# Shōta

Shōta, Shouta, or Shota (しょうた, ショウタ) is a common masculine Japanese given name.

## Written forms

Shōta can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
* 消太, "erase, thick"
* 正太, "correct, thick"
* 翔太, "soar, thick"
* 章太, "composition, thick"
* 奨太, "reward, thick"
* 将太, "general, thick"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

## People with the name

* Shota Akiyoshi (秋吉 翔太, born 1990), Japanese golfer
* Shouta Aoi (蒼井 翔太, born 1987), Japanese singer, actor, and voice actor
* Shota Arai (footballer, born 1985) (新井 翔太), Japanese footballer
* Shota Arai (footballer, born 1988) (新井 章太), Japanese footballer
* Shōta Chida (千田 翔太, born 1994), Japanese shogi player
* Shota Dobayashi (堂林 翔太, born 1991), Japanese baseball player
* Endō Shōta (遠藤 聖大, born 1990), Japanese sumo wrestler
* Shota Fujio (藤尾 翔太, born 2001), Japanese footballer
* Shota Haku (白 翔太, born 2005), stage name Soul, Japanese singer, member of South Korean boy band P1Harmony
* Shota Hazui (born 1986), Japanese water polo player
* Shota Horie (堀江 翔太, born 1986), Japanese rugby union player
* Shota Hoshi (星 翔太, born 1985), Japanese futsal player
* Shōta Iizuka (飯塚 翔太, born 1991), Japanese sprinter
* Ikioi Shōta (勢 翔太, born 1986), Japanese sumo wrestler
* Shōta Imanaga (今永 昇太, born 1993), Japanese baseball player
* Shota Inoue (井上 翔太, born 1989), Japanese footballer
* Shota Ishimine (伊志嶺 翔大, born 1988), Japanese baseball outfielder
* Shota Iwata (岩田 正太, born 1988), Japanese footballer
* Shota Kanno (菅野 将太, born 1984), Japanese footballer
* Shota Kawanishi (川西 翔太, born 1988), Japanese footballer
* Shota Kimura (baseball) (木村 正太, born 1986), Japanese baseball player
* Shota Kimura (footballer) (木村 勝太, born 1988), Japanese footballer
* Shota Kobayashi (古林 将太, born 1991), Japanese footballer
* Shota Koide (小井手 翔太, born 1981), Japanese footballer
* Shota Koike (小池 翔大, born 1988), Japanese baseball catcher
* Shota Matsuda (松田 翔太, born 1985), Japanese actor
* Shota Matsuhashi (松橋 章太, born 1982), Japanese footballer
* Shota Matsushima (松島 庄汰, born 1990), Japanese actor
* Shota Nakamura (中村 奨太, born 1993), Japanese speed skater
* Shota Nakazaki (中崎 翔太, born 1992), Japanese baseball player
* Shota Oba (大場 翔太, born 1985), Japanese baseball pitcher
* Shota Ohno (大野 奨太, born 1987), Japanese baseball catcher
* Shota Otsuka (大塚 翔太, born 1987), Japanese footballer
* Shota Rustaveli (12th–13th centuries) Georgian poet, author of The Knight in the Panther's Skin
* Shota Saito (斎藤 翔太), Japanese footballer
* Shota Saito [ja] (斉藤 祥太), Japanese actor
* Shota Sakaki (榊 翔太, born 1993), Japanese footballer
* Shota Sasaki (佐々木 将汰, born 1993), Japanese slalom canoeist
* Shota Shimizu (清水 翔太, born 1989), Japanese musician and singer-songwriter
* Shōta Sometani (染谷 将太, born 1992), Japanese actor
* Shōta Suzuki (baseball, born 1995) (鈴木 翔太), Japanese baseball player
* Shota Suzuki (footballer, born 1984) (鈴木 将太), Japanese footballer
* Shota Suzuki (footballer, born 1996) (鈴木 翔太), Japanese footballer
* Shota Taguchi (田口 翔大, born 2004), Japanese actor
* Shota Takeda (武田 翔太, born 1993), Japanese baseball pitcher
* Shota Takekuma (武隈 祥太, born 1989), Japanese baseball player
* Shota Umino (海野 翔太, born 1997), Japanese professional wrestler

## Fictional characters

* Shōta (ショータ)/Sawyer, a character in the anime series Pokémon XY
* Shota Aizawa (相澤 消太), a character in the manga series My Hero Academia
* Shota Amachi (天地 翔太), a character in the video game Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Kiss
* Shota Hikasa (日笠 将太), a character in the film Battle Royale II: Requiem
* Shota Ohara (大原正太), a main character from anime and manga series Little Ghost Q-Taro
* Shota Kazehaya (風早 翔太), a character in the manga series Kimi ni Todoke
* Shoutarou Kaneda (金田 正太郎), abbreviated "Shota", a character in the manga series Tetsujin 28-go
* Shota Magatsuchi (真ヶ土 翔太), a character in the manga series Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
* Shota Shibata, a lead character in the 2018 movie Shoplifters
* Shōta Mitarai, a character from the game The Idolmaster 2 and The Idolmaster SideM