# Hideki

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**Hideki** (ひでき, ヒデキ) is a common masculine [Japanese given name](/source/Japanese_name).

## Written forms

Hideki can be written using different [kanji](/source/Kanji) characters and can mean:

- 秀樹, "excellence", "timber trees"
- 英樹, "superior", "timber trees"
- 英機, "superior", "chance"
- 秀喜, "excellence", "pleasure"
- 秀紀, "excellence", "chronicle"
- 英輝, "superior", "brightness"
- 英希, "superior", "hope"

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

## People with the name

Notable people with the name include:

- [Hideki Arai](/source/Hideki_Arai) (新井 英樹, born 1963), Japanese manga artist
- [Asanoyama Hideki](/source/Asanoyama_Hideki) (朝乃山 英樹, born 1994), Japanese sumo wrestler
- [Hideki Chihara](/source/Hideki_Chihara) (千原 英喜, born 1957), Japanese composer
- [Hideki Fujii](/source/Hideki_Fujii) (藤井 秀樹, 1934–2010), Japanese photographer
- [Hideki Fujisawa](/source/Hideki_Fujisawa) (藤沢 秀樹, born 1963), also known as Dance☆Man, Japanese musician
- [Hideki Hamaguchi](/source/Hideki_Hamaguchi) (浜口 秀樹, born 1956), Japanese basketball player
- [Hideki Hosaka](/source/Hideki_Hosaka) (保坂 秀樹, 1971–2021), Japanese professional wrestler
- [Hideki Imai](/source/Hideki_Imai) (今井 秀樹, born 1943), Japanese information theorist and cryptographer
- [Hideki Imamura](/source/Hideki_Imamura) (今村 栄喜, born 1972), Japanese musician, co-founder and vocalist of the band [Siam Shade](/source/Siam_Shade)
- [Hideki Irabu](/source/Hideki_Irabu) (伊良部 秀輝, 1969–2011), Japanese professional baseball player who played in both Japan and the United States
- [Hideki Ishige](/source/Hideki_Ishige) (石毛 秀樹, born 1994), Japanese footballer
- [Hideki Ishima](/source/Hideki_Ishima) (石間 秀機, born 1944), Japanese musician
- [Hideki Kadowaki](/source/Hideki_Kadowaki) (門脇 英基, born 1976), Japanese mixed martial artist
- [Hideki Kamiya](/source/Hideki_Kamiya) (神谷 英樹, born 1970), Japanese video game designer
- [Hideki Kase](/source/Hideki_Kase) (加瀬 秀樹, born 1959), Japanese professional golfer
- [Kato Hideki](/source/Kato_Hideki) (加藤 英樹, born 1962), Japanese musician and composer
- [Hideki Kita](/source/Hideki_Kita) (喜多 秀喜, born 1952), retired Japanese long-distance runner
- [Hideki Komatsu](/source/Hideki_Komatsu) (小松英樹, born 1967), Japanese Go player
- [Hideki Maeda](/source/Hideki_Maeda) (前田 秀樹, born 1954), Japanese footballer and manager
- [Hideki Makihara](/source/Hideki_Makihara) (牧原 秀樹, born 1971), Japanese politician
- [Hideki Matsui](/source/Hideki_Matsui) (松井 秀喜, born 1974), Japanese baseball player
- [Hideki Matsutake](/source/Hideki_Matsutake) (松武 秀樹, born 1951), Japanese electronic musician
- [Hideki Matsuoka](/source/Hideki_Matsuoka) (松岡 秀樹, born 1968), Japanese Go player
- [Hideki Matsuyama](/source/Hideki_Matsuyama) (松山 英樹, born 1992), Japanese golfer
- [Hideki Mitsui](/source/Hideki_Mitsui) (三井 秀樹, born 1963), Japanese screenwriter
- [Hideki Miyazaki](/source/Hideki_Miyazaki) (宮崎 秀基, born 1962), Japanese Nordic combined skier
- [Hideki Mori](/source/Hideki_Mori) (森 秀樹, born 1961), Japanese manga artist
- [Hideki Murai](/source/Hideki_Murai) (村井 英樹, born 1980), Japanese politician
- [Hideki Mutoh](/source/Hideki_Mutoh) (武藤 英紀, born 1982), Japanese race car driver
- [Hideki Nagai](/source/Hideki_Nagai) (永井 秀樹, born 1971), Japanese footballer and manager
