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 (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

See also

• 7353 Kazuya, a main-belt asteroid