Arata (name)

Arata is both a Japanese and Italian surname, and a masculine Japanese given name. As an Italian surname, it means "plow", while in Japanese, its meaning depends on the kanji used to write it.

Surname
In Japanese, Arata is typically written using kanji meaning "uncultivated field" or "new field", though dozens of other ways of writing it also exist. People with these surnames include:
 * Yukie Arata (荒田 雪江), Japanese swimmer
 * Yoshiaki Arata (荒田 吉明), Japanese fusion power researcher
 * Hideyuki Arata (新田 英之), Japanese academic in the fields of engineering and physics
 * Tomoyuki Arata (荒田 智之), Japanese football striker in the J-League
 * Mackenyu Arata (新田 真剣佑), Japanese actor

Arata is also an Italian surname, from a southern Italian word for "plow". People with this surname include:


 * Luis Arata (1895–1967), Argentine stage and film actor
 * Antonino Arata (1883–1948), Italian prelate of the Catholic Church
 * Ubaldo Arata (1895–1947), Italian cinematographer
 * Tony Arata (born 1957), American singer-songwriter
 * Michael Arata (born 1966), American actor and film producer
 * Santiago Arata (born 1996), Uruguayan rugby union player

Given name
As a given name, Arata is typically written using a kanji meaning "new", though other ways of writing it are also seen (e.g. ). People with these given names include:


 * Hamao Arata (濱尾 新), Japanese politician and educator
 * Arata Endo (遠藤 新), Japanese architect
 * Arata Isozaki (磯崎 新), Japanese architect
 * Arata Kochi (古知 新), Japanese physician and public health expert
 * Arata Furuta (古田 新太), Japanese actor
 * Arata Iura (井浦 新), Japanese actor and model
 * Tamanoshima Arata (玉乃島 新), Japanese sumo wrestler
 * Arata Sugiyama (杉山 新), Japanese football defender in the J-League
 * Arata Fujiwara (藤原 新), Japanese marathon runner
 * Arata Izumi (和泉 新), Japanese football midfielder in the Indian Super League
 * Arata Kodama (児玉 新), Japanese football defender in the J-League
 * Arata Nishikiori (錦織 新), Japanese female team handball player
 * Arata Sonoda (園田 新), Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler
 * Arata Shiino (椎野 新), Japanese baseball player
 * Arata Tatsukawa (立川 新), Japanese judoka
 * Arata Koyama (小山 新), Japanese football defender in the J3 League

Fictional characters with these given names include:
 * Arata Wataya (綿谷 新), a main character in the 2000s and 2010s Japanese manga series Chihayafuru
 * Arata Kasuga (春日 アラタ), a main character in the 2010s Japanese manga series Trinity Seven
 * Arata Tsuchiyu (土湯 新), a character from the 2012–2020 anime series Haikyu!!
 * Arata Shindo (慎導灼), a protagonist of the 2019 anime series Psycho-Pass 3