Do you have Japanese heritage? Love the culture of Japan? Looking for a name that’s unique? Then check out this extensive collection of Japanese boys names.
We’ve broken this list of 165 names down into 10 popular categories. If you know the style of name you’re after, use these links to jump to the relevant category on this page:
Although some names would fit under multiple categories, we’ve only included each name once across all categories.
Popular Japanese Boys Names
These are some of the most popular Japanese names found across Japan. If you want to stick to a common name then these are the names for you:
- Sora (空)
- Ryota (涼太)
- Shota (翔太)
- Hiroto (大翔)
- Yuki (勇気)
- Kota (湖太)
- Kento (健人)
- Yuta (優太)
- Taiga (大河)
- Renji (蓮二)
- Yuma (悠真)
- Kakeru (翔)
- Ryo (涼)
- Kazuki (一希)
- Hayato (隼人)
Unique Japanese Boys Names
You could also got to the other extreme and go for a Japanese name that’s slightly more complex, obscure and certainly far from common:
- Hayabusa (隼)
- Sosuke (蒼介)
- Daichi (大地)
- Raiden (雷電)
- Kazuya (和也)
- Seiji (清司)
- Subaru (昴)
- Daisuke (大輔)
- Genji (源二)
- Hikaru (光)
- Hideki (英樹)
- Makoto (誠)
- Toshiro (利朗)
- Atsushi (篤)
- Isamu (勇)
- Akihiko (明彦)
- Teruo (輝夫)
- Satoshi (聡)
Short Japanese Boys Names
If you want to keep things simple then one of these super short Japanese names might be the best approach to take:
- Rei (零)
- Yuu (悠)
- Ken (健)
- Jin (仁)
- Ryu (龍)
- Leo (雷夫)
- Hiro (寛)
- Tao (陶)
- Sho (翔)
- Ichi (一)
- Hideo (英夫)
- Toshi (利)
- Toya (塔矢)
- Zen (善)
- Masa (正)
- Aki (明)
- Haru (春)
- Ren (連)
- Kyo (京)
- Tomo (友)
- Shin (真)
- Koji (浩二)
- Eiji (英二)
Long Japanese Boys Names
If, however, you’d rather have a slightly lengthier, more complicated name then this is the list for you:
- Masataka (正貴)
- Takahiro (隆弘)
- Yoshitaka (善隆)
- Hideyoshi (秀吉)
- Makotohiko (誠彦)
- Yasunari (保成)
- Yoshinobu (義信)
- Masamune (正宗)
- Tatsuhiko (達彦)
- Kazuhito (和仁)
- Masayoshi (正義)
- Yoshikazu (良一)
- Hiroshihiro (博広)
- Tadashi (正)
- Nobuyuki (信行)
- Yasushi (康)
- Kenshiro (健志郎)
- Kazutoshi (一俊)
- Mitsuru (満)
- Junichiro (純一郎)
- Takayuki (貴之)
- Yoshikatsu (義勝)
- Naoyuki (直行)
- Yoshimitsu (義光)
- Tomohiro (智寛)
- Seishiro (清四郎)
- Hirokazu (宏和)
- Toshinori (利典)
Traditional Japanese Boys Names
Tap into the traditions of Japan and it’s long history using one of these Japanese names that are stepped in tradition:
- Kenji (健次)
- Taro (太郎)
- Katsuhiko (勝彦)
- Haruo (春男)
- Shinji (真司)
- Tetsuya (哲也)
- Kazuo (和夫)
- Takashi (隆)
- Yusuke (裕介)
- Koichi (浩一)
- Yoshio (良夫)
- Satoru (悟)
- Minoru (実)
- Hajime (一)
- Yoshito (義人)
- Toshio (敏夫)
- Kiyoshi (清)
- Hiroyuki (博之)
- Shigeru (茂)
Modern Japanese Boys Names
If, however, you want to a little cooler and use a unique, modern name then check out these names:
- Shun (駿)
- Renjiro (蓮二郎)
- Toa (陶亜)
- Yusei (悠星)
- Arata (新)
- Hibiki (響)
- Ibuki (伊吹)
- Shogo (翔吾)
- Itsuki (樹)
- Minato (湊)
Cute Japanese Boys Names
Many of the names included on the list so far are pretty cute. But here’s another 5 we’ve not included so far:
- Aoi (葵)
- Yuuta (ゆうた)
- Nobu (のぶ)
- Tsubasa (つばさ)
- Jun (じゅん)
Cool Japanese Boys Names
Most Japanese names are pretty cool. But these names are particularly cool. If you want your baby boy to standout with one of the slickest names, try these:
- Kaito (海斗)
- Ryuga (龍雅)
- Haruto (陽翔)
- Renzo (蓮造)
- Kaiji (海仁)
- Yuto (悠斗)
- Akira (明)
- Ryuji (竜司)
- Tatsuya (達也)
- Kenshin (謙信)
- Haruki (遥輝)
- Shiro (士郎)
- Yuzuru (譲)
- Jiro (次郎)
Powerful Japanese Boys Names
Give your baby boy power and strength with these powerful Japanese boys names:
- Masaru (勝)
- Takeshi (武)
- Katsuro (勝郎)
- Ryohei (涼平)
- Taiki (大輝)
- Kenta (健太)
- Yujiro (雄次郎)
- Tsuyoshi (剛)
- Goro (五郎)
- Shingo (真吾)
- Kojiro (浩次郎)
- Tomoya (智也)
- Takumi (巧)
- Kazuma (一真)
- Ryoma (龍馬)
- Ryunosuke (龍之介)
- Kenjiro (健次郎)
- Masato (正人)
- Akio (昭夫)
- Noboru (昇)
Hip Japanese Boys Names
If you want a mix of modern, unique, cool and popular then these hip Japanese names will work perfectly:
- Kai (甲斐)
- Shinjiro (慎次郎)
- Ryosuke (亮介)
- Riku (陸)
- Yukihiro (幸弘)
- Kazuhiko (一彦)
- Yuya (裕哉)
- Yukiya (雪哉)
- Haruhiro (春宏)
- Haruma (春馬)
- Hiroshi (浩)
- Junpei (淳平)
- Toshiki (俊樹)