Yutaka

Yutaka (ゆたか, ユタカ) is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

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

• 豊, "rich"
• 裕, "affluence"
• 優, "tenderness"
• 寛, "relaxation"
• 穣, "fertile"
• 温, "warmth"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• Yutaka Abe (豊), former Japanese film director and actor
• Yutaka Akita (豊, born 1970), Japanese former football player
• Yutaka Aoyama (穣, born 1965), Japanese vocal actor
• Yutaka Banno (豊, born 1961), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan
• Yutaka Demachi (豊, born 1935), Japanese volleyball player
• Yutaka Enatsu (豊, born 1948), Japanese pitcher
• Rickie Fowler (Rick Yutaka Fowler, born 1988), American Professional Golf Champion, named after maternal grandfather
• Yutaka Fukufuji (豊, born 1982), the first Japanese-born player to appear in a National Hockey League game
• Yutaka Fukumoto (豊, born 1947), professional baseball player
• Yutaka Fukushima (豊, born 1958), Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party
• Yutaka Haniya (雄高, 1909–1997), Japanese author
• Yutaka Higuchi (豊, born 1949), Japanese figure skater
• Yutaka Higuchi (豊, born 1967), bassist for the Japanese rock band BUCK-TICK
• Yutaka Hirose (裕, born 1962), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Yutaka Inagawa (born 1974), Japanese artist
• Yutaka Ishinabe (裕, born 1948), the first French Chef in the Japanese cooking show Iron Chef
• Yutaka Izubuchi (裕, born 1958), Japanese illustrator, anime designer and director
• Yutaka Kagaya (born 1968), Japanese digital artist
• Yutaka Katayama (豊, born 1909), the first president of Nissan Motor Company in U.S.A
• Yutaka Kisenosato (寛, born 1986), sumo wrestler (born Yutaka Hagiwara)
• Yutaka Mafune (豊, 1902–1977), playwright in Showa period Japan
• Yutaka Matsushige (豊, born 1963), Japanese actor
• Yutaka Minowa (豊), character designer and animation director who works with Madhouse
• Yutaka Mizutani (豊, born 1952), Japanese actor and singer
• Yutaka Nanten (佑), Japanese manga artist
• Yutaka Niida (豊, born 1978), professional minimumweight boxer
• Yutaka Ohno (豊, born 1955), former Japanese baseball player
• Yutaka Ozaki (豊, 1965–1992), popular Japanese musician
• Yutaka Tachibana (裕), Japanese manga artist
• Yutaka Tahara (豊, born 1982), Japanese football player
• Yutaka Takanashi (豊), Japanese photographer who photographed fashion, urban design, and city life
• Yutaka Take (豊, born 1969), Japanese jockey
• Yutaka Takenouchi (豊, born 1971), Japanese actor
• Yutaka Tanaka (ユタカ, born 1966), Japanese manga artist
• Yutaka Taniyama (豊, 1927–1958), Japanese mathematician
• Yutaka Wada (豊, born 1962), former Japanese baseball player
• Yutaka Yaguchi (born 1932), Chief Instructor and Chairman of the International Shotokan Karate Federation
• Yutaka Yamaguchi (泰, born 1940), member of the Group of Thirty
• Yutaka Yamamoto (寛, born 1974), Japanese animation director
• Yutaka Yokokura (裕, born 1956), Japanese jazz musician
• Yutaka Yoshie (豊, born 1974), Japanese professional wrestler
• Yutaka Uke (ゆたか), real name of The Gazette's drummer Kai

Fictional characters:

• Yutaka Kobayakawa (ゆたか), character in the anime series Lucky Star
• Yutaka Kobayashi, Megatokyo character
• Yutaka Seto (豊), character in the novel, film and manga Battle Royale
• Yutaka Tamaru (裕), minor character in the Suzumiya Haruhi franchise

with the surname Yutaka

• Makoto Yutaka (豊), character in the manga series The Day of Revolution/Princess Princess
• Mikoto Yutaka (豊), character in the manga series The Day of Revolution/Princess Princess

See also

• Yutaka, Hiroshima, town located in Toyota District of Hiroshima, Japan
• Fukuhoku Yutaka Line, four sections of railway line in Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan
• Yutaka (video game company), the name of a Japanese-only video game company