Naoto
Naoto is a masculine Japanese given name.Possible writings
Naoto can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 直人, "honesty, person"
- 尚人, "esteem, person"
- 直登, "honesty, ascend"
- 尚登, "esteem, ascend"
- 直斗, "honesty, Big Dipper"
- 猶人, "easy-going/graceful, person"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.People with the name
- Naoto Ando, Japanese footballer
- Naoto Arai, Japanese footballer
- Naoto Fukasawa, Japanese industrial designer
- Naoto Hikosaka, professional Go player
- Naoto Hiraishi, Japanese footballer
- Naoto Hirooka, Japanese avant-garde fashion designer
- Naoto Hiroyama, the guitarist and headman of the J-rock band Orange Range
- Naoto Nakamura or Naoto Inti Raymi, singer-songwriter
- Naoto Itō, Japanese ski jumper
- Naoto Kan, Japanese politician - former Prime Minister of Japan
- Naoto Kataoka , Japanese dancer, actor, rapper and creative director
- Naoto Kine, the guitarist of the Japanese band TM NETWORK
- Naoto Matsukura, Japanese radio-controlled car racer
- Naoto Matsuo, Japanese football player
- Naoto Minegishi, Japanese water polo player
- Naoto Ohshima, original character designer of Sonic the Hedgehog and Dr. Robotnik
- Naoto Otake, Japanese football player
- Naoto Saito, Japanese rugby union player
- Naoto Sakurai, Japanese football player
- Naoto Sato, Japanese astronomer
- Naoto Tajima, Japanese athlete and gold medalist
- Naoto Takenaka, Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director
- Naoto Tsuji, Japanese basketball player
- Naoto Watanabe, Nippon Baseball player
- Naoto Shibata, bass guitarist of the Japanese band Anthem
- Naoto, bass guitarist of the Japanese band exist trace
Fictional characters
- Naoto Date, the protagonist of the manga and anime series Tiger Mask
- Naoto Date, one of the supporting characters in the Japanese drama series Jotei
- Naoto Fuyumine, one of the main characters in the series
- Naoto Kirihara, the main character in the J-drama Night Head and Night Head Genesis anime
- Naoto Kurogane, a supporting character in the BlazBlue video game series
- Naoto Sho, the main hero of the Japanese tokusatsu series Gridman the Hyper Agent
- Naoto Shirogane, one of the main characters in the game Persona 4
- Naoto Kōzuki, a minor character from the anime Code Geass
- Naoto Takayama, the main protagonist of the manga and anime series Rail Wars!
- Naoto Takizawa, the sixth ranger of the Super Sentai season "Mirai Sentai Timeranger"
- Naoto Miura, one of the main characters of the manga and anime series Clockwork Planet
