Naoki

Naoki

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Naoki (直樹) is a masculine Japanese given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

• Naoki Abe (阿部 直紀; born 1945), Japanese long jumper
• Naoki Bandō (坂東 尚樹; born 1957), Japanese voice actor
• Naoki Chiba (千葉 直樹; born 1977), Japanese former football player
• Naoki Eiga (栄花 直輝; born 1967), Japanese kendoka
• Naoki Furukawa (古川 直季; born 1968), Japanese politician
• Naoki Goto (後東 尚輝; born 2002), Japanese footballer
• Naoki Hagiwara (萩原 直輝; born 1996), Japanese goalball player
• Naoki Hamaguchi (浜口 直樹; born 1981), Japanese video game programmer and director
• Naoki Hanawa (塙 尚輝; born 1976), Japanese singer and comedian
• Naoki Hane (羽根 直樹; born 1976), Japanese professional 9 dan Go player
• Naoki Hatada (畑田 真輝; born 1990), Japanese footballer
• Naoki Hatta (八田 直樹; born 1986), Japanese retired footballer
• Naoki Hattori (服部 尚貴; born 1966), Japanese motoring journalist and racing driver
• Naoki Hayashi (林 尚輝; born 1998), Japanese professional footballer
• Naoki Higashida (東田 直樹; born 1992), Japanese autistic writer
• Naoki Hiraoka (平岡 直起; born 1973), Japanese former football player and manager
• Naoki Hisaya (久弥 直樹), Japanese screenwriter
• Naoki Hommachi (本街 直樹; born 1968), Japanese former football player
• Naoki Hoshino (星野 直樹; 1892–1978), Japanese politician
• Naoki Hyakuta (百田 尚樹; born 1956), Japanese novelist, television producer, and politician
• Naoki Imamura (今村 直樹; born 1973), Japanese voice actor
• Naoki Imaya (今矢 直城; born 1980), Japanese footballer
• Naoki Inose (猪瀬 直樹; born 1946), Japanese journalist, historian, social critic and biographer
• Naoki Inoue (井上 直樹; born 1997), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Naoki Inoue (footballer) (井上 直輝; born 1997), Japanese footballer
• Naoki Inoue (sprinter) (井上 直紀; born 2003), Japanese sprinter
• Naoki Ishibashi (石橋 直希; born 1981), Japanese former football player
• Naoki Ishihara (石原 直樹; born 1984), Japanese former professional footballer
• Naoki Ishikawa (石川 直樹; born 1985), Japanese former professional footballer
• Naoki Ishikawa (kickboxer) (石川 直生; born 1989), Japanese retired kickboxer
• Naoki Ishikawa (photographer) (石川 直樹; born 1977), Japanese photographer and mountaineer
• Naoki Izumiya (泉谷 直木; born 1948), Japanese businessman and the president and CEO of Asahi Breweries
• Naoki Kanuma (鹿沼 直生; born 1997), Japanese professional footballer
• Naoki Kawaguchi (川口 尚紀; born 1994), Japanese footballer
• Naoki Kawamae (川前 直樹; born 1982), Japanese badminton player
• Naoki Kawamata (川俣 直樹; born 1985), Japanese rugby union player
• Naoki Kawano (川野 直輝; born 1982), Japanese actor and musician
• Naoki Kazama (風間 直樹; born 1966), Japanese politician
• Naoki Kobayashi (小林 直己; born 1984), Japanese dancer and actor
• Naoki Kobayashi (sprinter) (小林 直己; born 1990), Japanese track and field sprinter
• Naoki Kodaka (小高 直樹; born 1984), Japanese video game music composer
• Naoki Kojima (兒島 直樹; born 2000), Japanese track and road cyclist
• Naoki Koyama (小山 直城; born 1996), Japanese marathon runner
• Naoki Koyama (shogi professional) (小山 直希; born 1999), Japanese professional shogi player
• Naoki Kumata (熊田 直紀; born 2004), Japanese footballer
• Naoki Kunishima (國島 直希; born 1994), Japanese actor and model
