Naoya

Naoya (written: 直也, 直哉, 直弥, 直矢 or 尚弥) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:


 * Naoya Fuji (藤 直也), Japanese footballer
 * Naoya Fujiwara (藤原 直哉), Japanese shogi player
 * Naoya Gomoto (郷本 直也), Japanese actor
 * Naoya Hatakeyama (畠山 直哉), Japanese photographer
 * Higonoumi Naoya (肥後ノ海　直哉), Japanese sumo wrestler
 * Naoya Inose (猪瀬 直哉), Japanese visual artist
 * Naoya Ishigami (石神 直哉), Japanese footballer
 * Naoya Kikuchi (菊地 直哉), Japanese footballer
 * Naoya Kondo (近藤 直也), Japanese footballer
 * Naoya Masuda (益田 直也), Japanese baseball player
 * Naoya Ogawa (小川 直也), Japanese judoka, professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
 * Naoya Okane (岡根 直哉), Japanese footballer
 * Naoya Saeki (佐伯 直哉), Japanese footballer
 * Naoya Sakamoto (阪本 直也), Japanese sprint canoeist
 * Naoya Shibamura (柴村 直弥), Japanese footballer
 * Naoya Shiga (志賀 直哉), Japanese writer
 * Shōdai Naoya (正代 直也), Japanese sumo wrestler
 * Naoya Tabara (田原 直哉), Japanese artistic gymnast and freestyle skier
 * Naoya Takahashi (髙橋 直也), Japanese footballer
 * Naoya Takei (武井 直也), Japanese sculptor
 * Naoya Tamura (田村 直也), Japanese footballer
 * Naoya Tamura (speed skater) (田村 直也), Japanese speed skater
 * Naoya Tomita (冨田 尚弥), Japanese swimmer
 * Naoya Tsukahara (塚原 直也), Japanese artistic gymnast
 * Naoya Uchida (内田 直哉), Japanese voice actor, actor and singer
 * Naoya Umeda (梅田 直哉), Japanese footballer
 * Naoya Urata (浦田 直也), Japanese singer, actor and dancer
 * Naoya Wada (和田 直也), Japanese composer
 * Naoya Yoshida (吉田 直矢), Japanese footballer
 * Naoya Sakamata (坂俣直哉), Japanese composer