Tomoya

Tomoya is a masculine Japanese given name.

Tomoya can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:

• 友也, "friend, to be"
• 友矢, "friend, arrow"
• 友哉, "friend, how (interrogative particle)"
• 友弥, "friend, more and more"
• 友彌, "friend, more and more"
• 友八, "friend, eight"
• 友耶, "friend, question mark"
• 知也, "know, to be"
• 知矢, "know, arrow"
• 知哉, "know, how (interrogative particle)"
• 知弥, "know, more and more"
• 知八, "know, eight"
• 智也, "intellect, to be"
• 智矢, "intellect, arrow"
• 智哉, "intellect, how (interrogative particle)"
• 共也, "together, to be"
• 朋也, "companion, to be"
• 朝也, "morning/dynasty, to be"
• 朝矢, "morning/dynasty, arrow"
• 朝弥, "morning/dynasty, more and more"
• 朝彌, "morning/dynasty, more and more"

The name can also be written in hiragana ともや or katakana トモヤ.

• Tomoya Fukuda (福田 友也; born 1992), Japanese footballer
• Tomoya Fukumoto (福元 友哉; born 1999), Japanese footballer
• Tomoya Haneda (羽根田 智也), Japanese rugby union player
• Tomoya Hayashi (林 友哉; born 1999), Japanese footballer
• Tomoya Higashino (東野 智弥; born 1970), Japanese basketball coach
• Tomoya Hoshi (星 知弥; born 1994), Japanese baseball player
• Tomoya Hosoda (細田 智也; born 1991), Japanese politician
• Tomoya Ichikawa (市川 友也; born 1985), Japanese baseball player
• Tomoya Inukai (犬飼 智也; born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Tomoya Inzen (隠善 智也; born 1984), Japanese baseball player
• Tomoya Ishii (石井 智也; born 1989), Japanese alpine skier
• Tomoya Ito (伊藤 智也; born 1963), Japanese Paralympic athlete
• Tomoya Ito (伊東 知也; 1873-1921), Meiji-era politician
• Tomoya Kanamori (金守 智哉; born 1982), Japanese footballer
• Tomoya Kanki (神吉 智也; born 1987), Japanese musician
• Tomoya Koyamatsu (小屋松 知哉; born 1995), Japanese footballer
• Tomoya Miguchi (三口 智也; born 1986), Japanese modern pentathlete
• Tomoya Mikami (三上 朋也; born 1989), Japanese baseball player
• Tomoya Mori (森 友哉; born 1995), Japanese baseball player
• Tomoya Nagase (長瀬 智也; born 1978), Japanese singer and actor
• Tomoya Nakamura (中村 倫也; born 1986), Japanese actor
• Tomoya Nakanishi (中西 倫也; born 1994), Japanese footballer
• Tomoya Ochiai (落合 知也; born 1987), Japanese basketball player
• Tomoya Ohtani (大谷 智哉; born 1974), Japanese composer and musician
• Tomoya Osawa (大沢 朋也; born 1984), Japanese footballer
• Tomoya Satozaki (里崎 智也; born 1976), Japanese baseball player
• Tomoya Suzuki (鈴木 智也; born 2000), Japanese footballer
• Tomoya Takahata (髙畑 智也; born 1994), Japanese footballer
• Tomoya Takashina (高階 知也; born 1987), Japanese badminton player
• Tomoya Tamura (田村 朋也; born 1992), Japanese sprinter
• Tomoya Uchida (内田 智也; born 1983), Japanese footballer
• Tomoya Ugajin (宇賀神 友弥; born 1988), Japanese footballer
• Tomoya Wakahara (若原 智哉; born 1999), Japanese footballer
• Tomoya Warabino (蕨野 友也; born 1987), Japanese actor
• Tomoya Yagi (八木 智哉; born 1983), Japanese baseball player
• Tomoya Yamashita (山下 友也; born 1946), Japanese sport shooter

• Tomoya Mikami (三上 智也), protagonist of the visual novel Memories Off
• Tomoya Okazaki (岡崎 朋也), protagonist of the visual novel Clannad
• Tomoya Okita (沖田 智哉), a character in the manga series Manga Mitaina Koishitai!
• Tomoya Mashiro (真白 友也), a character from Ensemble Stars!