# Hideaki

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**Hideaki** (ひであき) is a masculine [Japanese given name](/source/Japanese_name).

## Written forms

Hideaki can be written using different [kanji](/source/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".[citation needed]

The name can also be written in [hiragana](/source/Hiragana).

## People with the name

- [Hideaki Aida](/source/Hideaki_Aida) (相田 秀晃, born 1943), Japanese rower
- [Hideaki Akaiwa](/source/Hideaki_Akaiwa) (born 1968), Japanese hero of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
- [Hideaki Anno](/source/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](/source/Kobayakawa_Hideaki) (小早川 秀秋, 1577–1602), Japanese *daimyō*
- [Iba Hideaki](/source/Iba_Hideaki) (伊庭秀明, 1648–1717), Japanese *swordsman*
- [Hideaki Inaba](/source/Hideaki_Inaba) (因幡 英昭, born 1944), Japanese powerlifter
- [Hideaki Ishi](/source/Hideaki_Ishi) (石 英明, born 1962), Japanese record producer and DJ Krush
- [Hideaki Itsuno](/source/Hideaki_Itsuno) (伊津野 英昭, born 1971), Japanese video game director and designer
- [Hideaki Itō](/source/Hideaki_It%C5%8D) (伊藤 英明, born 1975), Japanese actor
- [Hideaki Kamei](/source/Hideaki_Kamei) (亀井 秀明, born 1949), Japanese fencer
- [Hideaki Kase](/source/Hideaki_Kase) (加瀬 英明, born 1936), Japanese diplomat
- [Hideaki Kawamura](/source/Hideaki_Kawamura) (河村 英昭, born 1974), Japanese hurdler
- [Hideaki Kikuchi](/source/Hideaki_Kikuchi) (菊地 英昭, born 1964), Japanese guitarist
- [Hideaki Kitajima](/source/Hideaki_Kitajima) (北嶋 秀朗, born 1978), Japanese footballer
- [Hideaki Kobayashi (composer)](/source/Hideaki_Kobayashi_(composer)) (小林 秀聡, born 1973), Japanese composer
- [Hideaki Kobayashi (diplomat)](/source/Hideaki_Kobayashi_(diplomat)) (小林 秀明, born 1945), Japanese diplomat
- [Hideaki Kurokawa](/source/Hideaki_Kurokawa) (黒川 秀明, born 1944), Japanese ice hockey player
- [Hideaki Maeguchi](/source/Hideaki_Maeguchi) (前口 英明, born 1960), Japanese rower
- [Hideaki Matsuura](/source/Hideaki_Matsuura) (松裏 英明, born 1981), Japanese footballer
- [Hideaki Miyamura](/source/Hideaki_Miyamura) (born 1955), Japanese-born American potter
- [Hideaki Mori](/source/Hideaki_Mori) (森 秀昭, born 1972), Japanese footballer
- [Hideaki Motoyama](/source/Hideaki_Motoyama) (本山 秀昭, born 1969), Japanese badminton player
- [Hideaki Nitani](/source/Hideaki_Nitani) (二谷 英明, 1930–2012), Japanese actor
- [Hideaki Okabe](/source/Hideaki_Okabe) (岡部 英明, born 1959), Japanese politician
- [Hideaki Okubo](/source/Hideaki_Okubo) (大久保 秀昭, born 1969), Japanese baseball player
- [Hideaki Ōmura](/source/Hideaki_%C5%8Cmura) (大村 秀章, born 1960), Japanese politician
- [Hideaki Ozawa](/source/Hideaki_Ozawa) (小澤 英明, born 1974), Japanese footballer
- [Hideaki Sena](/source/Hideaki_Sena) (瀬名 秀明, born 1968), Japanese pharmacologist and writer
- [Hideaki Sorachi](/source/Hideaki_Sorachi) (空知 英秋, born 1979), Japanese manga artist
- [Hideaki Takatori](/source/Hideaki_Takatori) (高取 秀明, born 1967), Japanese singer and composer
- [Hideaki Takeda](/source/Hideaki_Takeda) (武田 英明, born 1985), Japanese footballer
- [Hideaki Takizawa](/source/Hideaki_Takizawa) (滝沢 秀明, born 1982), Japanese actor and singer
- [Hideaki Tezuka](/source/Hideaki_Tezuka) (手塚 秀彰, born 1954), Japanese actor and voice actor
- [Hideaki Tokunaga](/source/Hideaki_Tokunaga) (德永 英明, born 1961), Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
- [Hideaki Tominaga](/source/Hideaki_Tominaga) (富永 英明, born 1976), Japanese footballer
- [Hideaki Tomiyama](/source/Hideaki_Tomiyama) (富山 英明, born 1957), Japanese sport wrestler
- [Hideaki Ueno](/source/Hideaki_Ueno) (上野 秀章, born 1981), Japanese footballer
- [Hideaki Utsumi](/source/Hideaki_Utsumi) (内海 秀明, born 1973), Japanese video game composer
- [Hideaki Wakui](/source/Hideaki_Wakui) (涌井 秀章, born 1986), Japanese baseball player
- [Hideaki Yamada](/source/Hideaki_Yamada) (山田 秀明, born 1960), Japanese cross-country skier
- [Hideaki Yamazaki](/source/Hideaki_Yamazaki) (山崎 秀晃, born 1987), Japanese kickboxer
- [Hideaki Yanagida](/source/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](/source/Miracle_Girls)*
- Hideaki Mashimo (真下 ヒデアキ), a character in the anime series *[Digimon Fusion](/source/Digimon_Fusion)*
- Hideaki Nakajima (中嶋 英明), a character in the manga series *[Gakuen Heaven](/source/Gakuen_Heaven)*
- Hideaki Tōjō (東条 秀明), a character in the manga series *[Ace of Diamond](/source/Ace_of_Diamond)*
- Hideaki Yoshizawa (吉沢 秀明), a character in the manga series *[Ace of Diamond](/source/Ace_of_Diamond)*

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