Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Shota

翔太しょうた

A boy name with 3 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 翔太, combines soar + thick.

Hiragana
しょうた
Katakana
ショウタ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Shōta
Morae
3 しょうた
Gender
Boy

Kanji spellings

The same name can be written with different characters. Parents choose the kanji for its meaning.

Nicknames

How friends and family might shorten Shota. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • しょうくんshō-kun
  • しょうちゃんshō-chan
  • しょうたくんshōta-kun
  • しょうたちゃんshōta-chan
  • しょーちゃんsho-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji