title: Naoki
text: # Naoki
  
  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 Bandou, voice actor
  * Naoki Harada (原田直樹, born 1991), Japanese footballer
  * Naoki Hatada (畑田 真輝, born 1990), Japanese footballer
  * Naoki Hattori (born 1966), race car driver
  * 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 Izumiya (born 1951), president and CEO of Asahi Breweries
  * Naoki Kawamata (born 1985), Japanese rugby union player
  * Naoki Kobayashi (小林 直己, born 1984), Japanese dancer and actor
  * Naoki Kodaka, Japanese composer
  * Naoki Maeda (disambiguation), multiple people
  * 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 (1977-2011), soccer player
  * Naoki Matsudo (born 1973), motorbike racer
  * Naoki Mihara (三原 直樹, born 1987), Japanese footballer
  * Naoki Mizunuma (水沼 尚輝, born 1996), Japanese swimmer
  * Naoki Nakagawa, tennis player
  * Naoki Nokubo (野久保 直樹, born 1981), Japanese television personality
  * Naoki Sanjugo, novelist
  * Naoki Saito (さいとう なおき, born 1982), Japanese illustrator, manga artist, and YouTuber
  * Naoki Satō (佐藤 直紀, born 1970), Japanese composer
  * Naoki Sato (footballer) (佐藤 尚輝, born 1996), Japanese footballer
  * Naoki Segi (born 1963), film director
  * Naoki Soma (born 1971), Japanese football defender
  * Naoki Takeshi, actor
  * Naoki Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
  * Naoki Tanisaki (born 1978), Japanese wrestler
  * Naoki Tatsuta (born 1950), Japanese voice actor
  * Naoki Urasawa (born 1960), Japanese manga artist
  * Naoki Urata (浦田 尚希, born 1974), Japanese footballer
  * Naoki Yamada (born 1990), soccer player
  * Naoki Yamamoto (racing driver) (山本尚貴, born 1988), Japanese racing driver
  * Naoki Yoshida (吉田 直樹, born 1973), Japanese video game producer, director and designer
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Naoki Kashima, the name given to the Demi-Fiend protagonist in the radio play version of Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
  * Naoki Domon, a character Gekisou Sentai Carranger
  