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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 ...

. It is most commonly used for males.

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Naoto 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: *直人, "honesty, person" *尚人, "esteem, person" *直登, "honesty, ascend" *尚登, "esteem, ascend" *直斗, "honesty,

Big Dipper The Big Dipper (American English, US, Canadian English, Canada) or the Plough (British English, UK, Hiberno-English, Ireland) is an asterism (astronomy), asterism consisting of seven bright stars of the constellation Ursa Major; six of them ar ...

" *猶人, "easy-going/graceful, person" 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

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Naoto Fukasawa Naoto Fukasawa (; born 1956) is a Japanese designer, author, and educator, working in the fields of Product design, product and furniture design. He is known for his product design work with the Japanese retail company Muji, as well as collaborat ...

(直人, born 1956), Japanese industrial designer *

Naoto Hikosaka is a professional Go player Player may refer to: Role or adjective * Player (game), a participant in a game or sport ** Gamer, a player in video and tabletop games ** Athlete, a player in sports ** Player character, a character in a video ...

(born 1962), professional Go player *, Japanese footballer * Naoto Hirooka (直人, born 1978), Japanese avant-garde fashion designer * Naoto Hiroyama (直人), the guitarist and headman of the J-rock band Orange Range *Naoto Nakamura or

Naoto Inti Raymi , better known by his stage name , is a Japanese singer-songwriter and composer. He was born in Mie Prefecture in Japan and later grew up in Chiba Prefecture. For two years from 2001, he used his given name Naoto as his stage name. In 2001, whil ...

(直人, born 1979), singer-songwriter *, Japanese ski jumper *

Naoto Kan is a Japanese former politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) from June 2010 to September 2011. Kan was the first Prime Minister since the resignation of Junichiro Koizumi in 2006 to ...

(直人, born 1946), Japanese politician - former Prime Minister of Japan * Naoto Kataoka (片岡直人, born 1983), Japanese dancer, actor, rapper and creative director * Naoto Kine (尚登), the guitarist of the Japanese band

TM NETWORK TM Network is a Japanese rock/new wave/pop musical band, made up by Tetsuya Komuro (keyboardist), Takashi Utsunomiya (vocalist) and Naoto Kine (guitarist). They became popular in Japan as the "futuristic pop songs with synthesizer" after the r ...

Naoto Matsukura is a Japanese radio-controlled car racer from Edogawa, Tokyo. He has won five IFMAR World Championship titles as well as five top qualifier titles. He has also won 24 JMRCA All-Japan Championship titles. Until the end of 2014, Matsukura drove ...

(直人, born 1993), Japanese radio-controlled car racer *

Naoto Matsuo is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Matsuo was born in Wakayama on September 10, 1979. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club Vissel Kobe in 1998. He played many matches as a substitute midfielder in the f ...

(born 1979), Japanese football player *, Japanese water polo player *

Naoto Otake is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He currently manager of J3 League club, FC Osaka. His younger brother Masato was also a footballer. Club career Otake was educated at and played for Tokai Univ ...

(直人, born 1968), Japanese football player *, Japanese rugby union player *

Naoto Sakurai is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Sakurai was born in Saitama on September 2, 1975. After graduating from high school, he joined his local club Urawa Reds in 1994. He debuted in 1995 and played several matches every season. ...

(born 1975), Japanese football player *

Naoto Sato is a male Japanese given name. It is most commonly used for males. Written forms Naoto can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *直人, "honesty, person" *尚人, "esteem, person" *直登, "honesty, ascend" *尚登, "est ...

(直人), Japanese astronomer *

Naoto Tajima was a Japanese athlete who competed at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics. In 1932 he finished sixth in the long jump, while in 1936 he finished third in the long jump, behind Jesse Owens and Luz Long, and won the triple jump event, setting a world re ...

(直人, 1912–1990), Japanese athlete and gold medalist *

Naoto Takenaka is a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director from Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, affiliated with From First Production. He is married to idol singer and actress Midori Kinouchi. He is also known as the voice of Samuel L. ...

(直人, born 1956), Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director *

Naoto Tsuji is a Japanese professional basketball player. he plays for the Kawasaki Brave Thunders of the B.League. He has been a member of Japan's national basketball team on many occasions. At the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Belgr ...

(直人, born 1989), Japanese basketball player *

Naoto Watanabe is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder who currently serves as a coach for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He played in NPB for the Golden Eagles, Yokohama BayStars/Yokohama DeNA BayStars, an ...

