title: Kazuya
text: # 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
  