, actor, and voice actor
• Shota Arai (footballer, born 1985) (新井 翔太), Japanese footballer
• Shota Arai (footballer, born 1988) (新井 章太), Japanese footballer
• Shōta Chida (千田 翔太, born 1994), Japanese shogi player
• Shota Dobayashi (堂林 翔太, born 1991), Japanese baseball player
• Endō Shōta (遠藤 聖大, born 1990), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Shota Fujio (藤尾 翔太, born 2001), Japanese footballer
• Shota Haku (白 翔太, born 2005), stage name Soul, Japanese singer, member of South Korean boy band P1Harmony
• Shota Hayashi (林 祥太, born 1995), Japanese footballer
• Shota Hazui (born 1986), Japanese water polo player
• Shota Horie (堀江 翔太, born 1986), Japanese rugby union player
• Shota Hoshi (星 翔太, born 1985), Japanese futsal player
• Shōta Iizuka (飯塚 翔太, born 1991), Japanese sprinter
• Ikioi Shōta (勢 翔太, born 1986), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Shota Imai (今井 昌太, born 1984), Japanese footballer
• Shōta Imanaga (今永 昇太, born 1993), Japanese baseball player
• Shota Inoue (井上 翔太, born 1989), Japanese footballer
• Shota Ishimine (伊志嶺 翔大, born 1988), Japanese baseball outfielder
• Shota Iwata (岩田 正太, born 1988), Japanese footballer
• Shota Kanno (菅野 将太, born 1984), Japanese footballer
• Shota Kawanishi (川西 翔太, born 1988), Japanese footballer
• Shota Kimura (baseball) (木村 正太, born 1986), Japanese baseball player
• Shota Kimura (footballer) (木村 勝太, born 1988), Japanese footballer
• Shota Kobayashi (古林 将太, born 1991), Japanese footballer
• Shota Koide (小井手 翔太, born 1981), Japanese footballer
• Shota Koike (小池 翔大, born 1988), Japanese baseball catcher
• Shota Matsuda (松田 翔太, born 1985), Japanese actor
• Shota Matsuhashi (松橋 章太, born 1982), Japanese footballer
• Shota Matsushima (松島 庄汰, born 1990), Japanese actor
• Shota Nakamura (中村 奨太, born 1993), Japanese speed skater
• Shota Nakazaki (中崎 翔太, born 1992), Japanese baseball player
• Shota Oba (大場 翔太, born 1985), Japanese baseball pitcher
• Shota Ohno (大野 奨太, born 1987), Japanese baseball catcher
• Shota Otsuka (大塚 翔太, born 1987), Japanese footballer
• Shota Saito (齋藤 翔太), Japanese footballer
• Shota Saito (斎藤 翔太), Japanese footballer
• Shota Saito (斉藤 祥太), Japanese actor
• Shota Sakaki (榊 翔太, born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Shota Sasaki (佐々木 将汰, born 1993), Japanese slalom canoeist
• Shota Shimizu (清水 翔太, born 1989), Japanese musician and singer-songwriter
• Shōta Sometani (染谷 将太, born 1992), Japanese actor
• Shōta Suzuki (baseball) (鈴木 翔太, born 1995), Japanese baseball player
• Shota Suzuki (footballer, born 1984) (鈴木 将太), Japanese footballer
• Shota Suzuki (footballer, born 1996) (鈴木 翔太), Japanese footballer
• Shota Taguchi (田口 翔大, born 2004), Japanese actor
• Shota Takeda (武田 翔太, born 1993), Japanese baseball pitcher
• Shota Takekuma (武隈 祥太, born 1989), Japanese baseball player
• Shota Umino (海野 翔太, born 1997), Japanese professional wrestler

Fictional characters

• Shōta (ショータ)/Sawyer, a character in the anime series Pokémon XY
• Shota Aizawa (相澤 消太), a character in the manga series My Hero Academia
• Shota Amachi (天地 翔太), a character in the video game Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Kiss
• Shota Hikasa (日笠 将太), a character in the film Battle Royale II: Requiem
• Shota Ohara (大原正太), a main character from anime and manga series Little Ghost Q-Taro
• Shota Kazehaya (風早 翔太), a character in the manga series Kimi ni Todoke
• Shoutarou Kaneda (金田 正太郎), abbreviated "Shota", a character in the manga series Tetsujin 28-go
• Shota Magatsuchi (真ヶ土 翔太), a character in the manga series Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
• Shota Shibata, a lead character in the 2018 movie Shoplifters

See also

• Shota complex

1. Shōta Imanaga
2. Shota
3. Shota Suzuki
4. Shōta Morishita
5. Shota Sometani
6. Shotacon
7. Shōta Iizuka
8. Shota Dobayashi
9. Shōta Matsushima
10. Kimi ni Todoke
11. Shōta Hiranuma
12. Shota Matsuda
13. Shota Arveladze
14. Shota Nakajima
15. Shota Arai
16. Shota Hoshi
17. Shota Saito
18. Shota Taguchi
19. Shōta Nakayama
20. Shota Aizawa