• Naoki Kurita (栗田 直紀; born 1971), Japanese sport shooter
• Naoki Kuriyama (栗山 直樹; born 1990), Japanese retired footballer
• Naoki Kusumi (久住 有生; born 1972), Japanese artist
• Naoki Kusunose (楠瀬 直木; born 1964), Japanese football manager and former player
• Naoki Kuwata (桑田 尚樹; born 1977), Japanese actor and model
• Naoki Maeda (footballer, born 1994) (前田 直輝; born 1994), Japanese professional footballer
• Naoki Maeda (footballer, born 1996) (前田 尚輝; born 1996), Japanese footballer
• Naoki Matayoshi (又吉 直樹; born 1980), Japanese novelist and comedian
• Naoki Matoba (的場 直樹; born 1977), Japanese baseball player
• Naoki Matsuda (松田 直樹; 1977–2011), Japanese professional footballer
• Naoki Matsudo (松戸 直樹; born 1973), Japanese motorbike racer
• Naoki Matsumoto (松本 直樹; born 1998), Japanese professional baseball player
• Naoki Matsushita (mixed martial artist) (松下 直樹; born 1973), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Naoki Matsuyo (松代 直樹; born 1974), Japanese former football player
• Naoki Minezaki (峰崎 直樹; born 1944), Japanese politician
• Naoki Miyamoto (宮本 直毅; 1934–2012), Japanese professional Go player
• Naoki Miyanishi (宮西 尚生; born 1985), Japanese professional baseball pitcher
• Naoki Mizunuma (水沼 尚輝; born 1996), Japanese swimmer
• Naoki Monna (門奈 直樹; born 1942), Japanese sociologist
• Naoki Mori (footballer, born 1972) (森 直樹; born 1972), Japanese former football player
• Naoki Mori (footballer, born 1977) (森 直樹; born 1972), Japanese professional football manager and former player
• Naoki Mori (virologist) (森 直樹), Japanese virologist
• Naoki Motomura (本村 直樹; born 1992), Japanese rugby sevens player
• Naoki Murata (村田 直樹; 1949–2020), Japanese judoka and author
• Naoki Nagasaka (長坂 尚樹; born 1953), Japanese former racing driver
• Naoki Naito (内藤 直樹; born 1968), Japanese former football player
• Naoki Nakagawa (中川 直樹; born 1996), Japanese tennis player
• Naoki Nakahigashi (中東 直己; born 1981), Japanese professional baseball player
• Naoki Nakamura (中村 直幹; born 1996), Japanese ski jumper
• Naoki Nakamura (racing driver) (中村 直樹; born 1982), Japanese professional drifter
• Naoki Naruo (鳴尾 直軌; born 1974), Japanese former football player and manager
• Naoki Nishioka (born 2006), Japanese sprinter
• Naoki Nokubo (野久保 直樹; born 1981), Japanese television personality
• Naoki Nomura (野村 直輝; born 1991), Japanese footballer
• Naoki Okada (岡田 直樹; born 1962), Japanese politician
• Naoki Okami (born 2000), Japanese sprinter
• Naoki Otani (大谷 尚輝; born 1995), Japanese footballer
• Naoki Ozawa (小沢 直樹; born 1988), Japanese rugby union player
• Naoki Rossi (born 2007), Swiss figure skater
• Naoki Saito (さいとう なおき; born 1982), Japanese illustrator, manga artist, and YouTuber
• Naoki Saito (mathematician), Japanese mathematician
• Naoki Sakai (footballer) (酒井 直樹; born 1975), Japanese former football player
• Naoki Sakai (industrial designer) (坂井 直樹; born 1947), Japanese industrial designer
• Naoki Sakurada (桜田 直樹; born 1968), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Naoki Sanda (三田 尚希; born 1992), Japanese footballer
• Naoki Sano (佐野 直喜; born 1965), Japanese retired professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist
• Naoki Satō (佐藤 直紀; born 1970), Japanese composer
• Naoki Sato (footballer) (佐藤 尚輝; born 1996), Japanese footballer
