Kazuya
# Kazuya

Kazuya (かずや, カズヤ) is a masculine Japanese given name.

## Possible writings

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

* 一八, "one, eight"
* 一矢, "one, arrow"
* 一也, "one, to be"
* 一夜, "one, night"
* 和也, "harmony, to be"
* 和矢, "harmony, arrow"
* 和哉, "harmony, particle"
* 和夜, "harmony, night"
* 冬也, "winter, to be"
* 冬夜, "winter, night"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

## People with the name

* Kazuya Abe, Japanese mixed martial artist
* Kazuya Adachi (足立 和也, born 1990), Japanese slalom canoeist
* Kazuya Deguchi (出口 一也, born 1966), Japanese sport wrestler
* Kazuya Fujita (一也), Japanese professional baseball infielder
* Kazuya Fukuura (和也), Japanese professional baseball first baseman
* Kazuya Fukuzaki (冬也), Japanese footballer
* Kazuya Hatayama (和也), Japanese politician
* Kazuya Hiraide (和也), Japanese ski mountaineer and mountain climber
* Kazuya Ichijō (和矢), Japanese voice actor
* Kazuya Igarashi (五十嵐 和也, born 1965), Japanese footballer
* Kazuya Iio (飯尾 和也, born 1980), Japanese footballer
* Kazuya Kamenashi (和也), Japanese singer–songwriter, actor and member of J-pop idol group KAT-TUN
* Kazuya Kaneda (和也), Japanese swimmer
* Kazuya Kato (加藤 和也, born 1952), Japanese mathematician
* Kazuya Kawabata (和哉), Japanese football player
* Kazuya Kudō [ja] (かずや), Japanese writer who authored Mai, the Psychic Girl and Pineapple Army
* Kazuya Kojima (一哉), Japanese comedian and actor
* Kazuya Kuroda (和也), Japanese animator, character designer and illustrator
* Kazuya Maekawa (和也), Japanese football player
* Kazuya Maruyama (和也), Japanese politician, attorney, and tarento
* Kazuya Minekura (かずや), Japanese manga artist
* Kazuya Murata (和哉), Japanese football player
* Kazuya Nakai (和哉 born 1967), Japanese voice actor
* Kazuya Oshima (和也), Japanese racing driver
* Kazuya Okazaki (和也), Japanese football player
* Kazuya Okazaki (和也), Japanese former professional racing cyclist
* Kazuya Onohara (小野原 和哉, born 1996), Japanese footballer
* Kazuya Shimizu (清水 和也, born 1997), Japanese futsal player
* Kazuya Shiraishi (白石 和彌, born 1974), Japanese film and television director
* Kazuya Takahashi (和也), Japanese actor
* Kazuya Takamiya (和也), Japanese professional baseball pitcher
* Kazuya Takeuchi (竹内 和也, born 1941), Japanese water polo player
* Kazuya Tatekabe (和也 1934–2015), Japanese voice actor
* Kazuya Tsurumaki (和哉), Japanese anime director
* Kazuya Tsutsui (和也), Japanese professional baseball pitcher
* Kazuya Sakamoto, Japanese member of the jpop band ON/OFF
* Kazuya Yamamura (和也), Japanese football player
* Kazuya Yoshioka (和也), Japanese ski jumper

## Fictional characters

* Kazuya Amon (亜門 一也), a secret character from the game Yakuza 2
* Kazuya Aoi, main character of Freezing
* Kazuya Aoike (和也), a supporting character in Boys Over Flowers.
* Kazuya Aoshima (カズヤ), one of the main characters from Little Battlers Experience
* Kazuya Hiramaru (一也), supporting character from Bakuman
* Kazuya Kinoshita (和也), main character of Rent-A-Girlfriend
* Kazuya Maeda (一也), main character of Photo Kano
* Kazuya Minegishi (一哉), main character of Devil Survivor
* Kazuya Mishima (一八), a main character in the Tekken fighting game series
* Kazuya Miyuki (一也), one of the main characters from Diamond no Ace
* Kazuya Nanase (和弥), a major character from Glass Rose
* Kazuya Shibuya (一也), a protagonist in the anime series Ghost Hunt
* Kazuya Shiranami (カズヤ), the protagonist of Galaxy Angel II: Zettai Ryouiki no Tobira
* Kazuya Tayama (和哉), supporting character in Hyōka
* Kazuya Uesugi (和也), central in the anime and manga series Touch
