Shōta, Shouta, or Shota (しょうた, ショウタ) is a common masculine Japanese given name.
Shōta can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
正太, "correct, thick"
翔太, "soar, thick"
章太, "composition, thick"
奨太, "reward, thick"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
Shota Arai (翔太, born 1985), Japanese football player
Shota Arai (章太, born 1988), Japanese football player
Shota Dobayashi (翔太, born 1991), Japanese professional baseball player
Endō Shōta (聖大, born 1990), Japanese professional sumo wrestler
Shota Hazui (born 1986), Japanese water polo player
Shota Horie (翔太, born 1986), Japanese rugby union player
Shota Hoshi (翔太, born 1985), Japanese futsal player
Shōta Iizuka (翔太, born 1991), Japanese sprinter
Ikioi Shōta (翔太, born 1986), Japanese professional sumo wrestler
Shota Imai (昌太, born 1984), Japanese football player
Shota Ishimine (翔大, born 1988), Japanese professional baseball outfielder
Shota Iwata (正太, born 1988), Japanese football player
Shota Kanno (将太, born 1984), Japanese football player
Shota Kawanishi (翔太, born 1988), Japanese football player
Shota Kimura (勝太, born 1988), Japanese football player
Shota Kimura (baseball) (正太, born 1986), Japanese professional baseball player
Shota Kobayashi (将太, born 1991), Japanese football player
Shota Koide (翔太, born 1981), Japanese football player
Shota Koike (翔大, born 1988), Japanese professional baseball catcher
Shota Matsuda (翔太, born 1985), Japanese actor
Shota Matsuhashi (章太, born 1982), Japanese football player
Shota Matsushima (庄汰, born 1990), Japanese actor
Shota Nakazaki (翔太, born 1992), Japanese professional baseball player
Shota Oba (翔太, born 1985), Japanese professional baseball pitcher
Shota Ohno (奨太, born 1987), Japanese professional baseball catcher
Shota Otsuka (翔太, born 1987), Japanese football player
Shota Sakaki (翔太, born 1993), Japanese football player
Shota Shimizu (翔太, born 1989), Japanese musician and singer-songwriter
Shota Suzuki (将太, born 1984), Japanese football player
Shōta Sometani (将太, born 1992), Japanese actor
Shota Takeda (翔太, born 1993), Japanese professional baseball pitcher
Shota Takekuma (祥太, born 1989), Japanese professional baseball player
Shota Amachi (翔太), a character in the video game Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Kiss
Shoutarou Kaneda (金田 正太郎, Kaneda Shōtarō), abbreviated "Shota", from the anime Tetsujin 28-go
Shota Kazehaya (翔太), a character in the anime Kimi ni Todoke
