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Throughout the world, ショタ (Shota
, 正太
, ショタ
) is quite a rare principally masculine, but very infrequently girly forename. The first name ショタ is characteristic of Georgia, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Japan, and Greece, where it is a rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Japan, China, and India. Very seldom, ショタ is the last name as well as the forename.
ショタ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Shota , the fictional character from the Sword of Truth, Legend of the Seeker; Shota Higuchi , the character from Kuroko's Basketball and Shota Sasaki , the character from Kuroko's Basketball.