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Worldwide, Arata (新 , Arata , アラタ ) is a widespread gender-neutral given name. The given name Arata is characteristic of China, where it is quite a common epicene name, Japan, where it is a rare boy's name, and Italy, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in China, India, and Japan. Likewise, Arata is the last name as well as the forename.
Arata is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Arata Shindo , the fictional character from Psycho-Pass and Sun Xin , the Water Margin character.