Seiya

Seiya (星矢) is a masculine name of Japanese origin and it is also predominantly used in the Japanese language. It is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

The name's meaning is' star arrow or pure father, and the Kanji can be spelled like; セイヤ, せいや, or

• 星矢 "star, heavenly body of arrow"
• 清耶 "pure, father"
• 正夜 "correct, night"
• 生八 "life, eight"
• 成也 "successful, to be"
• 声弥 "voice, extensive complete"
• 盛哉 "prosper, how"
• 聖野 "holy, field"
• 世乎 "world, question"
• 西椰 "west, coconut tree"
• 征椰 "conquer, coconut tree"

People

• Seiya Adachi (安達 聖也, born 1995) is a water polo player of Japan
• Seiya Ando (安藤 誓哉, born 1992) is a Japanese professional basketball player
• Seiya Sanada (真田 聖也, born 1988), is a Japanese professional wrestler
• Seiya Kishikawa (岸川聖也, born 1987), a male Japanese table tennis player
• Seiya Motoki (元木 聖也, born 1993) is a Japanese actor
• Seiya Nakagawa (中川 誠也, born, 1993) is a Japanese baseball player.
• Seiya Fujita (藤田 征也, born 1987), is a Japanese footballer
• Seiya Suzuki (鈴木 誠也, born 1994) is a professional Japanese baseball player
• Seiya Inoue (井上 晴哉, born 1989) is a professional Japanese baseball player
• Seiya Sugishita (杉下 聖也, born 1988), a Japanese footballer
• Seiya Sakamoto (坂本 清耶, born 1944), a Japanese former water polo player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics
• Asahifuji Seiya 旭富士 正也 (Asahifuji Seiya), (born 1960 as Seiya Suginomori (杉野森 正也 Suginomori Seiya)) is a former sumo wrestler from Aomori, Japan

Characters

• Pegasus Seiya (天馬星座の星矢, Pegasasu no Seiya), is a boy and the main character of the Manga series Saint Seiya
• Kou Seiya (星野 光 Seiya Kō), also known as Sailor Star Fighter' is the leader of the Sailor Starlights from the Sailor Moon manga series