Japanese name common among older generations.

Akio

Akira is a popular Japanese name for both sexes that's migrated to the West because of its appearance in manga and video games.  Akiro is a related name popular for boys.

Akira

Akihiko

Akito

Aoki

Arata

Asahi

Atsushi

One Japanese name that feels Western, though not quite American. 

Botan

Chikao

Daichi

Daigo

Daijiro

Daiki

Daisuke

Fuji

Genkei

Goro

Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, well known in the U. S. , might inspire some namesakes. 

Haruki

As well as Japanese physicist Hideki Yukawa, two Yankees ballplayers, Hideki Irabu and Hideki Matsui, made this name familiar to Americans.

Hideki

This name with a beautiful meaning can be used for girls as well as boys.

Hikaru

Hiro is an apt name for a hero of the show <em>Heroes</em> -- and for our times.  Widely used in Japan, sometimes also for girls. Hiroshi is a long form.

Hiro

Several artistic Hiroshis make this one of the more plausible Japanese imports. 

Hiroshi

A very popular Japanese boys' name whose characters refer to the constellation Ursa Major.  Short form Hiro might work better in the West, as may another popular Japanese boys' name, Ren.

Hiroto

Habiki

Hachirou

Haru

Haruto

Hayate

Hayato

Hideaki

Hideyoshi

Hiroyoshi

Hotaka

Hotaru

Ichiro is a good classic choice for the first boy in a Japanese family. 

Ichiro

Itachi

Itsuki

Commonly used Japanese name -- and not only for a second son. 

Jiro

One of several Japanese names that refer to a child's place in the family birth order. Kenji has attracted notice in the US as the name of The Food Lab chef, James Kenji López-Alt, know simply as Kenji.

Kenji

Kiyoshi

Kaito

Katsu

Katsuo

Kazuhito

Kazuki

Kazuya

Keiji

Keisuke

Keitaro

Kohaku

Kohei

Kosuke

Kota

Kouji

Kouki

Kuro

Kyosuke

Minoru

Mako

Makoto

Masaru

Masashi

Matsu

Naoki

Naruto

Natsu

Nobu

The name of the Japanese god of thunder makes an assertive choice, very much at home in the Western world.  Because of the name's similarity to <a href="https://nameberry.com/popular-names">popular baby names</a> Aiden and Jayden, most people will pronounce it RAY-den, but it's more properly RYE-den.

Raiden

A very popular name for boys, also used for girls, in Japan, most familiar in the West as half of cartoon's "Ren and Stimpy," and as the hero in both the original and updated versions of "Footloose." 

This attractive mini-name combines multiple trends: the R initial, vowel-ending boy names, and a fantastical meaning.

Rokuro

Ryota

Popular Japanese name exemplified by the distinguished conductor Seiji Ozawa. 

Seiji

Shoji

Sanji

Satoshi

Shin

Shinjiro

Shiro

Shohei

Shota

Shoyo

Sora

Taichi

Taiki

Takahiro

Takashi

Takato

Takaya

Takeshi

Takuma

Takumi

Tetsuya

Tobio

allij28's list "Japanese Boy Names" of 113 great name ideas: Akio - Yuya!

Japanese Boy Names

Nameberry is pretty short on Japanese names, so here are some Japanese boys' names!