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Shōta
Shōta (しょうた) is a Japanese name for boys. Its best-known spelling is 翔太, 翔 to soar + 太 big. It is popular today and has reached No. 1 in 7 different years between 1988 and 1997.
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Ways to write Shōta
The same sound can be written with different kanji, and each choice changes the meaning. These are the spellings that have appeared in Japan's yearly baby name rankings, most popular first.
翔太
翔to soar, to fly太big, bold
Boy, best No. 1 (1986–2024)翔大
翔to soar, to fly大big, great
Boy, best No. 19 (2005–2017)将太
将general, leader太big, bold
Boy, 33 notable people on Wikidata正太
正right, correct太big, bold
Boy, 15 notable people on Wikidata祥太
祥good omen太big, bold
Boy, 14 notable people on Wikidata章太
章chapter, badge太big, bold
Boy, 9 notable people on Wikidata勝太
勝victory太big, bold
Boy, 6 notable people on Wikidata奨太
奨to encourage太big, bold
Boy, 5 notable people on Wikidata昇大
昇to rise大big, great
Boy, 4 notable people on Wikidata尚太
尚to esteem, still more太big, bold
Boy, 4 notable people on Wikidata渉太
渉to cross太big, bold
Boy, 4 notable people on Wikidata昇太
昇to rise太big, bold
Boy, 4 notable people on Wikidata将汰
将general, leader汰to sift, refine
Boy, 4 notable people on Wikidata将大
将general, leader大big, great
Boy, 4 notable people on WikidataRarer spellings
These spellings of Shōta appear in Japanese name records but are uncommon. Each uses a standard reading of its kanji.
彰太clear + bigBoy
昭汰bright + to siftBoy
Popularity in Japan
Where Shōta has ranked among the most popular name readings each year. It reached No. 1 in 7 different years, most recently 1997.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 2017 | No. 49 |
| 2016 | No. 47 |
| 2015 | No. 37 |
| 2013 | No. 25 |
| 2012 | No. 24 |
| 2011 | No. 20 |
| 2010 | No. 24 |
| 2009 | No. 33 |
| 2008 | No. 10 |
| 2007 | No. 13 |
| 2006 | No. 15 |
| 2005 | No. 10 |
| 2004 | No. 14 |
Source: Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance yearly baby name survey. It covers the top 10 names each year from 1912 to 2003, and the top 100 names and top 50 readings from 2004.
Famous people named Shōta
Shota Fujio 藤尾 翔太Japanese association football player
Shota Matsuhashi 章太Japanese association football player
Shota Kawanishi 川西 翔太Japanese association football player
Shota Kobayashi 小林 将太Japanese association football player
Shota Kaneko 翔太Japanese association football player
Shota Suzuki 将太Japanese association football player (born 1984)
From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this given name.