Yōta
title: "Yōta" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["japanese-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yōta" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Yōta |
| image | 170422 Yota Kyoda02.jpg |
| caption | Yota Kyoda, Japanese baseball player |
| pronunciation | joɯta (IPA) |
| gender | Male |
| meaning | Different meanings depending on the kanji used |
| origin | Japanese |
| alternative spelling | Yota (Kunrei-shiki) |
| :: |
| name = Yōta | image = 170422 Yota Kyoda02.jpg | image_size = | caption = Yota Kyoda, Japanese baseball player | pronunciation = joɯta (IPA) | gender = Male | meaning = Different meanings depending on the kanji used | region = | language = | origin = Japanese | alternative spelling = Yota (Kunrei-shiki) Yota (Nihon-shiki) Yōta, Yota, Youta (Hepburn) | nickname = | variant forms = | related names = | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = Yōta, Yota or Youta is a masculine Japanese given name.
Written forms
Yōta can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:
- 洋太, "ocean, thick"
- 洋汰, "ocean, excessive"
- 洋多, "ocean, many"
- 陽太, "sunshine, thick"
- 陽汰, "sunshine, excessive"
- 陽多, "sunshine, many"
- 容太, "contain, thick"
- 容汰, "contain, excessive"
- 容多, "contain, many"
- 葉太, "leaf, thick"
- 葉汰, "leaf, excessive"
- 葉多, "leaf, many"
- 曜太, "weekday, thick"
- 曜汰, "weekday, excessive"
- 曜多, "weekday, many"
- 要太, "essential, thick"
- 瑶太, "precious stone, thick"
- 用汰, "utilize, excessive"
- 蓉太, "lotus, thick"
- 蓉多, "lotus, many"
The name can also be written in hiragana ようた or katakana ヨウタ.
Notable people with the name
- Yota Akimoto, Japanese footballer
- Yota Arase, Japanese swimmer
- Yota Komi, Japanese footballer
- Yota Maejima, Japanese football player
- Yota Sato (boxer), Japanese boxer
- Yota Sato (footballer), Japanese footballer
- Yota Shimokawa, Japanese football player
- Yota Tsuji, Japanese professional wrestler
Fictional characters
- Yota Moteuchi (弄内 洋太), from anime and manga Video Girl Ai
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