Seiya (星矢) is a masculine name of Japanese origin. It is a common masculine

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

Seiya can be written in Hiragana as せいや. In Kanji, it can be alternatively rendered as; *星矢 "star, heavenly body of arrow" *清耶 "pure, father" *正夜 "correct, night" *生八 "life, eight" *成也 "successful, to be" *声弥 "voice, extensive complete" *盛哉 "prosper, how" *聖野 "holy, field" *世乎 "world, question" *西椰 "west, coconut tree" *征椰 "conquer, coconut tree"

People with the name

Seiya Adachi is a water polo player from Japan. He was part of the Japanese team at the Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team was eliminated in the group stage. References External links * * * ...

(安達安星矢, born 1995), Japanese water polo player *

Seiya Ando is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for Shimane Susanoo Magic of the B.League in Japan. He plays as Playmaker and is a native of Tokyo. Ando is the first Japanese player ever to play in the National Basketball League of Cana ...

(安藤誓哉, born 1992), Japanese basketball player *

Asahifuji Seiya is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Aomori. He joined professional sumo in 1981, reaching the top ''makuuchi'' division just two years later. He reached the second highest rank of '' ōzeki'' in 1987 and became the 63rd ''yokoz ...

(旭富士正也, born 1960), Japanese sumo wrestler * Seiya Baba (馬場晴也, born 2001) is a Japanese professional footballer * Seiya Da Costa Lay (born 2001) is an Indonesian professional footballer. * Seiya Fujita (藤田征也, born 1987), Japanese footballer * Seiya Hosokawa (細川成也, born 1988), Japanese baseball player * *, Japanese baseball player * Seiya Katakura (片倉誠也, born 1998) is a Japanese footballer. * Seiya Kinami (木浪聖也, born 1994), Japanese baseball infielder *

Seiya Kishikawa is a male Japanese table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. ...

(岸川聖也, born 1987), Japanese table tennis player * Seiya Kitano (星矢北野, born 1997), Japanese footballer * Seiya Kojima (小島聖矢, born 1989) Japanese footballer *

Seiya Kondō is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8- dan. Early life, amateur shogi and apprentice professional Seiya Kondō was born on July 25, 1996, in Yachiyo, Chiba. He learned shogi from his father. In 2007, he finished runner-up in the 32n ...

(近藤誠也, born 1996), Japanese shogi player * Seiya Maikuma (毎熊晟矢, born 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer *

Seiya Morohashi is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (1997-present) Morohashi made his professional wrestling debut in In ...

(諸橋晴也, born 1977) is a Japanese professional wrestler. *

Seiya Motoki is a Japanese actor and ''tarento'' represented by LesPros Entertainment. His former stage name was just until December 11, 2015. Biography Motoki's hobbies are watching DVDs and listening to indie bands. His skills are acrobatics such as park ...

(元木聖也, born 1993), Japanese actor * Seiya Nakagawa (中川誠也, born, 1993), Japanese baseball player * Seiya Nakano (中野誠也, born 1995), is a Japanese football player *

Seiya Niizeki Seiya (星矢) is a masculine name of Japanese origin. It is a common masculine Japanese given name. Written forms Seiya can be written in Hiragana as せいや. In Kanji, it can be alternatively rendered as; *星矢 "star, heavenly body of ar ...

(新関成弥, born, 1999), Japanese football player * Seiya Sakamoto (坂本清耶, born 1944), Japanese water polo player *

Seiya Sanada , better known by his mononymous ring name Sanada (stylized in all caps), is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of House of Torture and a former member of Bullet Club. He is a f ...

(真田聖也, born 1988), Japanese professional wrestler * Seiya Sugishita (杉下聖也, born 1988), Japanese footballer * Seiya Suzuki (鈴木誠也, born 1994), Japanese baseball player *

Seiya Tsutsumi is a Japanese professional boxer who held the World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight title from 2024 to 2025. Boxing career Early career Tsutsumi made professional debut on March 27, 2018, winning the bout by KO in the first round. Then, ...

(堤聖也, born 1995) is a Japanese professional boxer * Seiya Tomita (冨田誠也, born 1996) is a Japanese professional shogi player. *

Seiya Yamaguchi is a Japanese football player. He plays for SC Sagamihara. Career Seiya Yamaguchi joined Japanese Regional Leagues club Saurcos Fukui in 2016. In 2017, he moved to J3 League club SC Sagamihara commonly known as SC Sagamihara (SC相模原 ...

(山口聖矢, born 1993), is a Japanese football player

Fictional characters

Pegasus Seiya , also known as Seiya, is the titular character and main protagonist in the ''Saint Seiya'' manga and anime series, created by Masami Kurumada. He debuted in the first chapter , published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' on December 12, 1985. Seiya is o ...

, the main character in the manga series ''

Saint Seiya , also known as ''Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac'' or simply ''Knights of the Zodiac'' (translated from the French title ''Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque''), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It ...

'' *, a character in the manga series ''

Sailor Moon is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's Shōjo manga, ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from 1991 to 1997; the 60 individual chapters (later reorganized into ...

'' * Seiya Ryuguin, the main protagonist of the light novel series '' Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious'' * Seiya Yaboshi, a character in the manga series ''

UFO Baby is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mika Kawamura. The manga was serialized by Kodansha in ''Nakayoshi'' from February 1998 to March 2002, and the chapters were collected into nine ''tankōbon'' volumes. It was adapted in ...

'' * Seiya Kanie, protagonist of the light novel series ''

Amagi Brilliant Park is a Japanese light novel series written by Shoji Gatoh and illustrated by Yuka Nakajima. Fujimi Shobo has published eight volumes since February 20, 2013, under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. There are three manga adaptations pub ...

'' * Seiya Takehaya, a character in the light novel series ''

Tsurune is a Japanese light novel series written by Kotoko Ayano, with illustrations by Chinatsu Morimoto. The first novel won a Special Judge Award in the Kyoto Animation Award competition in 2016, and was published by the studio in December of th ...

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