Hideaki

Hideaki (ひであき) is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings
Hideaki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:


 * 秀秋, "excellent", "autumn"
 * 英秋, "outstanding", "autumn"
 * 秀明, "excellent", "bright"
 * 英明, "outstanding", "bright"
 * 秀朗, "excellent", "clear"
 * 秀昭, "excellent", "shining"
 * 英昭, "outstanding", "shining"
 * 秀章, "excellent", "composition"
 * 秀聡, "excellent", "wise"
 * 秀彰, "excellent", "clear"

A popular kanji is 明 (the combination of two different characters 日 = sun and 月 = moon) which means "the light coming from the sun", "sunlight and moonlight", "bright", "intelligent", "wisdom" or "truth". The name can also be written in hiragana.

People with the name

 * Hideaki Aida (相田 秀晃), Japanese rower
 * Hideaki Akaiwa (born 1968), Japanese hero of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
 * Hideaki Anno (庵野 秀明), Japanese animator and film director
 * Hideaki Hagino (萩野 英明), Japanese footballer
 * Kobayakawa Hideaki (小早川 秀秋), Japanese daimyō
 * Iba Hideaki (伊庭秀明), Japanese swordsman
 * Hideaki Ikematsu (池松 秀明), Japanese footballer
 * Hideaki Inaba (因幡 英昭), Japanese powerlifter
 * Hideaki Ishi (石 英明), Japanese record producer and DJ Krush
 * Hideaki Itsuno (伊津野 英昭), Japanese video game director and designer
 * Hideaki Itō (伊藤 英明), Japanese actor
 * Hideaki Kabumoto (株元 英彰), Japanese actor
 * Hideaki Kaetsu (嘉悦 秀明), Japanese footballer
 * Hideaki Kamei (亀井 秀明), Japanese fencer
 * Hideaki Kase (加瀬 英明), Japanese diplomat
 * Hideaki Kawamura (河村 英昭), Japanese hurdler
 * Hideaki Kikuchi (菊地 英昭), Japanese guitarist
 * Hideaki Kitajima (北嶋 秀朗), Japanese footballer
 * Hideaki Kobayashi (composer) (小林 秀聡), Japanese composer
 * Hideaki Kobayashi (diplomat) (小林 秀明), Japanese diplomat
 * Hideaki Kurokawa (黒川 秀明), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Hideaki Maeguchi (前口 英明), Japanese rower
 * Hideaki Matsuura (松裏 英明), Japanese footballer
 * Hideaki Miyamura (born 1955), Japanese-born American potter
 * Hideaki Mori (森 秀昭), Japanese footballer
 * Hideaki Motoyama (本山 秀昭), Japanese badminton player
 * Hideaki Nitani (二谷 英明), Japanese actor
 * Hideaki Okabe (岡部 英明), Japanese politician
 * Hideaki Okubo (大久保 秀昭), Japanese baseball player
 * Hideaki Ōmura (大村 秀章), Japanese politician
 * Hideaki Ozawa (小澤 英明), Japanese footballer
 * Hideaki Sena (瀬名 秀明), Japanese pharmacologist and writer
 * Hideaki Sorachi (空知 英秋), Japanese manga artist
 * Hideaki Takatori (高取 秀明), Japanese singer and composer
 * Hideaki Takeda (武田 英明), Japanese footballer
 * Hideaki Takizawa (滝沢 秀明), Japanese actor and singer
 * Hideaki Tezuka (手塚 秀彰), Japanese actor and voice actor
 * Hideaki Tokunaga (德永 英明), Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
 * Hideaki Tominaga (富永 英明), Japanese footballer
 * Hideaki Tomiyama (富山 英明), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Hideaki Ueno (上野 秀章), Japanese footballer
 * Hideaki Utsumi (内海 秀明), Japanese video game composer
 * Hideaki Wakui (涌井 秀章), Japanese baseball player
 * Hideaki Yamada (山田 秀明), Japanese cross-country skier
 * Hideaki Yamazaki (山崎 秀晃), Japanese kickboxer
 * Hideaki Yanagida (柳田 英明), Japanese sport wrestler

Fictional characters

 * Hideaki Kurashige (倉茂 秀明), a character in the manga series Miracle Girls
 * Hideaki Mashimo (真下 ヒデアキ), a character in the anime series Digimon Fusion
 * Hideaki Nakajima (中嶋 英明), a character in the manga series Gakuen Heaven
 * Hideaki Tōjō (東条 秀明), a character in the manga series Ace of Diamond
 * Hideaki Yoshizawa (吉沢 秀明), a character in the manga series Ace of Diamond