Hayato (ハヤト) is the Japanese name of the Violet City Gym Leader in Pokemon Gold, Silver, Crystal, Heartgold, and Soulsilver. He is known as Falkner in English.
The sound "haya-to" means fast-man or rapid-man. The kanji 隼hayabusa has meaning of falcon, but it is not common usage for fast or rapid. And falcon is not haya but hayabusa. 隼人 has historical meaning as indigenous people in Kyushu region. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayato_peopleToday man from Kagoshima is sometimes characterized as "Satsuma-Hayato", brave and tough.
Hayato Sakamoto is a Japanese shortstop with the Yomiuri Giants.In 2008, Sakamoto became the first player in Giants franchise history to start a season opener while under the age of 20 since Hideki Matsui. He is widely regarded as one of the most promising young stars in all of Japanese professional baseball today.
Hayato Ikeda was a Japanese politician and the 58th, 59th and 60th Prime Minister of Japan from 19 July 1960 to 9 November 1964. He was the last Prime Minister born in the 19th century.
Hayato Ichihara is a Japanese actor who is best known for his roles in film and television, including the 2001 film All About Lily Chou-Chou. In 2009 he was voted one of Oricon's "fresh Stars" of the year. In 2009 he was also voted the 4th most attractive male celebrity in a swimsuit. In 2011 in a poll by NTT DoCoMo Ichihara was voted as having the 7th best abs based on 1, 720 votes.
Hayato is the name of a character from Fire Emblem: Fates. It is also the Japanese name of the Violet City Gym Leader in the Pokemon games, who is known as Falkner in English.