Yutaka is a 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

Yutaka 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: *豊, "bountiful" *裕, "affluence" *穣, "fertile" *温, "warmth" 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", ...

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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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Notable people with the name

Yutaka Abe was a Japanese film director and actor. He went to America along with a younger brother to visit an uncle living in Los Angeles. There he enrolled in an acting school, and upon hearing that Thomas H. Ince was looking for Japanese extras to work ...

(阿部豊), Japanese film director and actor *, Japanese gymnast * Yutaka Akita (秋田豊, born 1970), Japanese football player *

Yutaka Aoyama is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. Biography Aoyama became interested on films, while attending elementary school. He did not have the film study group in high school. He joined Bearer's group with a yearning. It has forty female m ...

(青山穣, born 1965), Japanese voice actor * Yutaka Banno (伴野豊, born 1961), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan * Yutaka Demachi (出町豊, born 1935), Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese ice hockey player *

Yutaka Enatsu is a former Japanese pitcher regarded as one of the best Japanese people, Japanese strikeout pitchers of all-time. In , he recorded 401 strikeouts, which is still the world record. Enatsu was a big player in the Black Mist Scandal (Japanese base ...

(江夏豊, born 1948), Japanese baseball pitcher *

Rickie Fowler Rick Yutaka Fowler (born December 13, 1988) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He was the number one World Amateur Golf Ranking, ranked amateur golfer in the world for 36 weeks in 2007 and 2008. On January 24, 2016, he ...

(リッキー・ユタカ・ファウラー, born 1988), Japanese-American Professional Golf Champion, named after maternal grandfather *, Japanese basketball player * Yutaka Fukufuji (福藤豊, born 1982), the first Japanese-born player to appear in a National Hockey League game * Yutaka Fukumoto (福本豊, born 1947), professional baseball player *

Yutaka Fukushima is a former Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He was born in Sakai, Osaka but grew up in Saitama Prefecture. A graduate of Kyoto University ...

(福島豊, born 1958), Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party *

Yutaka Gibbons Yutaka Miller Gibbons (17 January 1944 – 4 November 2021) was the ibedul of Koror from 1973 until his death in 2021. He was also an anti–nuclear weapons activist and political candidate. Early and personal life Gibbons was born in Palau in 19 ...

(1944–2021), Palauan activist and politician * Yutaka Haniya (埴谷雄高, 1909–1997), Japanese author * Yutaka Higuchi (樋口豊, born 1949), Japanese figure skater * Yutaka Higuchi (桶口豊, born 1967), bassist for the Japanese rock band ''BUCK-TICK'' *

Yutaka Hirose is a Japanese actor and voice actor, widely known to international audiences for his work in the tokusatsu genre of television series, usually portraying villainous characters. His real name is , which was the name he was credited during his debu ...

(広瀬裕, born 1962), Japanese actor and voice actor *, Japanese footballer *

Yutaka Ishinabe is a Japanese chef notable for being the first French chef in the Japanese cooking show ''Iron Chef''. He appeared from the first episode in 1993, sporting a green outfit while holding a bell pepper. Over the years, he has earned the nickname ...

(石鍋裕, born 1948), the first French Chef in the Japanese cooking show ''

Iron Chef is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10, 1993, is a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle buil ...

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Yutaka Izubuchi is a Japanese anime mecha and character designer, anime director, illustrator and manga artist. He was born in Tokyo, Japan and grew up in Yokohama. Izubuchi is also known for his manga and illustrations, but most of his fame comes from his de ...

(出渕裕, born 1958), Japanese illustrator, anime designer and director * Yutaka Kagaya (加賀谷穣, born 1968), Japanese digital artist *

Yutaka Kanai was a Japanese long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international mul ...

(金井豊, 1959–1990), Japanese long-distance runner *

Yutaka Katayama , also known as Mr. K, was a Japanese automotive executive who was employed by Nissan and served as the first president of Nissan Motor Corporation U.S.A. Katayama expanded Nissan's focus from economy vehicles towards sportier vehicles, and is re ...

(片山豊, born 1909), the first president of Nissan Motor Company in U.S.A *, Japanese ice hockey player * Yutaka Kisenosato (稀勢の里寛, born 1986), sumo wrestler (born Yutaka Hagiwara 萩原寛) * Yutaka Mafune (真船豊, 1902–1977), playwright in Showa period Japan *

Yutaka Matsushige is a Japanese actor. Career Matsushige has appeared in the films such as '' EM Embalming'', ''Adrenaline Drive'', ''Last Life in the Universe'', and '' Outrage Beyond''. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 31st Yokohama Film Fest ...

(松重豊, born 1963), Japanese actor *

Yutaka Minowa is a character designer and animation director who works with Madhouse, a Japanese animation company. His work is recognised in the Yoshiaki Kawajiri movies he has designed characters for, among them '' Ninja Scroll'' and '' Vampire Hunter D: B ...

(箕輪豊, born 1965), character designer and animation director who works with Madhouse *

Yutaka Mizutani is a Japanese actor and singer. He was born on July 14, 1952, in Ashibetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan. Biography Mizutani was raised from the age of eight in Tokyo, Japan. He started acting at the age of twelve, when a neighbor introduced him to a child ...