• Naoki Satoh (baseball) (佐藤 直樹; born 1998), Japanese professional baseball outfielder
• Naoki Segi (瀬木 直貴; born 1963), Japanese film director
• Naoki Shigematsu (重松 直樹; born 1977), Japanese former competitive figure skater
• Naoki Shimura (志村 直紀; born 1941), Japanese ski jumper
• Naoki Shirane (白根 尚貴; born 1993), Japanese former professional baseball player
• Naoki Soma (相馬 直樹; born 1971), Japanese football manager and former player
• Naoki Sugai (菅井 直樹; born 1984), Japanese former football player
• Naoki Sugioka (杉岡 尚樹; born 1994), Japanese handball player
• Naoki Sugiura (杉浦 直樹; 1931–2011), Japanese actor
• Naoki Sutoh (須藤 直輝; born 2002), Japanese professional footballer
• Naoki Tajima (田島 尚輝; born 2000), Japanese tennis player
• Naoki Takahashi (高橋 直樹; born 1976), Japanese former football player
• Naoki Takashima (高島 直樹; 1950–2023), Japanese politician
• Naoki Tajima (田島 尚輝; born 2000), Japanese tennis player
• Naoki Takeshi (武子 直輝; born 1993), Japanese actor
• Naoki Takizawa (滝沢 直己; born 1960), Japanese fashion designer
• Naoki Tanaka (comedian) (田中 直樹; born 1971), Japanese comedian, actor and television presenter
• Naoki Tanaka (footballer) (田中 直基; born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Naoki Tanaka (politician) (田中 直紀; born 1940), Japanese former politician
• Naoki Tanaka (kickboxer) (田中 直樹; born 1992), Japanese kickboxer
• Naoki Tanemura (種村 直樹; 1936–2014), Japanese writer, essayist and critic
• Naoki Tanizaki (谷嵜 直樹; born 1978), Japanese professional wrestler
• Naoki Tatsuta (龍田 直樹; born 1950), Japanese voice actor
• Naoki Tokunaga (徳永 直紀; born 1966), Japanese former technical director
• Naoki Tsubaki (椿 直起; born 2000), Japanese professional footballer
• Naoki Tsukahara (塚原 直貴; born 1985), Japanese track and field sprinter
• Naoki Urasawa (浦沢 直樹; born 1960), Japanese manga artist and musician
• Naoki Urata (浦田 尚希; born 1974), Japanese former Japanese football player
• Naoki Uto (宇都 直輝; born 1991), Japanese professional basketball player
• Naoki Wako (輪湖 直樹; born 1989), Japanese footballer
• Naoki Yamada (山田 直輝; born 1990), Japanese footballer
• Naoki Yamamoto (manga artist) (山本 直樹; born 1960), Japanese manga artist
• Naoki Yamamoto (racing driver) (山本 尚貴; born 1988), Japanese racing driver
• Naoki Yanagi (矢薙 直樹; born 1972), Japanese voice actor
• Naoki Yasuzaki (安崎 直幹; born 1969), Japanese former ski jumper
• Naoki Yokomizo (横溝 直輝; born 1980), Japanese racing driver
• Naoki Yokoyama (横山 直樹; born 1949), Japanese electrical engineer
• Naoki Yoshida (吉田 直樹; born 1973), Japanese video game producer, director and designer
• Naoki Yoshikawa (吉川 尚輝; born 1995), Japanese professional baseball second baseman
• Naoki Yuasa (湯浅 直樹; born 1983), Japanese alpine ski racer
• Kazu Naoki (直木 和; 1918–1940s), Japanese football player
• Sanjugo Naoki (直木 三十五; 1891–1934), Japanese novelist

Fictional characters

• Naoki Domon, a character of Gekisou Sentai Carranger
• Naoki Hanzawa, a character of Naoki Hanzawa
• Naoki Ishida, a character of Cardfight!! Vanguard
• Naoki Kashima, the name given to the Demi-Fiend protagonist in the radio play version of Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
• Naoki Azuma, a character in the web manga series "Takopi's Original Sin"

See also

• Naoki Prize, a Japanese literary award presented semiannually