Hideki (ひでき, ヒデキ) is a common masculine Japanese given name.
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.
with the given name HidekiHideki Abe (安倍 栄基), Japanese video game composerHideki Arai (新井 英樹, born 1963), Japanese manga artistHideki Fujii (藤井 秀樹, born 1934), Japanese photographerHideki Fujisawa (藤沢 秀樹, born 1963), also known as Dance☆Man, Japanese musicianHideki Imai (今井 秀樹, born 1943), Japanese information theorist and cryptographerHideki Imamura (born January 29, 1972), Japanese musician, co-founder and vocalist of the band Siam ShadeHideki Irabu (伊良部 秀輝, 1969-2011), a Japanese professional baseball player who played in both Japan and the United StatesHideki Isoda (磯田秀樹, born 1970), Japanese producer, director, and composerHideki Kadowaki (門脇英基, born 1976), Japanese mixed martial artistHideki Kamiya (神谷 英樹), Japanese video game designerHideki Kita (喜多 秀喜, born 1952), retired Japanese long-distance runnerHideki Komatsu (小松英樹, born 1967), Japanese Go playerHideki Makihara (牧原 秀樹, born 1971), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic PartyHideki Matsui (松井 秀喜, born 1974), retired Japanese professional baseball player who played for the New York YankeesHideki Matsutake (born 1951), Japanese electronic musicianHideki Matsuoka (松岡秀樹, born 1968), Japanese Go playerHideki Matsuyama (born 1992), Japanese Professional GolferHideki Mutoh (武藤 英紀, born 1982), Japanese race car driverHideki Naganuma (長沼 英樹, born 1972), Japanese video game music composerHideki Niwa (丹羽 秀樹, born 1972), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic PartyHideki Noda (野田 英樹, born 1969), former Japanese Formula One driverHideki Noda (playwright) (野田 秀樹, born 1955), Japanese playwright, theatre director, and actorHideki Okajima (岡島 秀樹, born 1974), Japanese professional baseball player and pitcher who plays for the Boston Red SoxHideki Saijo (西城 秀樹, born 1955), Japanese singer and television celebrity best known for singing the Japanese version of the Village People's hit song Y.M.C.A.Hideki Shirakawa (白川 英樹, born 1936), Japanese chemist and winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in ChemistryHideki Takahashi (高橋 英樹, born 1944), Japanese actorHideki Tasaka (田坂 秀樹, born 1975), Japanese voice actorHideki Todaka (戸高 秀樹, born 1973), former Japanese professional boxerHideki Tojo (東條 英機, 1884-1948), Japanese prime minister during World War IIHideki Yukawa (湯川 秀樹, 1907-1981), Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureatewith the given name HidekiHideki Motosuwa (本須和秀樹), character in the anime/manga series ChobitsHideki, character in the anime series Devil Hunter YohkoHideki Go, the alter ego of Ultraman Jack from the 1971 tokusatsu film The Return of Ultraman
