90+ Japanese Food Inspired Cat Names For Cute Kittens

Japan is an exotic place to go that provides rich cultures and delicious cuisines. You can find many delicious foods in Japan. Also, Japanese food names can inspire you to find the perfect name for your cat, especially if you love Japan.

So here are the list of Japanese food inspired cat names for both male and female kittens.

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1 Male Japanese Food Cat Names

2 Female Japanese Food Cat Names

Male Japanese Food Cat Names

Male cat names	Descriptions
Gohan	Used to refer to meals in general
Motsunabe	Beef offal, Chinese cabbage and various vegetables cooked in a light soup base
Kushikatsu	Skewered meat, vegetables or seafood, breaded and deep fried
Zōni	Soup containing mochi rice cakes along with various vegetables and often chicken
Kompeito	Crystal sugar candy
Ramen	Thin light yellow noodles served in hot chicken or pork broth with various toppings
Yakizakana	Flame-grilled fish, often served with grated daikon
Korokke	Breaded and deep-fried patties, containing either mashed potato or white sauce mixed with minced meat
Tsukudani	Very small fish, shellfish or seaweed stewed in sweetened soy for preservation
Kamameshi	Rice topped with vegetables and chicken or seafood, then baked in an individual-sized pot
Anpan	Sweet roll filled with red bean (anko) paste
Uirō	A steamed cake made of rice flour
Sumashijiru	Clear soup made with dashi and seafood or chicken
Unagi	Including Kabayaki grilled and flavored eel
Katsudon	Donburi topped with deep-fried breaded cutlet of pork
Sōmen	Thin white wheat noodles served chilled with a dipping sauce
Sekihan	White rice cooked with azuki beans
Oden	Surimi, boiled eggs, daikon radish, konnyaku, and fish cakes stewed in a light, soy-flavored dashi broth
Kiritanponabe	Freshly cooked rice is pounded, formed into cylinders around Japanese cypress skewers, and toasted at an open hearth
Imagawayaki	Also known as Taikoyaki, is a round Taiyaki and fillings are same.
Tonjiru	Similar to Miso soup, except that pork is added to the ingredients
Nattō	Fermented soybeans, stringy like melted cheese, infamous for its strong smell and slippery texture
Tonkatsu	Deep-fried breaded cutlet of pork
Karaage	Bite-sized pieces of chicken, fish, octopus, or other meat, floured and deep fried
Chāhan	Japanese fried rice
Dangojiru	Soup made with dumplings along with seaweed, tofu, lotus root, or any number of other vegetables and roots
Ohitashi	Boiled greens such as spinach, chilled and flavored with soy sauce, often with garnish
Katemeshi	A peasant food consisting of rice, barley, millet and chopped daikon radish
Tenmusu	A rice ball wrapped with nori that is filled with deep-fried tempura shrimp
Wappameshi	Rice topped with other ingredients, cooked in wooden containers called wappa
Shimotsukare	Made of vegetables, soybeans, abura-age and sake kasu
Himono	Dried fish, traditionally served for breakfast with rice, miso soup and pickles
Udon	Thick white wheat noodles served with various toppings, usually in a hot soy-dashi broth, or sometimes in a Japanese curry soup
Meharizushi	Sumeshi wrapped in Takana leaves
Onigiri	Balls of rice with a filling in the middle
Oyakodon	Donburi topped with chicken and egg
Agemono	Deep-fried dishes
Higashi	Type of wagashi, which is dry and contains very little moisture, and thus keeps relatively longer than other kinds of wagashi
Ochazuke	Hot green tea
Chigenabe	Hot pot with meat, seafood and vegetables in a broth seasoned with gochujang
Amanattō	Traditional confectionery made of adzuki or other beans, covered with refined sugar after simmering with sugar syrup and drying
Hanabiramochi	Japanese sweet (wagashi), usually eaten at the beginning of the year
Champon	Yellow noodles of medium thickness served with a great variety of seafood and vegetable toppings in a hot chicken broth
Tekkadon	Donburi topped with tuna sashimi
Gyūdon	Donburi topped with seasoned beef and onion
Tendon	Donburi topped with tempura
Hoshigaki	Dried persimmon fruit
Mazesoba	Wheat noodles served with a number of savory toppings, including raw egg, ginger, and meat
Matsunoyuki	A wagashi that resembles a pine tree dusted with snow
Unadon	Donburi topped with broiled eel with vegetables

