Shōta Explained

is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Shōta can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 消太, "erase, thick"
• 正太, "correct, thick"
• 翔太, "soar, thick"
• 章太, "composition, thick"
• 奨太, "reward, thick"
• 将太, "general, thick"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

• , Japanese golfer
• , Japanese singer, actor, and voice actor
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese sumo wrestler
• , Japanese footballer
• , stage name Soul, Japanese singer, member of South Korean boy band P1Harmony
• , Japanese footballer
• Shota Hazui (born 1986), Japanese water polo player
• , Japanese rugby union player
• , Japanese futsal player
• , Japanese sprinter
• , Japanese sumo wrestler
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese baseball outfielder
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese baseball catcher
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese speed skater
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese baseball pitcher
• , Japanese baseball catcher
• , Japanese footballer
• Shota Rustaveli (12th–13th centuries) Georgian poet, author of The Knight in the Panther's Skin
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese slalom canoeist
• , Japanese musician and singer-songwriter
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese baseball pitcher
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese professional wrestler

Fictional characters

• /Sawyer, a character in the anime series Pokémon XY
• , a character in the manga series My Hero Academia
• , a character in the video game
• Shota Hikasa (日笠 将太), a character in the film
• , a main character from anime and manga series Little Ghost Q-Taro
• , a character in the manga series Kimi ni Todoke
• , abbreviated "Shota", a character in the manga series Tetsujin 28-go
• , a character in the manga series Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
• Shota Shibata, a lead character in the 2018 movie Shoplifters

See also

• Shota complex