title: Naoya
text: # Naoya
  
  Naoya (written: 直也, 直哉, 直弥, 直矢 or 尚弥) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
  
  * Naoya Fuji (藤 直也, born 1993), Japanese footballer
  * Naoya Fujiwara (藤原 直哉, born 1965), Japanese shogi player
  * Naoya Gomoto (郷本 直也, born 1980), Japanese actor
  * Naoya Hatakeyama (畠山 直哉, born 1958), Japanese photographer
  * Higonoumi Naoya (肥後ノ海　直哉, born 1969), Japanese sumo wrestler
  * Naoya Inose (猪瀬 直哉, born 1988), Japanese visual artist
  * Naoya Ishigami (石神 直哉, born 1985), Japanese footballer
  * Naoya Kikuchi (菊地 直哉, born 1984), Japanese footballer
  * Naoya Kondo (近藤 直也, born 1983), Japanese footballer
  * Naoya Masuda (益田 直也, born 1989), Japanese baseball player
  * Naoya Ogawa (小川 直也, born 1968), Japanese judoka, professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
  * Naoya Okane (岡根 直哉, born 1988), Japanese footballer
  * Naoya Saeki (佐伯 直哉, born 1977), Japanese footballer
  * Naoya Sakamoto (阪本 直也, born 1988), Japanese sprint canoeist
  * Naoya Shibamura (柴村 直弥, born 1982), Japanese footballer
  * Naoya Shiga (志賀 直哉, 1883–1971), Japanese writer
  * Shōdai Naoya (正代 直也, born 1991), Japanese sumo wrestler
  * Naoya Tabara (田原 直哉, born 1980), Japanese artistic gymnast and freestyle skier
  * Naoya Takahashi (髙橋 直也, born 2001), Japanese footballer
  * Naoya Takei (武井 直也, 1893–1940), Japanese sculptor
  * Naoya Tamura (田村 直也, born 1984), Japanese footballer
  * Naoya Tamura (speed skater) (田村 直也, born 1979), Japanese speed skater
  * Naoya Tomita (冨田 尚弥, born 1989), Japanese swimmer
  * Naoya Tsukahara (塚原 直也, born 1977), Japanese artistic gymnast
  * Naoya Uchida (内田 直哉, born 1953), Japanese voice actor, actor and singer
  * Naoya Umeda (梅田 直哉, born 1978), Japanese footballer
  * Naoya Urata (浦田 直也, born 1982), Japanese singer, actor and dancer
  * Naoya Wada (和田 直也, born 1986), Japanese composer
  * Naoya Yoshida (吉田 直矢, born 1994), Japanese footballer
  * Naoya Sakamata (坂俣直哉, born 1986), Japanese composer
  