Yōta

Yōta

Yota Kyoda, Japanese baseball player
Pronunciation	joɯta (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Yota (Kunrei-shiki) Yota (Nihon-shiki) Yōta, Yota, Youta (Hepburn)

Yōta, Yota or Youta is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Yōta can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:

• 洋よう太ふとし, "ocean, thick"
• 洋よう汰, "ocean, excessive"
• 洋よう多た, "ocean, many"
• 陽ひ太ふとし, "sunshine, thick"
• 陽ひ汰, "sunshine, excessive"
• 陽ひ多た, "sunshine, many"
• 容よう太ふとし, "contain, thick"
• 容よう汰, "contain, excessive"
• 容よう多た, "contain, many"
• 葉は太ふとし, "leaf, thick"
• 葉は汰, "leaf, excessive"
• 葉多はた, "leaf, many"
• 曜太, "weekday, thick"
• 曜汰, "weekday, excessive"
• 曜多, "weekday, many"
• 要よう太ふとし, "essential, thick"
• 瑶よう太ふとし, "precious stone, thick"
• 用よう汰, "utilize, excessive"
• 蓉太, "lotus, thick"
• 蓉多, "lotus, many"

The name can also be written in hiragana ようた or katakana ヨウタ.

Notable people with the name

• Yota Akimoto (秋元あきもと 陽よう太ふとし, born 1987), Japanese footballer
• Yota Arase (荒瀬あらせ 洋ひろし太ふとし, born 1982), Japanese swimmer
• Yota Komi (小見おみ 洋ひろし太ふとし, born 2002), Japanese footballer
• Yota Kyoda (京田きょうだ 陽よう太ふとし, born 1994), Japanese baseball player
• Yota Maejima (前嶋まえじま 洋ひろし太ふとし, born 1997), Japanese football player
• Yota Sato (boxer) (佐藤さとう 洋ひろし太ふとし, born 1984), Japanese boxer
• Yota Sato (footballer) (佐藤さとう 瑶よう大だい, born 2001), Japanese footballer
• Yota Shimokawa (下川しもかわ 陽よう太ふとし, born 1995), Japanese football player
• Yota Tsuji (辻つじ 陽よう太ふとし, born 1993), Japanese professional wrestler

Fictional characters

• Yota Moteuchi (弄ろう内ない 洋よう太ふとし), from anime and manga Video Girl Ai