Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 一也, 一夜, 一八, 市野, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. EE-CHEE-YAH [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 一 (ichi) meaning "one" combined with 也 (ya) meaning "also". Other kanji combinations are possible. A famous bearer was Ichiya Kumagae, Japanese tennis player and the first Japanese Olympic medalist.