Yutaka is a masculine Japanese given name.
Written forms Yutaka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
豊, "bountiful" 裕, "affluence" 穣, "fertile" 温, "warmth"
The name can also be written in hiragana ゆたか or katakana ユタカ.
Notable people with the name Yutaka Abe (阿部 豊), Japanese film director and actor , Japanese gymnast Yutaka Akita (秋田 豊, born 1970), Japanese football player Yutaka Aoyama (青山 穣, born 1965), Japanese voice actor Yutaka Banno (伴野 豊, born 1961), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan Yutaka Demachi (出町 豊, born 1935), Japanese volleyball player , Japanese ice hockey player Yutaka Enatsu (江夏 豊, born 1948), Japanese baseball pitcher Rickie Fowler (リッキー・ユタカ・ファウラー, born 1988), Japanese-American Professional Golf Champion, named after maternal grandfather , Japanese basketball player Yutaka Fukufuji (福藤 豊, born 1982), the first Japanese-born player to appear in a National Hockey League game Yutaka Fukumoto (福本 豊, born 1947), professional baseball player Yutaka Fukushima (福島 豊, born 1958), Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party Yutaka Gibbons (1944–2021), Palauan activist and politician Yutaka Haniya (埴谷 雄高, 1909–1997), Japanese author Yutaka Higuchi (樋口 豊, born 1949), Japanese figure skater Yutaka Higuchi (桶口 豊, born 1967), bassist for the Japanese rock band BUCK-TICK Yutaka Hirose (広瀬 裕, born 1962), Japanese actor and voice actor , Japanese footballer Yutaka Ishinabe (石鍋 裕, born 1948), the first French Chef in the Japanese cooking show Iron Chef Yutaka Izubuchi (出渕 裕, born 1958), Japanese illustrator, anime designer and director Yutaka Kagaya (加賀谷 穣, born 1968), Japanese digital artist Yutaka Kanai (金井 豊, 1959–1990), Japanese long-distance runner Yutaka Katayama (片山 豊, born 1909), the first president of Nissan Motor Company in U.S.A , Japanese ice hockey player Yutaka Kisenosato (稀勢の里 寛, born 1986), sumo wrestler (born Yutaka Hagiwara 萩原 寛) Yutaka Mafune (真船 豊, 1902–1977), playwright in Showa period Japan Yutaka Matsushige (松重 豊, born 1963), Japanese actor Yutaka Minowa (箕輪 豊, born 1965), character designer and animation director who works with Madhouse Yutaka Mizutani (水谷 豊, born 1952), Japanese actor and singer , Japanese animator Yutaka Niida (新井田 豊, born 1978), professional minimumweight boxer Yutaka Ohno (大野 豊, born 1955), Japanese baseball player Yutaka Ozaki (尾崎 豊, 1965–1992), popular Japanese musician Yutaka Sado (佐渡 裕, born 1961), Japanese conductor Yutaka Tahara (田原 豊, born 1982), Japanese football player Yutaka Takanashi (高梨 豊, born 1935), Japanese photographer who photographed fashion, urban design, and city life Yutaka Take (武 豊, born 1969), Japanese jockey Yutaka Takenouchi (竹野内 豊, born 1971), Japanese actor Yutaka Taniyama (谷山 豊, 1927–1958), Japanese mathematician Yutaka Wada (和田 豊, born 1962), Japanese baseball player Yutaka Yaguchi (矢口 豊, born 1932), Chief Instructor and Chairman of the International Shotokan Karate Federation , Japanese composer Yutaka Yamaguchi (山口 泰, born 1940), member of the Group of Thirty Yutaka Yamamoto (山本 寛, born 1974), Japanese animation director Yutaka Yokokura (横倉 裕, born 1956), Japanese jazz musician , Japanese footballer Yutaka Yoshie (吉江 豊, born 1974), Japanese professional wrestler
Fictional characters Yutaka Kobayakawa (小早川 ゆたか), character in the anime series Lucky Star Yutaka Kobayashi (小林 温)), Megatokyo character Yutaka Seto (瀬戸 豊), character in the novel, film and manga Battle Royale Yutaka Tamaru (多丸 裕), minor character in the Suzumiya Haruhi franchise Yutaka Kazami (風見 豊), character in the Gyakuten Saiban series Yutaka Kono (河野 豊), character in the Darker than Black series Yutaka Shinozaki (篠崎 豊), character in the My Tiny Senpai series
See also Yutaka, Hiroshima, town located in Toyota District of Hiroshima, Japan Fukuhoku Yutaka Line, four sections of railway line in Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan Yutaka (video game company), the name of a former Japanese video game company