- [Hideki Nagano](/source/Hideki_Nagano) (永野 英樹, born 1968), Japanese classical pianist
- [Hideki Naganuma](/source/Hideki_Naganuma) (長沼 英樹, born 1972), Japanese video game music composer
- [Hideki Nakano](/source/Hideki_Nakano) (中野 秀樹, born 1952), Japanese Nordic combined skier
- [Hideki Nanba](/source/Hideki_Nanba) (難波 英樹, born 1974), Japanese rugby union player
- [Hideki Niwa](/source/Hideki_Niwa) (丹羽 秀樹, born 1972), Japanese politician
- [Hideki Niizuma](/source/Hideki_Niizuma) (新妻 秀規, born 1970), Japanese politician
- [Hideki Noda](/source/Hideki_Noda) (野田 英樹, born 1969), Japanese racing driver
- [Hideki Noda (playwright)](/source/Hideki_Noda_(playwright)) (野田 秀樹, born 1955), Japanese actor, playwright and theatre director
- [Hideki Okada](/source/Hideki_Okada) (岡田 秀樹, born 1958), Japanese racing driver
- [Hideki Okajima](/source/Hideki_Okajima) (岡島 秀樹, born 1974), Japanese baseball player
- [Hideki Omoto](/source/Hideki_Omoto) (大元 英照, born 1984), Japanese rower
- [Hideki Saijo](/source/Hideki_Saijo) (西城 秀樹, 1955–2018), Japanese singer and television celebrity
- [Hideki Sakamoto](/source/Hideki_Sakamoto) (坂本 英城, born 1972), Japanese music composer
- [Hideki Seo](/source/Hideki_Seo) (瀬尾 英樹, born 1974), Japanese-born fashion designer
- [Hideki Shingō](/source/Hideki_Shing%C5%8D) (新郷 英城, 1911–1982), Japanese fighter pilot officer
- [Hideki Shirakawa](/source/Hideki_Shirakawa) (白川 英樹, born 1936), Japanese chemist and winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- [Hideki Sunaga](/source/Hideki_Sunaga) (須永 英輝, born 1985), Japanese baseball player
- [Hideki Suzuki](/source/Hideki_Suzuki) (鈴木 秀樹, born 1980), Japanese professional wrestler
- [Hideki Tachibana](/source/Hideki_Tachibana) (橘 秀樹), Japanese writer and anime director
- [Hideki Takahashi](/source/Hideki_Takahashi) (高橋 英樹, born 1944), Japanese actor
- [Hideki Tasaka](/source/Hideki_Tasaka) (田坂 秀樹, born 1975), Japanese voice actor
- [Hideki Todaka](/source/Hideki_Todaka) (戸高 秀樹, born 1973), Japanese boxer
- [Hideki Togi](/source/Hideki_Togi) (東儀 秀樹, born 1959), Japanese composer, gagaku musician, and actor
- [Hideki Tojo](/source/Hideki_Tojo) (東條 英機, 1884–1948), Japanese Prime Minister during World War II
- [Hideki Uchidate](/source/Hideki_Uchidate) (内舘 秀樹, born 1974), Japanese footballer
- [Hideki Yamauchi](/source/Hideki_Yamauchi) (山内 英輝, born 1988), Japanese racing driver
- [Hideki Yuasa](/source/Hideki_Yuasa) (湯浅 秀樹, born 1964), Japanese naval officer
- [Hideki Yukawa](/source/Hideki_Yukawa) (湯川 秀樹, 1907–1981), Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate

## Fictional characters

- [Hideki Motosuwa](/source/Hideki_Motosuwa) (本須和秀樹), a character in the manga series *[Chobits](/source/Chobits)*
- Hideki, a character in the anime series *[Devil Hunter Yohko](/source/Devil_Hunter_Yohko)*
- Hideki Go, the alter ego of Ultraman Jack from the 1971 tokusatsu film *[The Return of Ultraman](/source/The_Return_of_Ultraman)*
- Ryūga Hideki (流河 旱樹), an alias for [L](/source/L_(Death_Note)) from the manga *[Death Note](/source/Death_Note)*
- Hideki Nishimura, a character in the light novel series *[And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online?](/source/And_You_Thought_There_Is_Never_a_Girl_Online%3F)*
- Hideki Kurohagi, the secondary antagonist of the anime miniseries *[Marvel Anime: Wolverine](/source/Marvel_Anime#Wolverine)*

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