Naoto

Naoto

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Other names
Related names	Nao Naoya Naoki Naohito

Naoto (なおと, ナオト) is a male Japanese given name. It is most commonly used for males.

Written forms

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

• 直人, "honesty, person"
• 尚人, "esteem, person"
• 直登, "honesty, ascend"
• 尚登, "esteem, ascend"
• 直斗, "honesty, Big Dipper"
• 猶人, "easy-going/graceful, person"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

• Naoto (猶人), bass guitarist of the Japanese band Exist Trace
• Naoto Ando (安藤 由翔; born 1991), Japanese footballer
• Naoto Arai (新井 直人; born 1996), Japanese footballer
• Naoto Baba (馬場 直人; born 1996), Japanese cross-country skier
• Naoto Chino (知野 直人; born 1999), Japanese baseball player
• Naoto Fukasawa (深澤 直人; born 1956), Japanese designer, author and educator
• Naoto Hasegawa (長谷川 直人; born 1996), Japanese high jumper
• Naoto Hayasaka (早坂 尚人; born 1995), Japanese artistic gymnast
• Naoto Hikosaka (彦坂 直人; born 1962), Japanese professional Go player
• Naoto Hiraishi (平石 直人; born 1992), Japanese footballer
• Naoto Hirooka (廣岡 直人; born 1977), Japanese imaginations-related fashion designer
• Naoto Hiroyama (廣山 直人; born 1983), Japanese guitarist and headman of the J-rock band Orange Range
• Naoto Inada (稲田 直人; born 1979), Japanese retired professional infielder
• Naoto Itō (伊藤 直人; born 1969), Japanese ski jumper
• Naoto Kamifukumoto (上福元 直人; born 1989), Japanese footballer
• Naoto Kataoka (片岡 直人; born 1983), Japanese dancer, actor, rapper and creative director
• Naoto Kine (木根 尚登; born 1957), Japanese guitarist of the Japanese band TM NETWORK
• Naoto Kojima (小島 直人; born 1978), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Naoto Matsukura (松倉 直人; born 1993), Japanese radio-controlled car racer
• Naoto Matsuo (松尾 直人; born 1979), Japanese former football player
• Naoto Miki (三木 直土; born 2001), Japanese professional footballer
• Naoto Minegishi (峰岸 直人; born 1950), Japanese water polo player
• Naoto Misawa (三沢 直人; born 1995), Japanese football player
• Naoto Nakamura (中村 直人; born 1979), Japanese singer-songwriter and composer
• Naoto Nakamura (rugby union) (中村 直人; born 1969), Japanese former rugby union player
• Naoto Nishida (西田 直斗; born 1993), Japanese professional baseball player
• Naoto Nishiguchi (西口 直人; born 1996), Japanese professional baseball pitcher
• Naoto Ogata (緒形 直人; born 1967), Japanese actor
• Naoto Ohshima (大島 直人; born 1964), Japanese video game designer and artist
• Naoto Okazaki (岡崎 直人; born 1969), Japanese fencer
• Naoto Oku (於久 直人; born 1971), Japanese archer
• Naoto Otake (大嶽 直人; born 1968), Japanese former football player and manager
• Naoto Ōtani (大谷 直人; born 1952), Japanese lawyer
• Naoto Sago (佐合 尚人; born 1992), Japanese karateka
• Naoto Saitō (斉藤 直人; born 1997), Japanese rugby union player
• Naoto Sakurai (桜井 直人; born 1975), Japanese former football player
• Naoto Satō (佐藤 直人; born 1953), Japanese astronomer
• Naoto Sawai (澤井 直人; born 1995), Japanese professional footballer
• Naoto Shibata (柴田 直人; born 1958), Japanese bass guitarist of the Japanese band Anthem
• Naoto Suenaga (末永 直登; born 1976), Japanese professional drifting driver
• Naoto Tajima (田島 直人; 1912–1990), Japanese athlete and gold medalist
• Naoto Takenaka (竹中 直人; born 1956), Japanese actor, comedian, singer and director
• Naoto Tobe (戸邉 直人; born 1992), Japanese high jumper
• Naoto Tsuji (辻 直人; born 1989), Japanese professional basketball player
• Naoto Tsuru (鶴 直人; born 1987), Japanese former professional baseball pitcher
• Naoto Ueno (上野 直人; born 1964), Japanese Director of the University of Hawaiʻi (Mānoa) Cancer Center
• Naoto Watanabe (渡辺 直人; born 1980), Japanese former professional baseball infielder
• Naoto Yoshii (吉井 直人; born 1987), Japanese former footballer

Fictional characters

• Naoto Date (直人), the protagonist of the manga and anime series Tiger Mask
• Naoto Fuyumine (直人), one of the main characters in the Dogs: Bullets & Carnage series
• Naoto Kirihara (直人), the main character in the J-drama Night Head and Night Head Genesis anime
• Naoto Kurogane (ナオト), a supporting character in the BlazBlue video game series
• Naoto Sho (直人), the main hero of the Japanese tokusatsu series Gridman the Hyper Agent
• Naoto Shirogane (直斗), one of the main characters in the video game Persona 4
• Naoto Kōzuki (直人), a minor character from the anime Code Geass
• Naoto Takayama (高山 直人), the main protagonist of the manga and anime series Rail Wars!
• Naoto Takizawa, the sixth ranger of the Super Sentai season "Mirai Sentai Timeranger"
• Naoto Tamura, the protagonist of the Metal Hero season "Kidou Keiji Jiban"
• Naoto Miura (見浦ナオト), one of the main characters of the manga and anime series Clockwork Planet
• Naoto Hachiouji (八王子 直人), one of the two main characters of the manga and anime series "Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro"
• Naoto Tachibana, one of three main characters of "Tokyo Revengers"

See also

• H. Naoto (born 1978), Japanese fashion brand
• 6025 Naotosato, a Main-belt Asteroid
• Naota, the main character of FLCL