Japanese Names That Mean Star, Moon, Sun & Light

Japanese names that mean star use 星, and Japanese names that mean moon use 月. Japanese names that mean sun use 日 or 陽, while Japanese names that mean light start with 光. That sun kanji 陽 is in 陽翔, the top boy name in Japan in 2024. I have hand-picked a list of Japanese names that mean star, moon, sun and light, and their meanings.

List Of Japanese Names That Mean Star And Their Meanings:

Seiran

I’ve always liked this one for its flower: “star orchid.”

Sei

Star.

Ryusei

”Shooting star.” Actor Ryusei Yokohama performed in Ressha Sentai ToQger as Hikari/ToQ 4gou.

Kaisei

“First star of the Big Dipper,” and Chinese students prayed to it before exams.

Hoshimi

It combines 星, star, with 海, sea.

Kisei

“Prayer star,” “joy star,” “season star” or “tree star.” Kisei is also an honorary title and Go tournament.

Orihime

Orihime (“weaving princess”) is the star Vega, the weaver of the Tanabata legend.

Hoshiko

Star child.

Mihoshi

“Beautiful star.” That’s also the kanji of Bisei, which passed Japan’s first light pollution law.

Seiki

“Star radiance,” or “star chronicle.” Seiki was the first vessel built by the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal.

Ginga

“Galaxy” in Japanese. It’s spelled with silver and river.

Tiara

Japanese parents write this English word with a single kanji: 星. Star.

Hikoboshi

Boy star, the cowherd Altair who married Orihime.

Akeboshi

“dawn star/Venus.” Yoshio Akeboshi learned to play the piano when he was three years old.

Subaru

“To unite,” and the Pleiades, which Sei Shōnagon wrote in The Pillow Book.

Hoshino

From hoshi, star, and no, field. Hidemasa Hoshino has won three times on the Japan Golf Tour.

Chise

It is made of 千, thousand, and 星, star.

Kirara

“Star,” written 星 and Kirara Hoshi is a character in the Jujutsu Kaisen series.

Seiya

“Star arrow.” Pegasus Seiya is one of the eighty-eight Saints and draws his superhuman powers from the Cosmos.

Fuyuse

Winter star.

Hokuto

“Big Dipper.” Ainu poet Hokuto Iboshi released a series called The Dubious Ruins of Fugoppe.

Yusei

“Gentle star/wandering star.” Yusei Fudo is the main protagonist of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s.

Moroboshi

Ataru Moroboshi (“many stars”) is Rumiko Takahashi’s unlucky hero.

Kirari

Glint is the sound, star is the kanji. Kirari Momobami is a major antagonist of Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler.

Hoshina

“Star name.”

Seika

“Star fruit.”

Shinsei

”New star.” Shinsei is an artificial satellite that was launched by the Astronautical Science of the University of Tokyo.

Sena

“Star flow/star sea.” Save

Issei

“One star.” Issei Hyoudou is the main male protagonist of High School DxD.

Seishiro

It combines three kanji: star, history and son.

Hoshio

“Star hero,” or “brave star.”

Ayase

“Pure star,” or “colored star.”

Mitsuho

Three stars, as in 三星. Mitsuho Otani performed in Kodokuna Kajitsu and Hitogata Nagashi.

Hitode

The Japanese word for starfish uses the same kanji, 海星. Sea star. Save

Sutera

Why Stella? Japanese parents sounded out the Latin name and gave it 星.

Hoshika

“Star song,” or “star fragrance.”

Seiga

“Star river,” a word for the Milky Way. Seiga Kaku is a taoist hermit necromancer in the Touhou Project franchise.

Hoshi

”Star,” and the one I’d put first on a shortlist. Hoshi is also an intersection marked with a dot in the board game Go

Moon:

Tsukiko

Moon child. Tsukiko Sagi is a character in Paranoia Agent Save

Mitsuki

“Beautiful moon,” or “full moon.” Mitsuki was created as a partial clone of Orochimaru.

Kaguya

Kaguya (“shining”) is the princess who returned to the Moon in The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.

Hazuki

From ha, leaf, and tsuki, moon: and a name for August.

Raito

“Moon,” written 月 but sounded out as Light for the hero of Death Note.

Mochizuki

”Full moon.”

Tsukuyomi

“Moon reading.” He’s the moon god who killed the food goddess Ukemochi.

Natsuki

“Summer moon,” or “canola moon.”

Mikazuki

”Crescent moon.” That’s also a national treasure sword at the Tokyo National Museum.

Yuzuki

Bond moon, and a top ten girl name in Japan’s recent rankings.

Satsuki

“Azalea month,” and a moniker for May.

Nozomi

“Hope,” or “full moon.”

Tsukihi

It combines 月, moon, and 日, sun. Tsukihi Araragi is the supposed younger sister of Karen and Koyomi Araragi.

Sun:

Hina

It combines 陽, sun, with 菜, greens. Save

Asahi

Asahi is meaning “morning sun.”

Hinata

“Sunny place.” The same kanji spell Hyuga, a province in today’s Miyazaki.

Amaterasu

Shining from heaven, the sun goddess and sister of Tsukuyomi.

Haruko

Haruko is symbolizing ”sun child.”

Himari

“Sunflower.” Himari was Japan’s top girl name two years running.

Yuhi

Yuhi is the one I’d save for an autumn baby: “evening sun.”

Haru

Sun, or light.

Hiyori

“Fine weather.” Kouzuki Hiyori is the daughter of the Kouzuki Oden and Toki.

Himawari

It is made of three kanji: face, sun and hollyhock.

Koharu

“Little sunlight,” or “heart sun.”

Nichiren

”Sun lotus.” He was the monk who founded Nichiren Buddhism, a branch of Mahayana Buddhism.

Chiharu

Thousand suns. Chiharu Sawashiro is a voice actor affiliated with Stay Luck.

Hizuki

日月 Sun & Moon.

Natsuhi

“Summer sun.” In Naruto Natsuhi was a jōnin of Hoshigakure.

Haruto

It comes from 陽, sun, and 翔, to soar.

Light:

Hikaru

Hikaru (“shining”) Genji is the hero of The Tale of Genji. There is also a chess grandmaster who was was ranked No. 1 on both the FIDE blitz list.

Akari

“Bright,” or “lamp light.”

Mitsuko

Light child. She’s pianist Mitsuko Uchida, who was made a Dame in Britain.

Hiroki

“Brightness” or ”fair chronicle”. Asanoyama Hiroki is a professional sumo wrestler who wrestles for the Takasago stable.

Akimitsu

”Bright light.”

Hikari

“Light.” Hikari is a bullet train on the Tokaido and Sanyo lines.

Hideaki

“Excellent and bright.”

Akemi

From 明, bright, and 美, beautiful.

Teruko

Shining child. Teruko Ōkura is the vice captain of the Hunting Dogs special units.

Kouki

It combines 光, light, and 希, hope.

Akira

“Bright and clear.” Akira is an animated cyberpunk action thriller film written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto.

Ruka

光 is light, and Ruka is one of its rarer sounds.

Chiaki

A thousand lights.

Akiko

“Bright child.”