Female Japanese Food Cat Names

Female cat names	Descriptions
Hiyayakko	Chilled tofu with garnish
Chankonabe	Commonly eaten in vast quantity by sumo wrestlers as part of a weight-gain diet
Okonomiyaki	Savory pancakes with various meat and vegetable ingredients, flavored with the likes of Worcestershire sauce or mayonnaise
Kakigōri	Shaved ice with syrup topping
Imoni	Thick taro potato stew popular in Northern Japan during the autumn season
Tempura	Deep-fried vegetables or seafood in a light, distinctive batter
Takoyaki	Spherical, fried dumpling of batter with a piece of octopus inside
Shiokara	Salty fermented viscera
Yakiniku	Vegetables such as bite-sized onion, carrot, cabbage, mushrooms, and bell pepper are usually grilled togethe
Kushiyaki	Skewers of meat and vegetables
Meshi	Used to refer to meals in general
Ikura	Salt cured and pickled soy sauce salmon roe
Omurice	Omelet filled with fried rice, apparently originating from Tōkyō
Mochi	Steamed sweet rice pounded into a solid, sticky, and somewhat translucent mass
Oshizushi	A pressed sushi using cured or cooked fish, most commonly mackerel
Sukiyaki	Thinly sliced beef and vegetables cooked in a mixture of soy sauce, dashi, sugar, and sake
Yakitori	Barbecued chicken skewers, usually served with beer
Teriyaki	Grilled, broiled, or pan-fried meat, fish, chicken or vegetables glazed with a sweetened soy sauce
Nigirizushi	Sushi with the ingredients on top of a block of rice
Nizakana	Fish poached in sweet soy
Sushi	Vinegared rice topped or mixed with various fresh ingredients, usually seafood or vegetables.
Okayu	Rice congee (porridge)
Kakuni	Chunks of pork belly stewed in soy, mirin and sake with large pieces of daikon and whole boiled eggs
Mochi	Glutinous rice cake
Zosui	Soup containing rice stewed in stock
Sunomono	Vegetables such as cucumber or wakame
Chirashizushi	Chirashi involves fresh seafood, vegetables or other ingredients being placed on top of sushi rice in a bowl or dish
Chirinabe	Hot pot with fish and vegetables
Makizushi	Rice and seafood or other ingredients are placed on a sheet of seaweed
Namagashi	A type of wagashi, which is a general term for snacks used in the Japanese tea ceremony
Yakimeshi	Japanese fried rice
Miso	Soup made with miso suspended in dashi
Dango	Japanese dumpling and sweet made from mochiko
Gyoza	Chinese ravioli-dumplings (potstickers), usually filled with pork and vegetables
Motoyaki	Baked seafood topped with a creamy sauce
Manjū	Sticky rice surrounding a sweet bean center
Nikujaga	Beef and potato stew, flavored with sweet soy
Soba	Thin brown buckwheat noodles
Tarako	Salt-cured cod roe or pollock roe
Okowa	Cooked glutinous rice
Taiyaki	A fried, fish-shaped cake, usually with a sweet filling such as a red bean paste
Chanpurū	A stir-fry from Okinawa, of vegetables, tofu, meat or seafood and sometimes egg
Inarizushi	Fried tofu packet braised in sweet soy sauce stuffed with sushi rice

There are still tons of ideas on a unique way to name your cute kitten. You can find it on our Asian cat names if you are interested in Asian cultures or visit our food names for cats.