(born 1980), Nippon Baseball player * Naoto Shibata (直人), bass guitarist of the Japanese band

Anthem An anthem is a musical composition of celebration, usually used as a symbol for a distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries. Originally, and in music theory and religious contexts, it also refers more particularly to sho ...

*Naoto (猶人), bass guitarist of the Japanese band

Exist Trace is a Japanese visual kei rock band, consisting entirely of female members. The members originate from Tokyo, and initially formed in June 2003. The founding members are Jyou, Naoto, and Mally, who met Miko and Omi after placing an advertisement ...

Fictional characters

*Naoto Date (直人), the protagonist of the manga and anime series ''

Tiger Mask is a Japanese manga series written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Naoki Tsuji. The series was first published in Kodansha's ''Bokura Magazine'' from 1968 to 1970 and was later published in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from 1970 to ...

'' *Naoto Fuyumine (直人), one of the main characters in the '' Dogs: Bullets & Carnage'' series *Naoto Kirihara (直人), the main character in the J-drama ''

Night Head ''Night Head Genesis'' is a Japanese anime television series adapted from the 1992 TV drama ''Night Head''. It began airing on the anime television network Animax on July 27, 2006. The series was licensed for a North American release on Febru ...

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Night Head Genesis ''Night Head Genesis'' is a Japanese anime television series adapted from the 1992 TV drama ''Night Head''. It began airing on the anime television network Animax on July 27, 2006. The series was licensed for a North American release on Febru ...

'' anime * Naoto Kurogane (ナオト), a supporting character in the ''

BlazBlue is a fighting game series created by Arc System Works, and later localized in North America by Aksys Games and by Zen United in Europe. An anime series adaptation aired in 2013. The series has sold 1.7 million copies in August 2012. The game f ...

'' video game series *Naoto Sho (直人), the main hero of the Japanese tokusatsu series ''

Gridman the Hyper Agent , known as ''Gridman the Hyper Agent'' in some English-speaking territories, is a 1993–1994 Japanese tokusatsu " Giant Hero" series created by Tsuburaya Productions (the producers of ''Ultraman'') and would be Tsuburaya's last non-Ultra superher ...

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Naoto Shirogane is a fictional character in the role-playing game ''Persona 4''. The character is a young woman who moves to Inaba in order to aid the police in investigating the ongoing serial-murder case. In an attempt to solve the murder case, Naoto uses herse ...

(直斗), one of the main characters in the video game ''

Persona 4 is a 2008 role-playing video game by Atlus. It is chronologically the fifth installment in the ''Persona (series), Persona'' series, itself a part of the larger ''Megami Tensei'' franchise, and was released for the PlayStation 2 in Japan in Ju ...

'' *Naoto Kōzuki (直人), a minor character from the anime ''

Code Geass , often referred to as ''Code Geass'', is a Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise. It was directed by Gorō Taniguchi and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi, with original character designs by Clamp. Set in an ...

'' *Naoto Takayama (高山直人), the main protagonist of the manga and anime series ''

Rail Wars! is a Japanese light novel series written by Takumi Toyoda with illustrations by Vania 600. 13 volumes have been published by Sohgeisha under their Sohgeisha Clear Bunko imprint; the series moved to Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha starting with the ...

'' *Naoto Takizawa, the sixth ranger of the Super Sentai season "

Mirai Sentai Timeranger is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television series and the 24th series in Toei's Super Sentai metaseries. Footage from this series was used in the American production '' Power Rangers Time Force''. It aired from February 13, 2000, to February 11, ...

" *Naoto Tamura, the protagonist of the Metal Hero season " Kidou Keiji Jiban" *Naoto Miura (見浦ナオト), one of the main characters of the manga and anime series ''

Clockwork Planet is a Japanese light novel series, written by Yuu Kamiya and Tsubaki Himana, and illustrated by Shino. Kodansha has published four volumes since April 2, 2013, under their Kodansha Ranobe Bunko imprint. The story is set in a clockpunk fantas ...

'' *Naoto Hachiouji (八王子直人), one of the two main characters of the manga and anime series "

Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Nanashi, also known as 774, about a high-schooler and art club member who is frequently annoyed by his junior Nagatoro, unaware of her real feelings for him. The web manga ran in ''M ...

"https://www.nagatorosan.jp/character/ *Naoto Tachibana, one of three main characters of "

Tokyo Revengers is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Wakui. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from March 2017 to November 2022, with its chapters collected in 31 volumes. The story ...

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