Hideki (ひでき, ヒデキ) is a common masculine Japanese given name.
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Hideki |
| Pronunciation | Hí-dè-kí. Can have different pronunciations depending on the language used. |
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| Gender | Male |
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| Language(s) | Japanese |
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| Word/name | Japan |
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| Meaning | It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used. |
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| Related names | Hideaki, Hideo |
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Hideki can be written using different 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 or katakana.
Notable people with the name include:
- Hideki Abe (安倍 栄基), Japanese video game composer
- Hideki Arai (新井 英樹, born 1963), Japanese manga artist
- Asanoyama Hideki (朝乃山 英樹, born 1994), Japanese sumo wrestler
- Hideki Chihara (千原 英喜, born 1957), Japanese composer
- Hideki Fujii (藤井 秀樹, born 1934), Japanese photographer
- Hideki Fujisawa (藤沢 秀樹, born 1963), also known as Dance☆Man, Japanese musician
- Hideki Hamaguchi (浜口 秀樹, born 1956), Japanese basketball player
- Hideki Hosaka (保坂 秀樹, 1971–2021), Japanese professional wrestler
- Hideki Imai (今井 秀樹, born 1943), Japanese information theorist and cryptographer
- Hideki Imamura (今村 栄喜, born 1972), Japanese musician, co-founder and vocalist of the band Siam Shade
- Hideki Irabu (伊良部 秀輝, 1969–2011), Japanese professional baseball player who played in both Japan and the United States
- Hideki Ishige (石毛 秀樹, born 1994), Japanese footballer
- Hideki Ishima (石間 秀機, born 1944), Japanese musician
- Hideki Isoda (磯田 秀樹, born 1970), Japanese producer, director, and composer
- Hideki Kadowaki (門脇 英基, born 1976), Japanese mixed martial artist
- Hideki Kamiya (神谷 英樹, born 1970), Japanese video game designer
- Hideki Kase (加瀬 秀樹, born 1959), Japanese professional golfer
- Kato Hideki (加藤 英樹, born 1962), Japanese musician and composer
- Hideki Kita (喜多 秀喜, born 1952), retired Japanese long-distance runner
- Hideki Kojima (小島 英樹), Japanese voice actor
- Hideki Komatsu (小松英樹, born 1967), Japanese Go player
- Hideki Maeda (前田 秀樹, born 1954), Japanese footballer and manager
- Hideki Makihara (牧原 秀樹, born 1971), Japanese politician
- Hideki Matsui (松井 秀喜, born 1974), Japanese baseball player
- Hideki Matsutake (松武 秀樹, born 1951), Japanese electronic musician
- Hideki Matsuoka (松岡 秀樹, born 1968), Japanese Go player
- Hideki Matsuyama (松山 英樹, born 1992), Japanese golfer
- Hideki Mitsui (三井 秀樹, born 1963), Japanese screenwriter
- Hideki Miyazaki (宮崎 秀基, born 1962), Japanese Nordic combined skier
- Hideki Mori (森 秀樹, born 1961), Japanese manga artist
- Hideki Murai (村井 英樹, born 1980), Japanese politician
- Hideki Mutoh (武藤 英紀, born 1982), Japanese race car driver
- Hideki Nagai (永井 秀樹, born 1971), Japanese footballer and manager
- Hideki Nagano (永野 英樹, born 1968), Japanese classical pianist
- Hideki Naganuma (長沼 英樹, born 1972), Japanese video game music composer
- Hideki Nakano (中野 秀樹, born 1952), Japanese Nordic combined skier
- Hideki Nanba (難波 英樹, born 1974), Japanese rugby union player
- Hideki Niwa (丹羽 秀樹, born 1972), Japanese politician
- Hideki Niizuma (新妻 秀規, born 1970), Japanese politician
- Hideki Noda (野田 英樹, born 1969), Japanese racing driver
- Hideki Noda (playwright) (野田 秀樹, born 1955), Japanese actor, playwright and theatre director
- Hideki Okada (岡田 秀樹, born 1958), Japanese racing driver
- Hideki Okajima (岡島 秀樹, born 1974), Japanese baseball player
- Hideki Omoto (大元 英照, born 1984), Japanese rower
- Hideki Saijo (西城 秀樹, 1955–2018), Japanese singer and television celebrity
- Hideki Sakamoto (坂本 英城, born 1972), Japanese music composer
- Hideki Seo (瀬尾 英樹, born 1974), Japanese-born fashion designer
- Hideki Shingō (新郷 英城, 1911–1982), Japanese fighter pilot officer
- Hideki Shirakawa (白川 英樹, born 1936), Japanese chemist and winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Hideki Sunaga (須永 英輝, born 1985), Japanese baseball player
- Hideki Suzuki (鈴木 秀樹, born 1980), Japanese professional wrestler
- Hideki Tachibana (橘 秀樹), Japanese writer and anime director
- Hideki Takahashi (高橋 英樹, born 1944), Japanese actor
- Hideki Tasaka (田坂 秀樹, born 1975), Japanese voice actor
- Hideki Todaka (戸高 秀樹, born 1973), Japanese boxer
- Hideki Togi (東儀 秀樹, born 1959), Japanese composer, gagaku musician, and actor
- Hideki Tojo (東條 英機, 1884–1948), Japanese Prime Minister during World War II
- Hideki Uchidate (内舘 秀樹, born 1974), Japanese footballer
- Hideki Yamauchi (山内 英輝, born 1988), Japanese racing driver
- Hideki Yuasa (湯浅 秀樹, born 1964), Japanese naval officer
- Hideki Yukawa (湯川 秀樹, 1907–1981), Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate
