Shōta, Shouta, or Shota (しょうた, ショウタ) is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Shōta can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 消太, "erase, thick"
• 正太, "correct, thick"
• 翔太, "soar, thick"
• 章太, "composition, thick"
• 奨太, "reward, thick"
• 将太, "general, thick"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

• Shota Akiyoshi (秋吉 翔太, born 1990), Japanese golfer
• Shouta Aoi (蒼井 翔太, born 1987), Japanese singer, actor, and voice actor
• Shota Arai (footballer, born 1985) (新井 翔太), Japanese footballer
• Shota Arai (footballer, born 1988) (新井 章太), Japanese footballer
• Shōta Chida (千田 翔太, born 1994), Japanese shogi player
• Shota Dobayashi (堂林 翔太, born 1991), Japanese baseball player
• Endō Shōta (遠藤 聖大, born 1990), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Shota Fujio (藤尾 翔太, born 2001), Japanese footballer
• Shota Haku (白 翔太, born 2005), stage name Soul, Japanese singer, member of South Korean boy band P1Harmony
• Shota Hayashi (林 祥太, born 1995), Japanese footballer
• Shota Hazui (born 1986), Japanese water polo player
• Shota Horie (堀江 翔太, born 1986), Japanese rugby union player
• Shota Hoshi (星 翔太, born 1985), Japanese futsal player
• Shōta Iizuka (飯塚 翔太, born 1991), Japanese sprinter
• Ikioi Shōta (勢 翔太, born 1986), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Shota Imai (今井 昌太, born 1984), Japanese footballer
• Shōta Imanaga (今永 昇太, born 1993), Japanese baseball player
• Shota Inoue (井上 翔太, born 1989), Japanese footballer
• Shota Ishimine (伊志嶺 翔大, born 1988), Japanese baseball outfielder
• Shota Iwata (岩田 正太, born 1988), Japanese footballer
• Shota Kanno (菅野 将太, born 1984), Japanese footballer
• Shota Kawanishi (川西 翔太, born 1988), Japanese footballer
• Shota Kimura (baseball) (木村 正太, born 1986), Japanese baseball player
• Shota Kimura (footballer) (木村 勝太, born 1988), Japanese footballer
• Shota Kobayashi (古林 将太, born 1991), Japanese footballer
• Shota Koide (小井手 翔太, born 1981), Japanese footballer
• Shota Koike (小池 翔大, born 1988), Japanese baseball catcher
• Shota Matsuda (松田 翔太, born 1985), Japanese actor
• Shota Matsuhashi (松橋 章太, born 1982), Japanese footballer
• Shota Matsushima (松島 庄汰, born 1990), Japanese actor
• Shota Nakamura (中村 奨太, born 1993), Japanese speed skater
• Shota Nakazaki (中崎 翔太, born 1992), Japanese baseball player
• Shota Oba (大場 翔太, born 1985), Japanese baseball pitcher
• Shota Ohno (大野 奨太, born 1987), Japanese baseball catcher
• Shota Otsuka (大塚 翔太, born 1987), Japanese footballer
• Shota Saito (齋藤 翔太), Japanese footballer
• Shota Saito (斎藤 翔太), Japanese footballer
• Shota Saito (斉藤 祥太), Japanese actor
• Shota Sakaki (榊 翔太, born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Shota Sasaki (佐々木 将汰, born 1993), Japanese slalom canoeist
• Shota Shimizu (清水 翔太, born 1989), Japanese musician and singer-songwriter
• Shōta Sometani (染谷 将太, born 1992), Japanese actor
• Shōta Suzuki (baseball) (鈴木 翔太, born 1995), Japanese baseball player
• Shota Suzuki (footballer, born 1984) (鈴木 将太), Japanese footballer
• Shota Suzuki (footballer, born 1996) (鈴木 翔太), Japanese footballer
• Shota Taguchi (田口 翔大, born 2004), Japanese actor
• Shota Takeda (武田 翔太, born 1993), Japanese baseball pitcher
• Shota Takekuma (武隈 祥太, born 1989), Japanese baseball player
• Shota Umino (海野 翔太, born 1997), Japanese professional wrestler

Fictional characters

• Shōta (ショータ)/Sawyer, a character in the anime series Pokémon XY
• Shota Aizawa (相澤 消太), a character in the manga series My Hero Academia
• Shota Amachi (天地 翔太), a character in the video game Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Kiss
• Shota Hikasa (日笠 将太), a character in the film Battle Royale II: Requiem
• Shota Ohara (大原正太), a main character from anime and manga series Little Ghost Q-Taro
• Shota Kazehaya (風早 翔太), a character in the manga series Kimi ni Todoke
• Shoutarou Kaneda (金田 正太郎), abbreviated "Shota", a character in the manga series Tetsujin 28-go
• Shota Magatsuchi (真ヶ土 翔太), a character in the manga series Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
• Shota Shibata, a lead character in the 2018 movie Shoplifters

See also

• Shota complex