Hayato (written: 勇人, 勇斗, 勇登, 隼, 隼人, 隼斗, 速人, 早人, 早十, 駿斗 or 颯斗) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Hayato Aoki (青木 勇人, born 1977), Japanese baseball player * Hayato Arakaki (新垣 勇人, born 1985), Japanese baseball player * Hayato Araki (荒木 隼人, born 1996), Japanese footballer * Hayato Date (伊達 勇登), Japanese anime director * Hayato Fujita (藤田 勇人, born 1986), Japanese professional wrestler * Hayato Hashimoto (橋本 早十, born 1981), Japanese footballer * Hayato Ichihara (市原 隼人, born 1987), Japanese actor * Hayato Ikeda (池田 勇人, 1899–1965), Japanese politician and Prime Minister * Hayato Isomura (磯村 勇斗, born 1992), Japanese actor * Hayato Juumonji (born 1967), or Takehito Koyasu, Japanese voice actor * Kitakachidoki Hayato (北勝鬨 準人, born 1966), Japanese