Ways to write Katsuya

The same sound can be written with different kanji, and each choice changes the meaning. These are the spellings that have appeared in Japan's yearly baby name rankings, most popular first.

勝也

勝victory也to be (classical)

Boy, 11 notable people on Wikidata

克也

克to overcome也to be (classical)

Boy, 4 notable people on Wikidata

克哉

克to overcome哉(classical exclamation)

Boy, 1 notable person on Wikidata

Rarer spellings

These spellings of Katsuya appear in Japanese name records but are uncommon. Each uses a standard reading of its kanji.

嘉津弥praise + harbour + more and moreBoy

Famous people named Katsuya

Katsuya Nagato 勝也Japanese association football player

Katsuya Ishihara 石原 克哉Japanese association football player

Katsuya Okada 克也Japanese politician (born 1953)

Katsuya Nomura 克也Japanese professional baseball player, coach, baseball critic, baseball commentator (1935-2020)

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this given name.