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

Tatsuya can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *達也, "master/accomplished, to be" *達矢, "master/accomplished, arrow" *竜也, "dragon, to be" *竜哉, "dragon, how" *竜弥, "dragon, all the more" *辰也, "sign of the dragon, to be" *龍也, "dragon, to be" 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

*, Japanese footballer *

Tatsuya Egawa is a Japanese manga artist and film director. He is probably best known for his '' Golden Boy'' manga series, which debuted in 1992. Egawa is known for his drawings of over-the-top facial expressions always crediting the staff of his creations, ...

(達也, born 1961), Japanese manga artist *, Japanese manga artist *

Tatsuya Enomoto is a former Japanese football player. Club career Enomoto was born in Nerima, Tokyo on 16 March 1979. After graduating from high school, he joined Yokohama Marinos (later ''Yokohama F. Marinos'') in 1997. He became a regular goalkeeper in Octo ...

(達也, born 1979), Japanese footballer *

Tatsuya Fuji is a Japanese actor. He was born in Beijing and raised in Yokohama. In 1962, Fuji joined Nikkatsu Company and began his acting career with small roles in Nikkatsu film. In 1968, Fuji married actress Izumi Ashikawa. He gained popularity throug ...

(born 1941), Japanese film actor *

Tatsuya Fujiwara is a Japanese actor. Internationally, he is best known for his leading roles as Shuya Nanahara in the '' Battle Royale'' films, Light Yagami in the ''Death Note'' films, Kaiji Itō in the ''Kaiji'' films, and Rikuhiko Yuki in Hideo Nakata's '' ...

(竜也, born 1982), Japanese actor *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese volleyball player *

Tatsuya Futakami was a Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 9- dan. He is a former president of the Japan Shogi Association The , or JSA, is the primary organizing body for professional shogi in Japan. The JSA sets the professional cale ...

, Japanese shogi player *

Tatsuya Furuhashi is a Japanese football player. He last played for Japan Football League club Honda FC. Playing career Furuhashi started his career with semi-professional Japan Football League team Honda FC in 1999, while also working as a factory worker. He ...

(born 1980), Japanese football player *

Tatsuya Hiruta is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for writing the long-running ''shōnen'' manga series ''Kōtarō Makaritōru!'' and its two sequels, ''Shin Kōtarō Makaritōru!'' and ''Kōtarō Makaritōru! L''. In 1986, he won the Kodansha Manga ...

(達也), Japanese manga artist *

Tatsuya Hori is a Japanese politician. He was director of the Hokkaidō-Kitami University. From 1995 he served as governor of Hokkaidō for two terms totalling 8 years. He was chairman of the board of Sapporo University. He was associate professor at Tokyo ...

(born 1935), Japanese politician *

Tatsuya Isaka is a Japanese actor. He played Ichigo Kurosaki in the rock musical ''Bleach''. Television dramas * '' Gokusen'' (2002) (Guest star) * '' Water Boys'' (2003) * '' Genseishin Justiriser'' (2004–2005) * ''Tumbling (Film)'' (2010) Stage * Roc ...

(達也, born 1985), Japanese actor *

Tatsuya Ishida ''Sinfest'' is a long-running daily American comic strip by Tatsuya Ishida. It originally appeared in the ''Daily Bruin'' student newspaper between 1991 and 1994. Ishida relaunched the comic strip in 2000 by self-publishing it online as a webcom ...

, a comic artist *

Tatsuya Ishihara is a Japanese animator, television and film director. Working for Kyoto Animation since 1988, he has directed '' The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', ''Clannad'', ''Nichijou'', ''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions'' and '' Sound! Euphonium''. Earl ...

(立也, born 1966), Japanese anime director *

Tatsuya Ishii , also known as Tatuya Ishii (born September 22, 1959) is a Japanese singer-songwriter, artist, and industrial designer from Ibaraki Prefecture. Biography In 1985, he debuted as vocalist in the band . In 1992, their single won the Japanese ...

(竜也, born 1959), Japanese singer, songwriter, artist *

Tatsuya Ishikawa is a Japanese former football player. Club career Ishikawa was born in Fujieda on December 25, 1979. After graduating from the University of Tsukuba, he joined the Kashima Antlers in 2002. He gradually played more often as left side back during ...

