Hideki

Hideki
Hideki Tōjō, Japanese prime minister during World War II
Pronunciation	Hí-dé-kí
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/Name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Other names
Related names	Hideo

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

Possible writings

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

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

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

with the given name Hideki

• Hideki Arai (新井 英樹, born 1963), Japanese manga artist
• 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 Imai (今井 秀樹, born 1943), Japanese information theorist and cryptographer
• Hideki Imamura (born January 29, 1972), Japanese musician, co-founder and vocalist of the band Siam Shade
• Hideki Irabu (伊良部 秀輝, 1969-2011), a Japanese professional baseball player who played in both Japan and the United States
• 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), Japanese video game designer
• Hideki Kasai (born 1966), Japanese photographer
• Hideki Kita (喜多 秀喜, born 1952), retired Japanese long-distance runner
• Hideki Komatsu (小松英樹, born 1967), Japanese Go player
• Hideki Makihara (牧原 秀樹, born 1971), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
• Hideki Matsui (松井 秀喜, born 1974), retired Japanese professional baseball player who played for the New York Yankees
• Hideki Matsutake (born 1951), Japanese electronic musician
• Hideki Matsuoka (松岡秀樹, born 1968), Japanese Go player
• Hideki Mutoh (武藤 英紀, born 1982), Japanese race car driver
• Hideki Naganuma (長沼 英樹), Japanese video game music composer
• Hideki Niwa (丹羽 秀樹, born 1972), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
• Hideki Noda (野田 英樹, born 1969), former Japanese Formula One driver
• Hideki Noda (playwright) (野田 秀樹, born 1955), Japanese playwright, theatre director, and actor
• Hideki Okajima (岡島 秀樹, born 1974), Japanese professional baseball player and pitcher who plays for the Boston Red Sox
• Hideki Saijo (西城 秀樹, born 1955), Japanese singer and television celebrity best known for singing the Japanese version of the Village People's hit song Y.M.C.A.
• Hideki Shiohira (born 1948), Japanese aikido instructor
• Hideki Shirakawa (白川 英樹, born 1936), Japanese chemist and winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• 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), former Japanese professional boxer
• Hideki Tojo (東條 英機, 1884-1948), Japanese prime minister during World War II
• Hideki Yukawa (湯川 秀樹, 1907-1981), Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate

Fictional characters

with the given name Hideki

• Hideki Motosuwa (本須和秀樹), character in the anime/manga series Chobits
• Hideki, character in the anime series Devil Hunter Yohko
• Hideki Go, the alter ego of Ultraman Jack from the 1971 tokusatsu film The Return of Ultraman

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