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Yutaka

Yutaka is a masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

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

  • 豊, "bountiful"
  • 裕, "affluence"
  • ç©£, "fertile"
  • 温, "warmth"

The name can also be written in hiragana ゆたか or katakana ユタカ.

Notable people with the name

  • Yutaka Abe (阿部 豊), Japanese film director and actor
  • , Japanese gymnast
  • Yutaka Akita (秋田 豊, born 1970), Japanese football player
  • Yutaka Aoyama (青山 ç©£, 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 (江夏 豊, born 1948), Japanese baseball pitcher
  • Rickie Fowler (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 (福島 豊, born 1958), Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party
  • Yutaka Gibbons (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 (広瀬 裕, born 1962), Japanese actor and voice actor
  • , Japanese footballer
  • Yutaka Ishinabe (石鍋 裕, born 1948), the first French Chef in the Japanese cooking show Iron Chef
  • Yutaka Izubuchi (出渕 裕, born 1958), Japanese illustrator, anime designer and director
  • Yutaka Kagaya (加賀谷 ç©£, born 1968), Japanese digital artist
  • Yutaka Kanai (金井 豊, 1959–1990), Japanese long-distance runner
  • Yutaka Katayama (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 (松重 豊, born 1963), Japanese actor
  • Yutaka Minowa (箕輪 豊, born 1965), character designer and animation director who works with Madhouse
  • Yutaka Mizutani (æ°´è°· 豊, born 1952), Japanese actor and singer
  • , Japanese animator
  • Yutaka Niida (新井田 豊, born 1978), professional minimumweight boxer
  • Yutaka Ohno (大野 豊, born 1955), Japanese baseball player
  • Yutaka Ozaki (尾崎 豊, 1965–1992), popular Japanese musician
  • Yutaka Sado (佐渡 裕, born 1961), Japanese conductor
  • Yutaka Tahara (田原 豊, born 1982), Japanese football player
  • Yutaka Takanashi (高梨 豊, born 1935), Japanese photographer who photographed fashion, urban design, and city life
  • Yutaka Take (æ­¦ 豊, born 1969), Japanese jockey
  • Yutaka Takenouchi (竹野内 豊, born 1971), Japanese actor
  • Yutaka Taniyama (è°·å±± 豊, 1927–1958), Japanese mathematician
  • Yutaka Wada (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 æ³°, born 1940), member of the Group of Thirty
  • Yutaka Yamamoto (山本 寛, born 1974), Japanese animation director
  • Yutaka Yokokura (横倉 裕, born 1956), Japanese jazz musician
  • , Japanese footballer
  • Yutaka Yoshie (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 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 series
  • Yutaka Shinozaki (篠崎 豊), character in the My Tiny Senpai series

See also