# Hinata

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

## Written forms 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 Shoyo (日向 翔陽), is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the manga series Haikyu!! created by Haruichi Furudate.
* 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 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 Karasuno 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!!.