Kazuya

Kazuya (かずや, カズヤ) is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings
Kazuya can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
 * 一八, "one, eight"
 * 一矢, "one, arrow"
 * 一也, "one, to be"
 * 一夜, "one, night"
 * 和也, "harmony, to be"
 * 和矢, "harmony, arrow"
 * 和哉, "harmony, particle"
 * 和夜, "harmony, night"
 * 冬也, "winter, to be"
 * 冬夜, "winter, night"

People with the name

 * Kazuya Abe, Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Kazuya Adachi (足立 和也), Japanese slalom canoeist
 * Kazuya Deguchi (出口 一也), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Kazuya Fujita (一也), Japanese professional baseball infielder
 * Kazuya Fukuura (和也), Japanese professional baseball first baseman
 * Kazuya Fukuzaki (冬也), Japanese footballer
 * Kazuya Hatayama (和也), Japanese politician
 * Kazuya Hiraide (和也), Japanese ski mountaineer and mountain climber
 * Kazuya Ichijō (和矢), Japanese voice actor
 * Kazuya Igarashi (五十嵐 和也), Japanese footballer
 * Kazuya Iio (飯尾 和也), Japanese footballer
 * Kazuya Kamenashi (和也), Japanese singer–songwriter, actor and member of J-pop idol group KAT-TUN
 * Kazuya Kaneda (和也), Japanese swimmer
 * Kazuya Kato (加藤 和也), Japanese mathematician
 * Kazuya Kawabata (和哉), Japanese football player
 * Kazuya Kudō (かずや), Japanese writer who authored Mai, the Psychic Girl and Pineapple Army
 * Kazuya Kojima (一哉), Japanese comedian and actor
 * Kazuya Kuroda (和也), Japanese animator, character designer and illustrator
 * Kazuya Maekawa (和也), Japanese football player
 * Kazuya Maruyama (和也), Japanese politician, attorney, and tarento
 * Kazuya Minekura (かずや), Japanese manga artist
 * Kazuya Murata (和哉), Japanese football player
 * Kazuya Nakai (和哉 born 1967), Japanese voice actor
 * Kazuya Oshima (和也), Japanese racing driver
 * Kazuya Okazaki (和也), Japanese football player
 * Kazuya Okazaki (和也), Japanese former professional racing cyclist
 * Kazuya Onohara (小野原 和哉), Japanese footballer
 * Kazuya Shimizu (清水 和也), Japanese futsal player
 * Kazuya Shiraishi (白石 和彌), Japanese film and television director
 * Kazuya Takahashi (和也), Japanese actor
 * Kazuya Takamiya (和也), Japanese professional baseball pitcher
 * Kazuya Takeuchi (竹内 和也), Japanese water polo player
 * Kazuya Tatekabe (和也 1934–2015), Japanese voice actor
 * Kazuya Tsurumaki (和哉), Japanese anime director
 * Kazuya Tsutsui (和也), Japanese professional baseball pitcher
 * Kazuya Sakamoto, Japanese member of the jpop band ON/OFF
 * Kazuya Yamamura (和也), Japanese football player
 * Kazuya Yoshioka (和也), Japanese ski jumper

Fictional characters

 * Kazuya Amon (亜門 一也), a secret character from the game Yakuza 2
 * Kazuya Aoi, main character of Freezing
 * Kazuya Aoike (和也), a supporting character in Boys Over Flowers.
 * Kazuya Aoshima (カズヤ), one of the main characters from Little Battlers Experience
 * Kazuya Hiramaru (一也), supporting character from Bakuman
 * Kazuya Ikuta (和也), minor character in episode 34 & 35 on Kamen Rider Kuuga
 * Kazuya Kinoshita (和也), main character of Rent-A-Girlfriend
 * Kazuya Maeda (一也), main character of Photo Kano
 * Kazuya Minegishi (一哉), main character of Devil Survivor
 * Kazuya Mishima (一八), a main character in the Tekken fighting game series
 * Kazuya Miyuki (一也), one of the main characters from Diamond no Ace
 * Kazuya Nanase (和弥), a major character from Glass Rose
 * Kazuya Oki (一也), one of the main characters from Kamen Rider Super-1
 * Kazuya Shibuya (一也), a protagonist in the anime series Ghost Hunt
 * Kazuya Shiranami (カズヤ), the protagonist of Galaxy Angel II: Zettai Ryouiki no Tobira
 * Kazuya Tayama (和哉), supporting character in Hyōka
 * Kazuya Uesugi (和也), central in the anime and manga series Touch
 * Kazuya Yanagiba (和也), also known as Limone, a character in Wedding Peach