Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 拓也, 拓哉, etc.(Japanese Kanji) たくや(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /tä.kɯᵝ.jä/ Meaning & History From Japanese 拓 (taku) meaning "expand, open, support" combined with 也 (ya) meaning "also" or 哉 (ya), an exclamation. This name can be formed with other kanji combinations as well.