Yutaka

Yutaka is a masculine Japanese given name.

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


 * 豊, "bountiful"
 * 裕, "affluence"
 * 穣, "fertile"
 * 温, "warmth"

The name can also be written in hiragana ゆたか or katakana ユタカ.

Notable people with the name

 * Yutaka Abe (阿部 豊), former Japanese film director and actor
 * Yutaka Aihara (相原 豊), Japanese gymnast
 * Yutaka Akita (秋田 豊, born 1970), Japanese former football player
 * Yutaka Aoyama (青山 穣, born 1965), Japanese vocal actor
 * Yutaka Banno (伴野 豊, born 1961), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan
 * Yutaka Demachi (出町 豊, born 1935), Japanese volleyball player
 * Yutaka Ebina (蛯名 豊), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Yutaka Enatsu (江夏 豊, born 1948), Japanese baseball pitcher
 * Rickie Fowler (リッキー・ユタカ・ファウラー, born 1988), Japanese-American Professional Golf Champion, named after maternal grandfather
 * Yutaka Fujimoto (藤本 裕), Japanese basketball player
 * Yutaka Fukufuji (福藤 豊, born 1982), the first Japanese-born player to appear in a National Hockey League game
 * Yutaka Fukumoto (福本 豊, born 1947), professional baseball player
 * Yutaka Fukushima (福島 豊, born 1958), Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party
 * Yutaka Gibbons (1944–2021), Palauan activist and politician
 * Yutaka Haniya (埴谷 雄高, 1909–1997), Japanese author
 * Yutaka Higuchi (樋口 豊, born 1949), Japanese figure skater
 * Yutaka Higuchi (桶口 豊, born 1967), bassist for the Japanese rock band BUCK-TICK
 * Yutaka Hirose (広瀬 裕, born 1962), Japanese actor and voice actor
 * Yutaka Ikeuchi (池内 豊), Japanese footballer
 * Yutaka Ishinabe (石鍋 裕, born 1948), the first French Chef in the Japanese cooking show Iron Chef
 * Yutaka Izubuchi (出渕 裕, born 1958), Japanese illustrator, anime designer and director
 * Yutaka Kagaya (加賀谷 穣, born 1968), Japanese digital artist
 * Yutaka Kanai (金井 豊, 1959–1990), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Yutaka Katayama (片山 豊, born 1909), the first president of Nissan Motor Company in U.S.A
 * Yutaka Kawaguchi (川口 寛), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Yutaka Kisenosato (稀勢の里 寛, born 1986), sumo wrestler (born Yutaka Hagiwara 萩原 寛)
 * Yutaka Mafune (真船 豊, 1902–1977), playwright in Showa period Japan
 * Yutaka Matsushige (松重 豊, born 1963), Japanese actor
 * Yutaka Minowa (箕輪 豊, born 1965), character designer and animation director who works with Madhouse
 * Yutaka Mizutani (水谷 豊, born 1952), Japanese actor and singer
 * Yutaka Nakamura (中村 豊), Japanese animator
 * Yutaka Niida (新井田 豊, born 1978), professional minimumweight boxer
 * Yutaka Ohno (大野 豊, born 1955), former Japanese baseball player
 * Yutaka Ozaki (尾崎 豊, 1965–1992), popular Japanese musician
 * Yutaka Sado (佐渡 裕, born 1961), Japanese conductor
 * Yutaka Tahara (田原 豊, born 1982), Japanese football player
 * Yutaka Takanashi (高梨 豊, born 1935), Japanese photographer who photographed fashion, urban design, and city life
 * Yutaka Take (武 豊, born 1969), Japanese jockey
 * Yutaka Takenouchi (竹野内 豊, born 1971), Japanese actor
 * Yutaka Taniyama (谷山 豊, 1927–1958), Japanese mathematician
 * Yutaka Wada (和田 豊, born 1962), former Japanese baseball player
 * Yutaka Yaguchi (矢口 豊, born 1932), Chief Instructor and Chairman of the International Shotokan Karate Federation
 * Yutaka Yamada (山田 豊), Japanese composer
 * Yutaka Yamaguchi (山口 泰, born 1940), member of the Group of Thirty
 * Yutaka Yamamoto (山本 寛, born 1974), Japanese animation director
 * Yutaka Yokokura (横倉 裕, born 1956), Japanese jazz musician
 * Yutaka Yoshida (吉田 豊), Japanese footballer
 * Yutaka Yoshie (吉江 豊, born 1974), Japanese professional wrestler

Fictional characters

 * Yutaka Kobayakawa (小早川 ゆたか), character in the anime series Lucky Star
 * Yutaka Kobayashi (小林 温)), Megatokyo character
 * Yutaka Seto (瀬戸 豊), character in the novel, film and manga Battle Royale
 * Yutaka Tamaru (多丸 裕), minor character in the Suzumiya Haruhi franchise
 * Yutaka Kazami (風見 豊), character in the Gyakuten Saiban
 * Yutaka Kono (河野 豊), character in the Darker than Black