100 Japanese baby names for boys

Esther Sun
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Soon-to-be parents looking for unique and meaningful baby names should look to Japan for inspiration.

Choosing a Japanese boy name for your new arrival can be the perfect opportunity to reflect his Japanese heritage and honor your culture. Or if you are simply looking for name ideas with rich meanings behind them, Japanese boy names provide an abundance of choices.

One Japanese boy name — Kai — has been in the top 100 baby boy names for the last five years, according to the Social Security Administration. The most recent top baby names list has it at No. 61.

Another boy name of Japanese origin, Kobe, started gaining popularity in the U.S. in the 1990s during the rise of NBA basketball star Kobe Bryant, whose parents named him after the Japanese beef of the same name.

Some prominent figures with Japanese boy names include filmmaker Hiro Murai, a producer behind critically-acclaimed TV series "The Bear," historian Yuji Ichioka, "Heroes" actor Masayori “Masi” Oka, and Hawaiian Senator Sanji Abe, who was the first Japanese-American to be elected to that body.

100 Japanese Boy Names

There are so many wonderful Japanese boy names to choose from, how will you decide? Hopefully, this list of 100 names will help narrow it down.

  • Akio

  • Kenzo

  • Fuyuki

  • Ren

  • Arata

  • Kenji

  • Aoi

  • Osuke

  • Hikaru

  • Kei

  • Masao

  • Nori

  • Ritsu

  • Yuto

  • Haruto

  • Ryosuke

  • Soma

  • Kaede

  • Hanzo

  • Akimitsu

  • Hikari

  • Yasu

  • Ryo

  • Akira

  • Itsuki

  • Junpei

  • Kenshin

  • Makoto

  • Shuto

  • Yukiya

  • Isamu

  • Kohaku

  • Isao

  • Akemi

  • Minoru

  • Banri

  • Haru

  • Daisuke

  • Jun’ichi

  • Ayumu

  • Taiki

  • Teruyuki

  • Ryu

  • Atsuki

  • Haruka

  • Shuta

  • Tatsuki

  • Hifumi

  • Touki

  • Michi

  • Noriaki

  • Yukiharu

  • Kentaro

  • Touwa

  • Hajime

  • Takehiko

  • Kazuo

  • Haruki

  • Jun

  • Shoichi

  • Koki

  • Mitsuaki

  • Daigo

  • Koji

  • Ryota

  • Kazuyuki

  • Ken

  • Hinata

  • Yoshi

  • Aoto

  • Minato

  • Hayate

  • Seriya

  • Ichiro

  • Aritomo

  • Takashi

  • Touji

  • Sho

  • Kichiro

  • Akihito

  • Nobutoshi

  • Riku

  • Hiro

  • Yosuke

  • Zenji

  • Daishi

  • Masashi

  • Haruya

  • Fumihito

  • Katsuro

  • Sota

  • Fuyuhiko

  • Asahi

  • Hideyoshi

  • Yori

  • Yuma

  • Akio

  • Naoki

  • Masami

  • Yukinari

This article was originally published on TODAY.com