# Hideaki

Hideaki (ひであき) is a masculine Japanese given name.

## Written forms

Hideaki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
* 秀秋, "excellent", "autumn"
* 英秋, "outstanding", "autumn"
* 秀明, "excellent", "bright"
* 英明, "outstanding", "bright"
* 秀朗, "excellent", "clear"
* 秀昭, "excellent", "shining"
* 英昭, "outstanding", "shining"
* 秀章, "excellent", "composition"
* 秀聡, "excellent", "wise"
* 秀彰, "excellent", "clear"
A popular kanji is 明 (the combination of two different characters 日 = sun and 月 = moon) which means "the light coming from the sun", "sunlight and moonlight", "bright", "intelligent", "wisdom" or "truth".
The name can also be written in hiragana.

## People with the name

* Hideaki Aida (相田 秀晃, born 1943), Japanese rower
* Hideaki Akaiwa (born 1968), Japanese hero of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
* Hideaki Anno (庵野 秀明, born 1960), Japanese animator and film director
* Hideaki Hagino (萩野 英明, born 1973), Japanese footballer
* Kobayakawa Hideaki (小早川 秀秋, 1577–1602), Japanese daimyō
* Iba Hideaki (伊庭秀明, 1648–1717), Japanese swordsman
* Hideaki Inaba (因幡 英昭, born 1944), Japanese powerlifter
* Hideaki Ishi (石 英明, born 1962), Japanese record producer and DJ Krush
* Hideaki Itsuno (伊津野 英昭, born 1971), Japanese video game director and designer
* Hideaki Itō (伊藤 英明, born 1975), Japanese actor
* Hideaki Kamei (亀井 秀明, born 1949), Japanese fencer
* Hideaki Kase (加瀬 英明, born 1936), Japanese diplomat
* Hideaki Kawamura (河村 英昭, born 1974), Japanese hurdler
* Hideaki Kikuchi (菊地 英昭, born 1964), Japanese guitarist
* Hideaki Kitajima (北嶋 秀朗, born 1978), Japanese footballer
* Hideaki Kobayashi (composer) (小林 秀聡, born 1973), Japanese composer
* Hideaki Kobayashi (diplomat) (小林 秀明, born 1945), Japanese diplomat
* Hideaki Kurokawa (黒川 秀明, born 1944), Japanese ice hockey player
* Hideaki Maeguchi (前口 英明, born 1960), Japanese rower
* Hideaki Matsuura (松裏 英明, born 1981), Japanese footballer
* Hideaki Miyamura (born 1955), Japanese-born American potter
* Hideaki Mori (森 秀昭, born 1972), Japanese footballer
* Hideaki Motoyama (本山 秀昭, born 1969), Japanese badminton player
* Hideaki Nitani (二谷 英明, 1930–2012), Japanese actor
* Hideaki Okabe (岡部 英明, born 1959), Japanese politician
* Hideaki Okubo (大久保 秀昭, born 1969), Japanese baseball player
* Hideaki Ōmura (大村 秀章, born 1960), Japanese politician
* Hideaki Ozawa (小澤 英明, born 1974), Japanese footballer
* Hideaki Sena (瀬名 秀明, born 1968), Japanese pharmacologist and writer
* Hideaki Sorachi (空知 英秋, born 1979), Japanese manga artist
* Hideaki Takatori (高取 秀明, born 1967), Japanese singer and composer
* Hideaki Takeda (武田 英明, born 1985), Japanese footballer
* Hideaki Takizawa (滝沢 秀明, born 1982), Japanese actor and singer
* Hideaki Tezuka (手塚 秀彰, born 1954), Japanese actor and voice actor
* Hideaki Tokunaga (德永 英明, born 1961), Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
* Hideaki Tominaga (富永 英明, born 1976), Japanese footballer
* Hideaki Tomiyama (富山 英明, born 1957), Japanese sport wrestler
* Hideaki Ueno (上野 秀章, born 1981), Japanese footballer
* Hideaki Utsumi (内海 秀明, born 1973), Japanese video game composer
* Hideaki Wakui (涌井 秀章, born 1986), Japanese baseball player
* Hideaki Yamada (山田 秀明, born 1960), Japanese cross-country skier
* Hideaki Yamazaki (山崎 秀晃, born 1987), Japanese kickboxer
* Hideaki Yanagida (柳田 英明, born 1947), Japanese sport wrestler

## Fictional characters

* Hideaki Kurashige (倉茂 秀明), a character in the manga series Miracle Girls
* Hideaki Mashimo (真下 ヒデアキ), a character in the anime series Digimon Fusion
* Hideaki Nakajima (中嶋 英明), a character in the manga series Gakuen Heaven
* Hideaki Tōjō (東条 秀明), a character in the manga series Ace of Diamond
* Hideaki Yoshizawa (吉沢 秀明), a character in the manga series Ace of Diamond