Hideaki

Hideaki (秀昭) Nagai (永井), born in 1983, is a Japanese Nordic combined skier. The Japanese team (him included) won a bronze medal in the team large hill/4 × 5 km competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics. He competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where he placed 12th in Individual large hill/10 km, 14th in Individual normal hill/10 km, and fourth with the Japanese team in the Team large hill/4 × 5.

Hideaki Ueno is a former Japanese football player.

Hideaki Takeda is a former Japanese football player.

Hideaki Wakui is a starting pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines.

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Wakui pitched for the Japanese national team in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2009 World Baseball Classic.

Hideaki Takizawa is a Japanese actor and member of the J-pop duo Tackey & Tsubasa from Tokyo, Japan. In 2002, when he reached the age of 20, he debuted with Tsubasa Imai in the group Tackey & Tsubasa under the record label Avex Trax. That same year, he graduated from Johnny's Junior. Tackey & Tsubasa have released many popular singles such as "Ho! Summer" and "Venus". He gained fame as an actor after starring in Japanese dramas such as Majo no Jōken and Strawberry on the Shortcake.

Hideaki Ikematsu is a former Japanese football player.

Hideaki Okubo is a Japanese baseball catcher who won a silver medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He also played for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes in the Pacific League from 1998 to 2000.

Very handsome Japanese actor Hideaki Ito bears this name.

A famous bearer is the movie director Hideaki Anno. His is best known for the series 'Neon Genesis Evangelion' and 'Nadia: Secret of Blue Water'.

There is a manga (Japanese comicbook) character by the name of Hideaki, in a series called Chobits.

To the person who said that this is the name of a character from Chobits, you were probably thinking of the name Hideki.