Hideaki (ひであき) is a masculine Japanese given name.
Written forms Hideaki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
秀秋, "excellent", "autumn" 英秋, "outstanding", "autumn" 秀明, "excellent", "bright" 英明, "outstanding", "bright" 秀朗, "excellent", "clear" 秀昭, "excellent", "shining" 英昭, "outstanding", "shining" 秀章, "excellent", "composition" 秀聡, "excellent", "wise" 秀彰, "excellent", "clear"
A popular kanji is 明 (the combination of two different characters 日 = sun and 月 = moon) which means "the light coming from the sun", "sunlight and moonlight", "bright", "intelligent", "wisdom" or "truth".
The name can also be written in hiragana.
People with the name , Japanese rower Hideaki Akaiwa (born 1968), Japanese hero of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami , Japanese animator and film director , Japanese footballer , Japanese daimyō , Japanese swordsman , Japanese powerlifter , Japanese record producer and DJ Krush , Japanese video game director and designer , Japanese actor , Japanese fencer , Japanese diplomat , Japanese hurdler , Japanese guitarist , Japanese footballer , Japanese composer , Japanese diplomat , Japanese ice hockey player , Japanese rower , Japanese footballer Hideaki Miyamura (born 1955), Japanese-born American potter , Japanese footballer , Japanese badminton player , Japanese actor , Japanese politician , Japanese baseball player , Japanese politician , Japanese footballer , Japanese pharmacologist and writer , Japanese manga artist , Japanese singer and composer , Japanese footballer , Japanese actor and singer , Japanese actor and voice actor , Japanese singer-songwriter and actor , Japanese footballer , Japanese sport wrestler , Japanese footballer , Japanese video game composer , Japanese baseball player , Japanese cross-country skier , Japanese kickboxer , Japanese sport wrestler
Fictional characters , a character in the manga series Miracle Girls , a character in the anime series Digimon Fusion , a character in the manga series Gakuen Heaven , a character in the manga series Ace of Diamond , a character in the manga series Ace of Diamond