shōta

{{For|the Georgian given name|Shota (Georgian given name)}}

{{nihongo|Shōta, Shouta, or Shota|しょうた, ショウタ}} is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

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

  • {{Nihongo|Shota Akiyoshi|秋吉 翔太||born 1990}}, Japanese golfer
  • {{Nihongo|Shouta Aoi|蒼井 翔太||born 1987}}, Japanese singer, actor, and voice actor
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Arai (footballer, born 1985)|新井 翔太}}, Japanese footballer
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Arai (footballer, born 1988)|新井 章太}}, Japanese footballer
  • {{Nihongo|Shōta Chida|千田 翔太||born 1994}}, Japanese shogi player
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Dobayashi|堂林 翔太||born 1991}}, Japanese baseball player
  • {{Nihongo|Endō Shōta|遠藤 聖大||born 1990}}, Japanese sumo wrestler
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Fujio|藤尾 翔太||born 2001}}, Japanese footballer
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Haku|白 翔太||born 2005}}, stage name Soul, Japanese singer, member of South Korean boy band P1Harmony
  • Shota Hazui (born 1986), Japanese water polo player
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Horie|堀江 翔太||born 1986}}, Japanese rugby union player
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Hoshi|星 翔太||born 1985}}, Japanese futsal player
  • {{Nihongo|Shōta Iizuka|飯塚 翔太||born 1991}}, Japanese sprinter
  • {{Nihongo|Ikioi Shōta|勢 翔太||born 1986}}, Japanese sumo wrestler
  • {{Nihongo|Shōta Imanaga|今永 昇太||born 1993}}, Japanese baseball player
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Inoue|井上 翔太||born 1989}}, Japanese footballer
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Ishimine|伊志嶺 翔大||born 1988}}, Japanese baseball outfielder
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Iwata|岩田 正太||born 1988}}, Japanese footballer
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Kanno|菅野 将太||born 1984}}, Japanese footballer
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Kawanishi|川西 翔太||born 1988}}, Japanese footballer
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Kimura (baseball)|木村 正太||born 1986}}, Japanese baseball player
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Kimura (footballer)|木村 勝太||born 1988}}, Japanese footballer
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Kobayashi|古林 将太||born 1991}}, Japanese footballer
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Koide|小井手 翔太||born 1981}}, Japanese footballer
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Koike|小池 翔大||born 1988}}, Japanese baseball catcher
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Matsuda|松田 翔太||born 1985}}, Japanese actor
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Matsuhashi|松橋 章太||born 1982}}, Japanese footballer
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Matsushima|松島 庄汰||born 1990}}, Japanese actor
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Nakamura|中村 奨太||born 1993}}, Japanese speed skater
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Nakazaki|中崎 翔太||born 1992}}, Japanese baseball player
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Oba|大場 翔太||born 1985}}, Japanese baseball pitcher
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Ohno|大野 奨太||born 1987}}, Japanese baseball catcher
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Otsuka|大塚 翔太||born 1987}}, Japanese footballer
  • Shota Rustaveli (12th–13th centuries) Georgian poet, author of The Knight in the Panther's Skin
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Saito|斎藤 翔太}}, Japanese footballer
  • {{Nihongo|{{ill|Shota Saito (actor)|lt=Shota Saito|ja|斉藤祥太}}|斉藤 祥太}}, Japanese actor
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Sakaki|榊 翔太||born 1993}}, Japanese footballer
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Sasaki|佐々木 将汰||born 1993}}, Japanese slalom canoeist
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Shimizu|清水 翔太||born 1989}}, Japanese musician and singer-songwriter
  • {{Nihongo|Shōta Sometani|染谷 将太, born 1992}}, Japanese actor
  • {{Nihongo|Shōta Suzuki (baseball, born 1995)|鈴木 翔太}}, Japanese baseball player
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Suzuki (footballer, born 1984)|鈴木 将太}}, Japanese footballer
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Suzuki (footballer, born 1996)|鈴木 翔太}}, Japanese footballer
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Taguchi|田口 翔大||born 2004}}, Japanese actor
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Takeda|武田 翔太||born 1993}}, Japanese baseball pitcher
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Takekuma|武隈 祥太||born 1989}}, Japanese baseball player
  • {{Nihongo|Shota Umino|海野 翔太||born 1997}}, Japanese professional wrestler

Fictional characters

See also