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Naoki

Naoki (直樹) is a masculine Japanese given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:Naoki Abe , Japanese long jumper Naoki Bandō , Japanese voice actor Naoki Chiba , Japanese former football player Naoki Eiga , Japanese kendoka Naoki Furukawa , Japanese politician Naoki Goto , Japanese footballer Naoki Hagiwara , Japanese goalball player Naoki Hamaguchi , Japanese video game programmer and director Naoki Hanawa , Japanese singer and comedian Naoki Hane , Japanese professional 9 dan Go player Naoki Hatada , Japanese footballer Naoki Hatta , Japanese retired footballer Naoki Hattori , Japanese motoring journalist and racing driver Naoki Hayashi , Japanese professional footballer Naoki Higashida , Japanese autistic writer Naoki Hiraoka , Japanese former football player and manager Naoki Hisaya , Japanese screenwriter Naoki Hommachi , Japanese former football player Naoki Hoshino , Japanese politician Naoki Hyakuta , Japanese novelist, television producer, and politician Naoki Imamura , Japanese voice actor Naoki Imaya , Japanese footballer Naoki Inose , Japanese journalist, historian, social critic and biographer Naoki Inoue , Japanese mixed martial artist Naoki Inoue (footballer) , Japanese footballer Naoki Inoue (sprinter) , Japanese sprinter Naoki Ishibashi , Japanese former football player Naoki Ishihara , Japanese former professional footballer Naoki Ishikawa , Japanese former professional footballer Naoki Ishikawa (kickboxer) , Japanese retired kickboxer Naoki Ishikawa (photographer) , Japanese photographer and mountaineer Naoki Izumiya , Japanese businessman and the president and CEO of Asahi Breweries Naoki Kanuma , Japanese professional footballer Naoki Kawaguchi , Japanese footballer Naoki Kawamae , Japanese badminton player Naoki Kawamata , Japanese rugby union player Naoki Kawano , Japanese actor and musician Naoki Kazama , Japanese politician Naoki Kobayashi , Japanese dancer and actor Naoki Kobayashi (sprinter) , Japanese track and field sprinter Naoki Kodaka , Japanese video game music composer Naoki Kojima , Japanese track and road cyclist Naoki Koyama , Japanese marathon runner Naoki Koyama , Japanese professional shogi player Naoki Kumata , Japanese footballer Naoki Kunishima , Japanese actor and model Naoki Kurita , Japanese sport shooter Naoki Kuriyama , Japanese retired footballer Naoki Kusumi , Japanese artist Naoki Kusunose , Japanese football manager and former player Naoki Kuwata , Japanese actor and model Naoki Maeda , Japanese professional footballer Naoki Maeda , Japanese footballer Naoki Matayoshi , Japanese novelist and comedian Naoki Matoba , Japanese baseball player Naoki Matsuda , Japanese professional footballer Naoki Matsudo , Japanese motorbike racer Naoki Matsumoto , Japanese professional baseball player Naoki Matsushita , Japanese mixed martial artist Naoki Matsuyo , Japanese former football player Naoki Minezaki , Japanese politician Naoki Miyamoto , Japanese professional Go player Naoki Miyanishi , Japanese professional baseball pitcher Naoki Mizunuma , Japanese swimmer Naoki Monna , Japanese sociologist Naoki Mori , Japanese former football player Naoki Mori , Japanese professional football manager and former player Naoki Mori (virologist) , Japanese virologist Naoki Motomura , Japanese rugby sevens player Naoki Murata , Japanese judoka and author Naoki Nagasaka , Japanese former racing driver Naoki Naito , Japanese former football player Naoki Nakagawa , Japanese tennis player Naoki Nakahigashi , Japanese professional baseball player Naoki Nakamura , Japanese ski jumper Naoki Nakamura , Japanese professional drifter Naoki Naruo , Japanese former football player and manager Naoki Nishioka, Japanese sprinter Naoki Nokubo , Japanese television personality Naoki Nomura , Japanese footballer Naoki Okada , Japanese politician Naoki Okami, Japanese sprinter Naoki Otani , Japanese footballer Naoki Ozawa , Japanese rugby union player Naoki Rossi, Swiss figure skater Naoki Saito , Japanese illustrator, manga artist, and YouTuber Naoki Saito (mathematician), Japanese mathematician Naoki Sakai (footballer) , Japanese former football player Naoki Sakai , Japanese industrial designer Naoki Sakurada , Japanese mixed martial artist Naoki Sanda , Japanese footballer Naoki Sano , Japanese retired professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist Naoki Satō , Japanese composer Naoki Sato (footballer) , Japanese footballer Naoki Satoh (baseball) , Japanese professional baseball outfielder Naoki Segi , Japanese film director Naoki Shigematsu , Japanese former competitive figure skater Naoki Shimura , Japanese ski jumper Naoki Shirane , Japanese former professional baseball player Naoki Soma , Japanese football manager and former player Naoki Sugai , Japanese former football player Naoki Sugioka , Japanese handball player Naoki Sugiura , Japanese actor Naoki Sutoh , Japanese professional footballer Naoki Tajima , Japanese tennis player Naoki Takahashi , Japanese former football player Naoki Takashima , Japanese politician Naoki Tajima , Japanese tennis player Naoki Takeshi , Japanese actor Naoki Takizawa , Japanese fashion designer Naoki Tanaka (comedian) , Japanese comedian, actor and television presenter Naoki Tanaka (footballer) , Japanese footballer Naoki Tanaka (politician) , Japanese former politician Naoki Tanaka (kickboxer) , Japanese kickboxer Naoki Tanemura , Japanese writer, essayist and critic Naoki Tanizaki , Japanese professional wrestler Naoki Tatsuta , Japanese voice actor Naoki Tokunaga , Japanese former technical director Naoki Tsubaki , Japanese professional footballer Naoki Tsukahara , Japanese track and field sprinter Naoki Urasawa , Japanese manga artist and musician Naoki Urata , Japanese former Japanese football player Naoki Uto , Japanese professional basketball player Naoki Wako , Japanese footballer Naoki Yamada , Japanese footballer Naoki Yamamoto , Japanese manga artist Naoki Yamamoto , Japanese racing driver Naoki Yanagi , Japanese voice actor Naoki Yasuzaki , Japanese former ski jumper Naoki Yokomizo , Japanese racing driver Naoki Yokoyama , Japanese electrical engineer Naoki Yoshida , Japanese video game producer, director and designer Naoki Yoshikawa , Japanese professional baseball second baseman Naoki Yuasa , Japanese alpine ski racer Kazu Naoki , Japanese football player Sanjugo Naoki , Japanese novelist

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Naoki
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Word/nameJapanese
MeaningDifferent meanings depending on the kanji used

Naoki (直樹) is a masculine Japanese given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

Fictional characters

See also

See also

  • Naoki Prize, a Japanese literary award presented semiannually