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Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...

Written forms

Kazuya can be written using different

kanji are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are ...

characters and can mean: *一八, "one, eight" *一矢, "one, arrow" *一也, "one, to be" *一夜, "one, night" *和也, "harmony, to be" *和矢, "harmony, arrow" *和哉, "harmony, particle" *和夜, "harmony, night" *冬也, "winter, to be" *冬夜, "winter, night" The name can also be written in

hiragana is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...

People with the name

* Kazuya Abe, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese slalom canoeist *, Japanese sport wrestler * Kazuya Fujita (一也), Japanese professional baseball infielder * Kazuya Fukuura (和也), Japanese professional baseball first baseman * Kazuya Hatayama (和也), Japanese politician * Kazuya Hiraide (和也), Japanese ski mountaineer and mountain climber * Kazuya Ichijō (和矢), Japanese voice actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer * Kazuya Kamenashi (和也), Japanese singer–songwriter, actor and member of J-pop idol group

KAT-TUN was a Japanese boy band under Starto Entertainment. Their formation under Johnny & Associates was in 2001. The group's name was originally an acronym based on the first letter of each member's family name: Kazuya Kamenashi, Jin Akanishi, Junnos ...

* Kazuya Kaneda (和也), Japanese swimmer *, Japanese mathematician * Kazuya Kawabata (和哉), Japanese football player *, Japanese author of '' Mai, the Psychic Girl'' and '' Pineapple Army'' * Kazuya Kojima (一哉), Japanese comedian and actor * 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 Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in mass media in Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, bankable stars in the United States were descri ...

* Kazuya Minekura (かずや), Japanese manga artist * Kazuya Murata (和哉), Japanese football player *

Kazuya Nakai is a Japanese voice actor and narrator who was born in Kobe, Japan. He plays Roronoa Zoro in ''One Piece'', Toshiro Hijikata from '' Gintama'', Date Masamune from ''Sengoku Basara'', Xiahou Dun and Dian Wei from ''Dynasty Warriors'' and ''Warr ...

(和哉 born 1967), Japanese voice actor * Kazuya Oshima (和也), Japanese racing driver * Kazuya Okazaki (和也), Japanese former professional racing cyclist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese futsal player *, Japanese film and television director * Kazuya Takahashi (和也), Japanese actor * Kazuya Takamiya (和也), Japanese professional baseball pitcher *, Japanese water polo player * Kazuya Tatekabe (和也 1934–2015), Japanese voice actor * Kazuya Tsurumaki (和哉), Japanese anime director * Kazuya Tsutsui (和也), Japanese professional baseball pitcher * Kazuya Yamamura (和也), Japanese football player * Kazuya Yoshioka (和也), Japanese ski jumper

Fictional characters

*Kazuya Amon (亜門一也), a secret character from the game '' Yakuza 2'' *Kazuya Aoi, main character of ''

Freezing Freezing is a phase transition in which a liquid turns into a solid when its temperature is lowered below its freezing point. For most substances, the melting and freezing points are the same temperature; however, certain substances possess dif ...

'' *Kazuya Aoike (和也), a supporting character in ''

Boys Over Flowers is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoko Kamio. The story takes place in the fictional Eitoku Academy, an elite school for children from rich families. It tells the story of Tsukushi Makino, a girl from a middle-class ...

''. *Kazuya Aoshima (カズヤ), one of the main characters from ''

Little Battlers Experience , or simply ''LBX'', is a series of action role-playing video games created by Level-5, involving small plastic model robots known as LBXs (standing for "Little Battler eXperience") that fight on dioramas made out of cardboard, with the main ...

'' *Kazuya Hiramaru (一也), supporting character from ''

Bakuman is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, the same creative team responsible for ''Death Note''. It was serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen manga, manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from Augus ...

'' *Kazuya Ikuta (和也), minor character in episode 34 & 35 on '' Kamen Rider Kuuga'' *Kazuya Kinoshita (和也), main character of '' Rent-A-Girlfriend'' *Kazuya Maeda (一也), main character of '' Photo Kano'' *Kazuya Minegishi (一哉), main character of '' Devil Survivor'' * Kazuya Mishima (一八), a main character in the ''

Tekken is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting games developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly Namco). The franchise also includes film and print adaptations. The main games in the series follow the events ...

'' fighting game series *Kazuya Miyuki (一也), one of the main characters from '' Diamond no Ace'' *Kazuya Nanase (和弥), a major character from '' Glass Rose'' *Kazuya Oki (一也), one of the main characters from '' Kamen Rider Super-1'' * Kazuya Shibuya (一也), a protagonist in the anime series '' Ghost Hunt'' * Kazuya Shiranami (カズヤ), the protagonist of '' Galaxy Angel II: Zettai Ryouiki no Tobira'' *Kazuya Tayama (和哉), supporting character in '' Hyōka'' *

Kazuya Uesugi is a Japanese high school baseball manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from 1981 to 1986, with its chapters were collected into 26 ''tankōbon'' volume ...

(和也), central in the anime and manga series ''

Touch The somatosensory system, or somatic sensory system is a subset of the sensory nervous system. The main functions of the somatosensory system are the perception of external stimuli, the perception of internal stimuli, and the regulation of bo ...

'' *Kazuya Yanagiba (和也), also known as Limone, a character in '' Wedding Peach''

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