Hinata

Hinata is a common Japanese given name, and a Japanese family name.

Hinata

Pronunciation	Hee-nah-tah (IPA: [çina̠ta̠])
Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Various meanings
Other names
Related names	Himari, Himawari, Himuka, Hina, Hiuga, Hyūga, Hizashi

Possible writings and meanings

The reading of Hinata can be written using many different combinations of kanji, such as:

• 日, "sun; day; date"
• 日向, "in the sun; facing the sun"
• 日陽, "day sun; sunny yang"
• 日暖, "sunny warmth and geniality; warmth of the sun"
• 日菜, "sunny vegetables"
• 日詩, "sunny poem; poetry of the sun"
• 日南, "sunny south; the sun's southern side; the south of the sun"
• 日寿, "sunny longevity"
• 日当, "daily allowance; per day; sunlit; exposed to the sun"
• 日當, "sunny undertaking; the sun serves; the sun withstands"
• 日方, "sunny side; sunny direction; in the direction of the sun"
• 日宛, "sunny address; just like the sun"
• 日和, "sunny harmony; sunny japan; japan's harmony"
• 日奈多, "many sunny what"
• 日奈太, "large sunny what"
• 日菜多, "many sunny greens"
• 日菜太, "large sunny vegetables"
• 日菜詩, "sunny vegetable poem"
• 日菜珠, "sunny vegetable pearl"
• 日向太, "thick under the sun"
• 日向汰, "elimination under the sun; eliminated under the sun"
• 日向大, "big under the sun"
• 日向陽, "yang under the sun; a sun under the sun; a sun facing towards the sun"
• 日那向, "under that sun; facing towards that sun"
• 日那多, "many sunny what"
• 日那太, "large sunny what"
• 日那田, "sunny what cropland"
• 日南田, "sunny southern cropland; a cropland on the south of the sun"
• 日南羽, "sunny southern feathers; feathers on the south of the sun"
• 日名田, "sunny famous cropland; a famous cropland of the sun"
• 日永田, "sunny eternal cropland"
• 陽向, "in the sun; facing the sun"
• 灯向, "facing towards the lamp; facing towards the lantern"
• 灯成多, "the lamp/lantern becomes many; the lamp/lantern succeeds in many"
• 向日葵, "sunflower"
• 向陽, "towards the sun"
• 太陽, "the sun"
• 春陽, "summer sun; summer yang"
• 暖, "warm and genial"
• 暖太, "large warmth"
• 光暖, "bright and warm; warmth of the light"
• 光永, "bright light forever"
• 彩羽, "colorful feathers"
• 羽叶, "the feather grants; the feather answers; the feather makes it come true"
• 雛多, "many young birds"
• 雛太, "large young bird"
• 雛田, "young bird cropland"
• 雛音, "sounds of a young bird"
• 南, "south; southern"

The name can also be written in hiragana (ひなた) and katakana (ヒナタ), although, it loses its meaning in these forms.

People

First name

Male

• Hinata Maruta (丸田 陽七太, born 1997), Japanese professional boxer
• Hinata Kida (喜田 陽, born 2000), Japanese footballer
• Hinata Konishi (小西 陽向, born 2001), Japanese footballer
• Hinata Watanabe (渡辺 日菜太, born 1986), Japanese kickboxer

Female

• Hinata, a ring name of Japanese professional wrestler Leon
• Hinata Homma (本間 日陽, born 1999), Japanese idol singer
• Hinata Kashiwagi (柏木 ひなた, born 1999), Japanese idol singer
• Hinata Miyazawa (宮澤 ひなた, born 1999), Japanese women's footballer
• Hinata Satō (佐藤 日向, born 1998), Japanese actress and voice actress
• Hinata Takeda (武田 日向, 1978–2017), Japanese manga artist
• Hinata Terayama (寺山 日葵, 2001), Japanese kickboxer

Surname

• Megumi Hinata (日向 めぐみ), Japanese musician
• Minami Hinata (日向 未南), Japanese voice actress

Fictional characters

First name

Male

• Hinata (ヒナタ), one of Takumi's retainers in Fire Emblem Fates.
• Hinata Mutō (日向), a character from the manga series I Am Here!
• Hinata Shintani (陽向), a character from the manga and anime series Kaichou wa Maid-sama!.
• Hinata (ヒナタ), a marriageable candidate in the Japanese farming simulation game Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns.

Female

• Hinata (ヒナタ, "Solana" in the English version), the female ranger in Pokémon Ranger.
• Hinata (ひなた), a character in the Japanese hentai game Pure Pure.
• Hinata Asahi (ひなた), the main character of the manga Suki: A Like Story.
• Hinata Azuma (ひなた), a character from the manga and anime series Kanamemo.
• Hinata Hakamada (ひなた), a character in the Japanese anime Ro-Kyu-Bu!.
• Hinata Hino (日野 日向), a character from the manga and anime series Mirai Nikki.
• Hinata Hiramitsu (平光ひなた) a character in the anime Healin' Good Pretty Cure.
• Hinata Hyuga (ヒナタ), a character from the manga and anime series Naruto.
• Hinata Kawamoto (ひなた), a character from the manga and anime series March Comes in Like a Lion.
• Hinata Komone (日向), a character from the manga series Today's Cerberus.
• Hinata Kuraue (ひなた), a character from the manga series Encouragement of Climb.
• Hinata Miyake (日向), a character from the anime series A Place Further Than the Universe.
• Hinata Okano (ひなた), a character from the visual novel Wind: A Breath of Heart.
• Hinata Okano (岡野 ひなた), a character from the Assassination Classroom manga and anime series.
• Hinata Sakaguchi (ヒナタ), a character from the light novel, manga and anime series That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime.
• Hinata Sawanoguchi (日向), a character from the manga Koimoku.
• Hinata Sohma (日向), the baby sister of Hiro Sohma from the manga Fruits Basket.
• Hinata Tachibana (橘 日向), a character and Takemichi’s girlfriend from the manga and anime series Tokyo Revengers.
• Hinata Uesato (上里 ひなた), a character and Wakaba’s best friend in Nogi Wakaba is a Hero.
• Hinata Wakaba (ひなた), a character from the Rival Schools fighting game series.

Surname

• The Hinata family (日向) from the manga and anime series Sgt. Frog.
• Oboro Hinata (日向), a character from the Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger.

Male

• Hajime Hinata (日向), the protagonist of the video game Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.
• Hideki Hinata (日向), a character from the anime Angel Beats!.
• Shōyō Hinata (日向), the main character of Haikyū!! with the position of middle blocker from Karasno High.

Female

• Ema Hinata (朝日奈), the main character of the novel Brothers Conflict.
• Himawari Hinata (日向), the main character of the anime series Himawari!.
• Hinata-sō (ひなた荘, Hinata House), a fictional all-girls' dormitory in the Kanagawa Prefecture from the anime and manga Love Hina.
• Kaho Hinata (日向), a character of the manga and anime Blend-S
• Koharu Hinata, a character in the video game Yandere Simulator
• Natsu Hinata (日向 夏), the younger sister of Shōyō Hinata in Haikyū!!.