Yutaka
Yutaka is a common masculine Japanese given name.Possible writings
Yutaka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 豊, "rich"
- 裕, "affluence"
- 優, "tenderness"
- 寛, "relaxation"
- 穣, "fertile"
- 温, "warmth"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.People
- Yutaka Abe, former Japanese film director and actor
- Yutaka Aihara, Japanese gymnast
- Yutaka Akita, Japanese former football player
- Yutaka Aoyama, Japanese vocal actor
- Yutaka Banno, Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan
- Yutaka Demachi, Japanese volleyball player
- Yutaka Ebina, Japanese ice hockey player
- Yutaka Enatsu, Japanese baseball pitcher
- Rickie Fowler, American Professional Golf Champion, named after maternal grandfather
- Yutaka Fujimoto, Japanese basketball player
- Yutaka Fukufuji, the first Japanese-born player to appear in a National Hockey League game
- Yutaka Fukumoto, professional baseball player
- Yutaka Fukushima, Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party
- Yutaka Haniya, Japanese author
- Yutaka Higuchi, Japanese figure skater
- Yutaka Higuchi, bassist for the Japanese rock band BUCK-TICK
- Yutaka Hirose, Japanese actor and voice actor
- Yutaka Ikeuchi, Japanese footballer
- Yutaka Inagawa, Japanese artist
- Yutaka Ishinabe, the first French Chef in the Japanese cooking show Iron Chef
- Yutaka Izubuchi, Japanese illustrator, anime designer and director
- Yutaka Kagaya, Japanese digital artist
- Yutaka Kanai, Japanese long-distance runner
- Yutaka Katayama, the first president of Nissan Motor Company in U.S.A
- Yutaka Kawaguchi, Japanese ice hockey player
- Yutaka Kisenosato, sumo wrestler
- Yutaka Mafune, playwright in Showa period Japan
- Yutaka Matsushige, Japanese actor
- Yutaka Minowa, character designer and animation director who works with Madhouse
- Yutaka Mizutani, Japanese actor and singer
- Yutaka Nakamura, Japanese animator
- Yutaka Niida, professional minimumweight boxer
- Yutaka Ohno, former Japanese baseball player
- Yutaka Ozaki, popular Japanese musician
- Yutaka Sado, Japanese conductor
- Yutaka Tachibana, Japanese manga artist
- Yutaka Tahara, Japanese football player
- Yutaka Takanashi, Japanese photographer who photographed fashion, urban design, and city life
- Yutaka Take, Japanese jockey
- Yutaka Takenouchi, Japanese actor
- Yutaka Tanaka, Japanese manga artist
- Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician
- Yutaka Wada, former Japanese baseball player
- Yutaka Yaguchi, Chief Instructor and Chairman of the International Shotokan Karate Federation
- Yutaka Yamada, Japanese composer
- Yutaka Yamaguchi, member of the Group of Thirty
- Yutaka Yamamoto, Japanese animation director
- Yutaka Yokokura, Japanese jazz musician
- Yutaka Yoshida, Japanese footballer
- Yutaka Yoshie, Japanese professional wrestler
- Yutaka Yoshinari, father of Taiwanese Cabinet spokeswoman Kolas Yotaka
- Kisenosato Yutaka, the 72nd Yokozuna
Fictional characters:
- Yutaka Kobayakawa, character in the anime series Lucky Star
- Yutaka Kobayashi, Megatokyo character
- Yutaka Seto, character in the novel, film and manga Battle Royale
- Yutaka Tamaru, minor character in the Suzumiya Haruhi franchise
- Yutaka Kazami, character in the Gyakuten Saiban
- Yutaka Kōno, character in the Darker than Black
;with the surname Yutaka
- Makoto Yutaka, character in the manga series The Day of Revolution/Princess Princess
- Mikoto Yutaka, character in the manga series The Day of Revolution/Princess Princess