(竜也, born 1979), Japanese football player * Tatsuya Ito (born 1961), Minister of State for Financial Services in Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet *, Japanese composer *, Japanese journalist *

Tatsuya Kawajiri is a Japanese mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight (MMA), Bantamweight division. He is a former List of Shooto champions#Lightweight Championship, Shooto Lightweight Champion, and has also competed in the Ult ...

(達也, born 1978), Japanese mixed martial arts fighter *, Japanese film producer, critic and music producer *

Tatsuya Kinugasa is a male Japanese retired male medley swimmer. Swimming career Kinugasa represented Japan at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1997 Summer Universiade in Catania, Italy ...

(born 1974), Japanese Olympic medley swimmer *

Tatsuya Kitani is a Japanese musician, singer, lyricist, composer, and arranger. He is the bassist of the three-member band sajou no hana. He was also active as a Vocaloid producer under the name of "Konnichiwa Tanita-san" (Hello Tanita-san). The affiliated ...

(born 1996), Japanese musician * Tatsuya Kurama (1952–1995), sumo wrestler *

Tatsuya Masushima is a Japanese football manager and former player who play as a Defender and currently manager of Shibuya City FC. Career After three seasons playing for JEF United Chiba, Masushima retired in December 2020. National team career In June 2005, M ...

(born 1985), Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor *

Tatsuya Mizuno is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing in the Middleweight division. A professional competitor since 2006, he has fought for DREAM, Pancrase, DEEP, M-1 Global, ProElite, ONE FC, K-1, and also participated in the Dynamite!! 2010 ...

(born 1981), Japanese professional mixed martial artist *

Tatsuya Mochizuki is a former Japanese football player and manager. Playing career Mochizuki was born in Shizuoka on April 20, 1963. After graduating from Shimizu Higashi High School, he played professionally in the Netherlands for Haarlem and Telstar between 1 ...

(達也, born 1963), Japanese football player *

Tatsuya Mori is a Japanese documentary filmmaker, TV director, and author. Career Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Mori graduated from Rikkyo University, where he appeared in the student films of Kiyoshi Kurosawa. After graduating, he tried acting and even a ...

, Japanese documentary filmmaker * Tatsuya Nagatomo (達也, born 1953), Japanese actor and voice actor *

Tatsuya Nakadai is a Japanese film actor. He was featured in 11 films directed by Masaki Kobayashi, including '' The Human Condition'' trilogy, wherein he starred as the lead character Kaji, plus '' Harakiri'', '' Samurai Rebellion'' and '' Kwaidan''. Nakada ...

(達矢, born 1932), Japanese actor *, Japanese musician *, Japanese actor *

Tatsuya Oe (born 28 November 1969) is a New York-based Japanese composer, recording artist, music producer, and DJ, best known for the moniker of Captain Funk. He is known for his mastery and diversity of composition and music production in electronic, d ...

, a Japanese electronic music producer, club DJ *, Japanese footballer *

Tatsuya Sakai (marksman) Tatsuya Sakai is a Japanese sport shooter who won the 2004 Steel Challenge World Championship in Piru, California. Since handguns cannot be legally obtained by civilians in Japan, he trained at home using an airsoft pistol. A month before the cham ...

, Japanese sport shooter *

Tatsuya Sakuma is a former Japanese professional drifting driver. He retired from drifting after 2015 D1 Grand Prix season. He has competed in the D1GP series since the very beginning, starting out in a Nissan Silvia PS13 He did not do very well, scoring onl ...

(達也, born 1974), Japanese professional drifting driver *

Tatsuya Sanmaidō is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7- dan. Early life and apprenticeship Sanmaidō was born in Urayasu, Chiba on July 14, 1993. His grandfather was an acquaintance of shogi professional Kunio Naitō, who recommended Sanmaidō learn ...

, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese baseball player *

Tatsuya Shiokawa is a former Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. He is currently a coach for Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Pacific League The , or , or the , due to sponsorship reasons, is one of the two professional baseball leagues cons ...

(born 1983), Japanese baseball player *

Tatsuya Shinhama Tatsuya Shinhama (born 11 July 1996) is a Japanese speed skater who is specialized in the sprint distances. Career In March 2018 Shinhama won the gold medal at the 500m and 1000m events of the World University Speed Skating Championships in Mins ...

