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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 ...

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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 ...

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Kazuya Abe Kazuya Abe () is a Japanese people, Japanese retired mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. He competed in the Bantamweight (MMA), Bantamweight and Featherweight (MMA), Featherweight divisions. Martial arts career Kazuya Abe made his mixed ma ...

, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese slalom canoeist *, Japanese sport wrestler *

Kazuya Fujita Kazuya Fujita (藤田一也, born July 3, 1982) is a Japanese former professional baseball player. He previously played in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and the Yokohama DeNA BayStars The are a pro ...

(一也), Japanese professional baseball infielder * Kazuya Fukuura (和也), Japanese professional baseball first baseman * Kazuya Hatayama (和也), Japanese politician *

Kazuya Hiraide was a Japanese ski mountaineer, Alpine climber, and professional mountain cameraman. Hiraide won the Piolet d'Or mountaineering award on four occasions. Climbing career Hiraide became a serious mountain climber after joining a mountaineering ...

(和也), Japanese ski mountaineer and mountain climber *

Kazuya Ichijō is a Japanese voice actor. He is married to Minami Hokuto, better known by her stage name Hitomi. He also provided the voice of adult video games. Notable voice roles Anime ;1994 * '' Nintama Rantarō'' (Terai-Mawa, Hachimijiogan, Takuro Sepp ...

(和矢), Japanese voice actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *

Kazuya Kamenashi is a Japanese singer, actor, host, producer and magazine model. Born and raised in Edogawa, Tokyo. He joined the Japanese talent agency, Johnny & Associates at the age of 12. Former member of KAT-TUN under Starto Entertainment. He was drafted as ...

(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 is a former Japanese football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' gene ...

(和哉), Japanese football player *, Japanese author of ''

Mai, the Psychic Girl is a Japanese manga series written by and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from March 1985 to April 1986, with its chapters collected in six volumes; it was later r ...

'' and ''

Pineapple Army is a Japanese manga series written by Kazuya Kudo and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa. It was serialized in Shogakukan's magazine ''Big Comic Original'' from 1985 to 1988, with the individual chapters collected into eight ''tankōbon'' volumes. ...

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Kazuya Kojima is a Japanese comedian and actor. He performs '' boke'' (he can also perform ''Kire Gei'' or ''tsukkomi The following glossary of words and terms (generally of Japanese language, Japanese origin) are related to ''owarai'' (Japanese comedy). ...

(一哉), Japanese comedian and actor *

Kazuya Kuroda is a Japanese animator, character designer and illustrator. He made with his debut with the Gainax series, '' Top o Nerae!'' and '' Fushigi no Umi no Nadia'', to which he contributed the in-between and key animation respectively. He was then the c ...

(和也), Japanese animator, character designer and illustrator *

Kazuya Maekawa is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. His son Daiya Maekawa is also footballer. Club career Maekawa was educated at and played for Hirado High School. After graduating in 1986, he joined Japan Soccer League s ...

(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 is a Japanese manga artist widely known for the '' Saiyuki'' series. Biography Kazuya Minekura was born in Kanagawa Prefecture and still resides there. Her other manga series include ''Wild Adapter'', ''Shiritsu Araiso Koto Gakko Seitokai Shik ...

(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 is a Japanese racing driver, currently racing in the Super GT Series and the Super Formula Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing and ROOKIE Racing. Oshima is one of only three drivers that have won championships in both classes of Super GT, ha ...

(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 is a Japanese actor, singer, songwriter and bassist. He was a vocalist and bassist of Otokogumi, the Japanese rock band which was active during late 1980s and early 1990s. Takahashi has appeared in more than 50 films since 1988. Career He was ...

(和也), Japanese actor * Kazuya Takamiya (和也), Japanese professional baseball pitcher *, Japanese water polo player *

Kazuya Tatekabe was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was born in Kimobetsu, Hokkaidō. He was represented by Kenyu Horiuchi's Kenyu Office at the time of his death. He was most known for the roles of Takeshi Goda known as "Gian" (''Doraemon''), Walsa (' ...

(和也 1934–2015), Japanese voice actor *

Kazuya Tsurumaki Kazuya Tsurumaki (鶴巻和哉 ''Tsurumaki Kazuya'') is a Japanese anime director. He was born on February 2, 1966, in the city of Gosen, located in Niigata Prefecture. He is the protégé of Hideaki Anno, and a longtime animator at Gainax. T ...

(和哉), Japanese anime director *

Kazuya Tsutsui is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning simply '' ...

(和也), Japanese professional baseball pitcher *

Kazuya Yamamura is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Yokohama F. Marinos. International career On 23 December 2009 he was named in the squad for Japan's 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification against Yemen, and made his full international debut fo ...

(和也), Japanese football player *

Kazuya Yoshioka is a Japanese ski jumper. In his long World Cup career, Yoshioka has finished twelve times among the top 10. He also has four podium finishes as well as two team victories on 30 January 1999 in Willingen, and on 19 January 2001 in Park City. ...

(和也), Japanese ski jumper

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*Kazuya Amon (亜門一也), a secret character from the game ''

Yakuza 2 is a 2006 action-adventure game developed and published by Sega for the PlayStation 2. The second installment of the ''Yakuza'' series and the sequel to ''Yakuza'', it was released on December 7, 2006, in Japan and in September 2008 in North Am ...

'' *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 is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is the tenth installment of the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu shows and the first of the series to air entirely in the Heisei period, as well as the first standalone Kamen Rider TV series sin ...

'' *Kazuya Kinoshita (和也), main character of ''

Rent-A-Girlfriend , abbreviated as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Reiji Miyajima. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' since July 2017, and has been compiled into forty volumes as of April 2025. The ...

'' *Kazuya Maeda (一也), main character of ''

Photo Kano is a Japanese dating sim game developed by Dingo Inc. and Enterbrain, and was released for the PlayStation Portable on February 2, 2012. Due to Enterbrain's involvement, ''Photo Kano'' is considered the spiritual successor to '' KimiKis ...

'' *Kazuya Minegishi (一哉), main character of '' Devil Survivor'' *

Kazuya Mishima is a fictional character and one of the main antagonists of Bandai Namco's ''Tekken'' series. Debuting as the protagonist of the original game, Kazuya has since become one of the series' most prominent villains after serving as the penultimate ...

(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 is a point-and-click adventure psychological horror video game developed by Cing and Capcom's Production Studio 3 and published by Capcom for the PlayStation 2. It was released in Japan on November 6, 2003 and later in Europe on March 26, 2004. ...

'' *Kazuya Oki (一也), one of the main characters from ''

Kamen Rider Super-1 is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series. It is the seventh installment in the Kamen Rider Series. The series was broadcast on the Mainichi Broadcasting System from October 17, 1980, to October 3, 1981. The series production of Toei, ...

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Kazuya Shibuya , originally titled , is a light novel series written by Fuyumi Ono. It follows the adventures of Shibuya Psychic Research as they investigate mysterious occurrences all over Japan with a team of other spiritualists and clever assistants. A ...

(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 is a 2001 Japanese mystery novel written by Honobu Yonezawa. It is the first volume of the series. Five additional volumes have been published between 2002 and 2016. A manga adaptation drawn by Taskohna began serialization in the March ...

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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 is a Japanese '' shōjo'' manga written by Sukehiro Tomita and illustrated by Nao Yazawa that was originally serialized in Shogakukan's ''Ciao'' magazine. In North America, it was translated and published by VIZ Media in its entirety, c ...

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