is a common masculine Japanese given name.
Written forms Shōta can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: 消太, "erase, thick" 正太, "correct, thick" 翔太, "soar, thick" 章太, "composition, thick" 奨太, "reward, thick" 将太, "general, thick" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People with the name , Japanese golfer , Japanese singer, actor, and voice actor , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese shogi player , Japanese baseball player , Japanese sumo wrestler , Japanese footballer , stage name Soul, Japanese singer, member of South Korean boy band P1Harmony Shota Hazui (born 1986), Japanese water polo player , Japanese rugby union player , Japanese futsal player , Japanese sprinter , Japanese sumo wrestler , Japanese baseball player , Japanese footballer , Japanese baseball outfielder , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese baseball player , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese baseball catcher , Japanese actor , Japanese footballer , Japanese actor , Japanese speed skater , Japanese baseball player , Japanese baseball pitcher , Japanese baseball catcher , Japanese footballer Shota Rustaveli (12th–13th centuries) Georgian poet, author of The Knight in the Panther's Skin , Japanese footballer , Japanese actor , Japanese footballer , Japanese slalom canoeist , Japanese musician and singer-songwriter , Japanese actor , Japanese baseball player , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese actor , Japanese baseball pitcher , Japanese baseball player , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese baseball player
Fictional characters /Sawyer, a character in the anime series Pokémon XY , a character in the manga series My Hero Academia , 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 , a main character from anime and manga series Little Ghost Q-Taro , a character in the manga series Kimi ni Todoke , abbreviated "Shota", a character in the manga series Tetsujin 28-go , a character in the manga series Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Shota Shibata, a lead character in the 2018 movie Shoplifters Shōta Mitarai, a character from the game The Idolmaster 2 and The Idolmaster SideM
See also Shota complex