(水谷豊, born 1952), Japanese actor and singer *, Japanese animator *

Yutaka Niida is a retired professional boxer in the minimumweight (105 lb) division and former WBA world minimumweight champion. Professional boxing career Niida belonged to the Yokohama Hikari Boxing Gym, his trainer was Mitsunori Seki and Hidefumi Oika ...

(新井田豊, born 1978), professional minimumweight boxer * Yutaka Ohno (大野豊, born 1955), Japanese baseball player *

Yutaka Ozaki was a Japanese singer-songwriter. His hit debut single "Jūgo no Yoru" and debut album ''Jūnanasai no Chizu'' were released in 1983. He died in 1992 at the age of 26. Biography Early life Ozaki was born at Japan Self-Defense Forces Central ...

(尾崎豊, 1965–1992), popular Japanese musician *

Yutaka Sado is a Japanese conductor. Biography While still in school, Sado obtained a position in the Kansai Nikikai, a Japanese school of opera, where he had the opportunity to work with the New Japan Philharmonic and the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, learni ...

(佐渡裕, born 1961), Japanese conductor *

Yutaka Tahara is a former Japanese football player. Club career Tahara was born in Aira on April 27, 1982. After graduating from high school, he joined Yokohama F. Marinos in 2001. However he could hardly play in the match and he moved to Kyoto Purple Sanga ...

(田原豊, born 1982), Japanese football player *

Yutaka Takanashi is a Japanese people, Japanese photographer who has photographed fashion, urban design, and city life, and is best known for his depiction of Tokyo. Life and career Takanashi was born on 6 February 1935 in Shirogane-chō, Ushigome-ku (now Shinjuk ...

(高梨豊, born 1935), Japanese photographer who photographed fashion, urban design, and city life *

Yutaka Take (born March 15, 1969, in Kyoto, Kyoto) is a Japanese jockey. Take made his riding debut in 1987 and currently holds seven all-time records in Japan. He has won at least one Grade 1 race for 23 straight years until 2010, and a graded stakes rac ...

(武豊, born 1969), Japanese jockey *

Yutaka Takenouchi is a Japanese actor. His on-screen acting debut was in the drama ''「ボクの就職」 (Boku no Syūshoku)'' in 1994, after winning a modeling contest. He also appeared in commercials. Filmography TV series * ''My First Job'' ( TBS, 1994), S ...

(竹野内豊, born 1971), Japanese actor *

Yutaka Taniyama was a Japanese mathematician known for the Taniyama–Shimura conjecture. Life Taniyama was born on 22 November 1927 in Kisai, a town in Saitama. He was the sixth of eight children born to a doctor's family. He studied at Urawa High School (pre ...

(谷山豊, 1927–1958), Japanese mathematician *

Yutaka Wada is a retired Japanese baseball player for the Hanshin Tigers. He previously worked as a hitting coach Coach may refer to: Guidance/instruction * Coach (sport), a director of Athletes' training and activities * Coaching, the practice of guidin ...

(和田豊, born 1962), Japanese baseball player * Yutaka Yaguchi (矢口豊, born 1932), Chief Instructor and Chairman of the International Shotokan Karate Federation *, Japanese composer * Yutaka Yamaguchi (山口泰, born 1940), member of the Group of Thirty *

Yutaka Yamamoto is a Japanese anime director from Osaka Prefecture. He helped co-found Ordet (studio), Ordet. Biography As a member of Kyoto Animation, Yamamoto rose to prominence within the company after serving as an assistant director on ''Munto, Munto 2: ...

(山本寛, born 1974), Japanese animation director * Yutaka Yokokura (横倉裕, born 1956), Japanese jazz musician *, Japanese footballer *

Yutaka Yoshie was a Japanese professional wrestler, who worked as a freelancer in Japan, performing most notably for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he was a former World Tag Team Champion. He had previously worked for promotions such as New Japan Pr ...

(吉江豊, born 1974), Japanese professional wrestler

Fictional characters

*Yutaka Kobayakawa (小早川ゆたか), character in the anime series '' Lucky Star'' *Yutaka Kobayashi (小林温)), ''

Megatokyo is an English-language webcomic created by Fred Gallagher (cartoonist), Fred Gallagher and Rodney Caston. ''Megatokyo'' debuted on August 14, 2000, and has been written and illustrated solely by Gallagher since June 17, 2002. Fred Gallagher's ...

'' character *Yutaka Seto (瀬戸豊), character in the novel, film and manga '' Battle Royale'' *Yutaka Tamaru (多丸裕), minor character in the '' Suzumiya Haruhi'' franchise *Yutaka Kazami (風見豊), character in the '' Gyakuten Saiban'' series *Yutaka Kono (河野豊), character in the ''

Darker than Black is a Japanese anime television series created and directed by Tensai Okamura and animated by studio Bones (studio), Bones. 25 episodes were broadcast on Mainichi Broadcasting System, MBS, TBS Television (Japan), TBS and their affiliate ...

'' series *Yutaka Shinozaki (篠崎豊), character in the ''

My Tiny Senpai is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by . It has been serialized in Takeshobo's ''Storia Dash'' website since April 2020, with its chapters collected into ten volumes as of February 2025. An anime television series adaptation ...

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Notable people with the name

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