Hideki (ひでき, ヒデキ) is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Hideki
Hideki Matsui, a Japanese baseball player
PronunciationHí-dè-kí. Can have different pronunciations depending on the language used.
GenderMale
Language(s)Japanese
Origin
Word/nameJapan
MeaningIt can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Other names
Related namesHideaki, Hideo

Possible writings

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Hideki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

  • 秀樹, "excellence", "timber trees"
  • 英樹, "superior", "timber trees"
  • 英機, "superior", "chance"
  • 秀喜, "excellence", "pleasure"
  • 秀紀, "excellence", "chronicle"
  • 英輝, "superior", "brightness"
  • 英希, "superior", "hope"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

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Notable people with the name include:

  • Hideki Abe (安倍 栄基), Japanese video game composer
  • Hideki Arai (新井 英樹, born 1963), Japanese manga artist
  • Asanoyama Hideki (朝乃山 英樹, born 1994), Japanese sumo wrestler
  • Hideki Chihara (千原 英喜, born 1957), Japanese composer
  • Hideki Fujii (藤井 秀樹, born 1934), Japanese photographer
  • Hideki Fujisawa (藤沢 秀樹, born 1963), also known as Dance☆Man, Japanese musician
  • Hideki Hamaguchi (浜口 秀樹, born 1956), Japanese basketball player
  • Hideki Hosaka (保坂 秀樹, 1971–2021), Japanese professional wrestler
  • Hideki Imai (今井 秀樹, born 1943), Japanese information theorist and cryptographer
  • Hideki Imamura (今村 栄喜, born 1972), Japanese musician, co-founder and vocalist of the band Siam Shade
  • Hideki Irabu (伊良部 秀輝, 1969–2011), Japanese professional baseball player who played in both Japan and the United States
  • Hideki Ishige (石毛 秀樹, born 1994), Japanese footballer
  • Hideki Ishima (石間 秀機, born 1944), Japanese musician
  • Hideki Isoda (磯田 秀樹, born 1970), Japanese producer, director, and composer
  • Hideki Kadowaki (門脇 英基, born 1976), Japanese mixed martial artist
  • Hideki Kamiya (神谷 英樹, born 1970), Japanese video game designer
  • Hideki Kase (加瀬 秀樹, born 1959), Japanese professional golfer
  • Kato Hideki (加藤 英樹, born 1962), Japanese musician and composer
  • Hideki Kita (喜多 秀喜, born 1952), retired Japanese long-distance runner
  • Hideki Kojima (小島 英樹), Japanese voice actor
  • Hideki Komatsu (小松英樹, born 1967), Japanese Go player
  • Hideki Maeda (前田 秀樹, born 1954), Japanese footballer and manager
  • Hideki Makihara (牧原 秀樹, born 1971), Japanese politician
  • Hideki Matsui (松井 秀喜, born 1974), Japanese baseball player
  • Hideki Matsutake (松武 秀樹, born 1951), Japanese electronic musician
  • Hideki Matsuoka (松岡 秀樹, born 1968), Japanese Go player
  • Hideki Matsuyama (松山 英樹, born 1992), Japanese golfer
  • Hideki Mitsui (三井 秀樹, born 1963), Japanese screenwriter
  • Hideki Miyazaki (宮崎 秀基, born 1962), Japanese Nordic combined skier
  • Hideki Mori (森 秀樹, born 1961), Japanese manga artist
  • Hideki Murai (村井 英樹, born 1980), Japanese politician
  • Hideki Mutoh (武藤 英紀, born 1982), Japanese race car driver
  • Hideki Nagai (永井 秀樹, born 1971), Japanese footballer and manager
  • Hideki Nagano (永野 英樹, born 1968), Japanese classical pianist
  • Hideki Naganuma (長沼 英樹, born 1972), Japanese video game music composer
  • Hideki Nakano (中野 秀樹, born 1952), Japanese Nordic combined skier
  • Hideki Nanba (難波 英樹, born 1974), Japanese rugby union player
  • Hideki Niwa (丹羽 秀樹, born 1972), Japanese politician
  • Hideki Niizuma (新妻 秀規, born 1970), Japanese politician
  • Hideki Noda (野田 英樹, born 1969), Japanese racing driver
  • Hideki Noda (playwright) (野田 秀樹, born 1955), Japanese actor, playwright and theatre director
  • Hideki Okada (岡田 秀樹, born 1958), Japanese racing driver
  • Hideki Okajima (岡島 秀樹, born 1974), Japanese baseball player
  • Hideki Omoto (大元 英照, born 1984), Japanese rower
  • Hideki Saijo (西城 秀樹, 1955–2018), Japanese singer and television celebrity
  • Hideki Sakamoto (坂本 英城, born 1972), Japanese music composer
  • Hideki Seo (瀬尾 英樹, born 1974), Japanese-born fashion designer
  • Hideki Shingō (新郷 英城, 1911–1982), Japanese fighter pilot officer
  • Hideki Shirakawa (白川 英樹, born 1936), Japanese chemist and winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • Hideki Sunaga (須永 英輝, born 1985), Japanese baseball player
  • Hideki Suzuki (鈴木 秀樹, born 1980), Japanese professional wrestler
  • Hideki Tachibana (橘 秀樹), Japanese writer and anime director
  • Hideki Takahashi (高橋 英樹, born 1944), Japanese actor
  • Hideki Tasaka (田坂 秀樹, born 1975), Japanese voice actor
  • Hideki Todaka (戸高 秀樹, born 1973), Japanese boxer
  • Hideki Togi (東儀 秀樹, born 1959), Japanese composer, gagaku musician, and actor
  • Hideki Tojo (東條 英機, 1884–1948), Japanese Prime Minister during World War II
  • Hideki Uchidate (内舘 秀樹, born 1974), Japanese footballer
  • Hideki Yamauchi (山内 英輝, born 1988), Japanese racing driver
  • Hideki Yuasa (湯浅 秀樹, born 1964), Japanese naval officer
  • Hideki Yukawa (湯川 秀樹, 1907–1981), Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate

Fictional characters

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