Shōta

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

Possible writings
Shōta can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
 * 消太, "erase, thick"
 * 正太, "correct, thick"
 * 翔太, "soar, thick"
 * 章太, "composition, thick"
 * 奨太, "reward, thick"
 * 将太, "general, thick"

People with the name

 * Shota Akiyoshi (秋吉 翔太), Japanese golfer
 * Shouta Aoi (蒼井 翔太), 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), Japanese shogi player
 * Shota Dobayashi (堂林 翔太), Japanese baseball player
 * Endō Shōta (遠藤 聖大), Japanese sumo wrestler
 * Shota Fujio (藤尾 翔太), Japanese footballer
 * Shota Haku (白 翔太), stage name Soul, Japanese singer, member of South Korean boy band P1Harmony
 * Shota Hayashi (林 祥太), Japanese footballer
 * Shota Hazui (born 1986), Japanese water polo player
 * Shota Horie (堀江 翔太), Japanese rugby union player
 * Shota Hoshi (星 翔太), Japanese futsal player
 * Shōta Iizuka (飯塚 翔太), Japanese sprinter
 * Ikioi Shōta (勢 翔太), Japanese sumo wrestler
 * Shota Imai (今井 昌太), Japanese footballer
 * Shōta Imanaga (今永 昇太), Japanese baseball player
 * Shota Inoue (井上 翔太), Japanese footballer
 * Shota Ishimine (伊志嶺 翔大), Japanese baseball outfielder
 * Shota Iwata (岩田 正太), Japanese footballer
 * Shota Kanno (菅野 将太), Japanese footballer
 * Shota Kawanishi (川西 翔太), Japanese footballer
 * Shota Kimura (baseball) (木村 正太), Japanese baseball player
 * Shota Kimura (footballer) (木村 勝太), Japanese footballer
 * Shota Kobayashi (古林 将太), Japanese footballer
 * Shota Koide (小井手 翔太), Japanese footballer
 * Shota Koike (小池 翔大), Japanese baseball catcher
 * Shota Matsuda (松田 翔太), Japanese actor
 * Shota Matsuhashi (松橋 章太), Japanese footballer
 * Shota Matsushima (松島 庄汰), Japanese actor
 * Shota Nakamura (中村 奨太), Japanese speed skater
 * Shota Nakazaki (中崎 翔太), Japanese baseball player
 * Shota Oba (大場 翔太), Japanese baseball pitcher
 * Shota Ohno (大野 奨太), Japanese baseball catcher
 * Shota Otsuka (大塚 翔太), Japanese footballer
 * Shota Rustaveli (12th–13th centuries) Georgian poet, author of The Knight in the Panther's Skin
 * Shota Saito (齋藤 翔太), Japanese footballer
 * Shota Saito (斎藤 翔太), Japanese footballer
 * Shota Saito (actor) (斉藤 祥太), Japanese actor
 * Shota Sakaki (榊 翔太), Japanese footballer
 * Shota Sasaki (佐々木 将汰), Japanese slalom canoeist
 * Shota Shimizu (清水 翔太), Japanese musician and singer-songwriter
 * Shōta Sometani (染谷 将太, born 1992), Japanese actor
 * Shōta Suzuki (baseball) (鈴木 翔太), 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), Japanese actor
 * Shota Takeda (武田 翔太), Japanese baseball pitcher
 * Shota Takekuma (武隈 祥太), Japanese baseball player
 * Shota Umino (海野 翔太), 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