(born 1996), Japanese speed skater *

Tatsuya Sugai is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8- dan. He is a former holder of the Ōi title. Early life, amateur shogi and apprenticeship Tatsuya Suga was born on April 17, 1992, in Mitsu, Okayama. He learned how to play shogi from his fathe ...

, Japanese shogi player * Tatsuya Suzuki (disambiguation), multiple people *

Tatsuya Tanaka (disambiguation) Tatsuya Tanaka may refer to: * Tatsuya Tanaka (figure skater) (born 1988), Taiwanese figure skater * Tatsuya Tanaka (footballer, born 1982) is a retired Japanese football player who last played for Albirex Niigata. He played for Japan nationa ...

, multiple people *

Tatsuya Tanimoto is a former Japanese member of the House of Representatives of the Diet. He served as a representative of Wakayama 1st district, first as an independent politician, but after 2003 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Wakayam ...

(龍哉, born 1966), Japanese politician *, Japanese figure skater * Tatsuya Tsuruta (born 1982), Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *

Tatsuya Ueda , is a Japanese singer and actor under Starto Entertainment. Born in Kanagawa in Japan. He joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1998. In March 2006 he debuted as a member of KAT-TUN, group to which he belonged until its disba ...

(竜也), a Japanese idol, singer-songwriter and radio host *

Tatsuya Uemura is a horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed by Toaplan for Arcade video game, arcades. It was released in Japan by Namco in 1989 and North America by Williams Electronics. Controlling the ZIG space fighter craft, players assume the ...

(建也, born 1960), Japanese arcade game musician and programmer *, Japanese badminton player * Tatsuya Yamaguchi (disambiguation), multiple people *

Tatsuya Yamashita is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a centre back. A longtime player of Cerezo Osaka, Yamashita played in over 220 games for the club. Career Second spell at Cerezo Osaka On 27 December 2011, Yamashita was announced as ...

(born 1987), Japanese footballer *

Tatsuya Yazawa is a Japanese football player who plays for Fujieda MYFC. Playing career Yazawa was born in Yaizu on October 3, 1984. After graduating from Shizuoka Gakuen High School, he joined J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol in 2003. He played many matches ...

(born 1984), Japanese footballer *

Tatsuya Yoshida (born 9 January 1961) is a Japanese musician, drummer and composer who is the only consistent member of the renowned progressive rock duo Ruins, as well as of Koenji Hyakkei. He is also a member of the progressive rock trios Korekyojinn and Da ...

(達也), Japanese musician and composer

Fictional characters

*Tatsuya Uesugi (達也), the main character in ''

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 ...

'' *Tatsuya Shima (達也), a character in ''

Wangan Midnight is a Japanese racing manga series written and illustrated by Michiharu Kusunoki. It was first serialized in Shogakukan's '' Big Comic Spirits'' in 1990, but was later serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1992 to 2008. ...

'' *Tatsuya Suou (達哉), a main character in ''

Persona 2 ''Persona 2'', also marketed as ''Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2'', is a duology of role-playing video games developed and published by Atlus for the PlayStation. It consists of the second and third installments in the ''Persona'' series, which is ...

'' *Tatsuya Himuro, a character in ''

Kuroko's Basketball is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2008 to September 2014, with its chapters collected in 30 volumes. ...

'' *Tatsuya Shiba, a main character in ''

The Irregular at Magic High School is a Japanese web novel series by Tsutomu Satō (author), Tsutomu Satō. It was published on Shōsetsuka ni Narō, a web novel website, from October 2008 to March 2011. Satō reached a deal with Dengeki Bunko and began releasing his w ...

'' *

Tatsuya Kimura is a Japanese film producer and a critic, and also as known as , a music producer. :ja:木村立哉, 17:41, 2 November 2008 Biography Tatsuya Kimura was born in 1964 in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Debuted as a critic in his high school da ...

, a character from

Hajime no Ippo is a Japanese boxing-themed manga series written and illustrated by George Morikawa. It has been serialized by Kodansha in the manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' since October 1989, with its chapters collected in 143 volum ...

* Tatsuya Asami, the protagonist of the 2000 tokusatsu series

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, ...

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