The names listed here are used in Japan. Note that depending on the Japanese characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. See also about Japanese names.

AKIRA   昭, 明, 亮   m & f   Japanese
From Japanese 昭 "bright", 明 "bright" or 亮 "clear".

AOI   葵, 碧   f & m   Japanese
From Japanese 葵 "hollyhock, althea" or 碧 "blue".

HIKARU   光, 輝   m & f   Japanese
From Japanese 光 "light" or 輝 "radiance".

HINATA   向日葵, 陽向   f & m   Japanese
From Japanese 向日葵 "sunflower" or 陽向 "facing the sun"... [more]

KAEDE   楓   f & m   Japanese
Means "maple" in Japanese.

KAORU   薫   f & m   Japanese
Means "fragrance" in Japanese.

KOHAKU   琥珀   f & m   Japanese
Means "amber" in Japanese.

KYO   m & f   Japanese
Variant transcription of KYOU

KYOU   協, 京, 郷, 杏   m & f   Japanese
From Japanese 協 "cooperation", 協 "capital", 郷 "village" or 杏 "apricot".

MAKOTO   誠   m & f   Japanese
Means "sincerity" in Japanese.

MICHI   道   m & f   Japanese
Means "path" in Japanese.

REN   蓮, 恋   m & f   Japanese
From Japanese 蓮 "lotus" or 恋 "romance, love".

SHINOBU   忍   f & m   Japanese
Means "endurance" in Japanese.

SORA   空, 昊   f & m   Japanese
From Japanese 空 or 昊 which both mean "sky".

YASU   安, 康, 坦   f & m   Japanese
From Japanese 安 "peaceful", 康 "peace" or 坦 "level".

YOSHI   吉, 義, 良   m & f   Japanese
From Japanese 吉 "good luck", 義 "righteous", or 良 "good".

YUU   優, 悠   m & f   Japanese
From Japanese 優 "gentleness, superiority" or 悠 "distant, leisurely".

YUUKI   優希, 悠希, 優輝, 悠生   m & f   Japanese
From Japanese 優 (yuu) "gentleness, superiority" or 悠 (yuu) "distant, leisurely" combined with 希 (ki) "hope", 輝 (ki) "radiance" or 生 (ki) "life".