Yūji
Appearance
![]() Yuji Nakazawa, a football player | |
Pronunciation | jɯɯdʑi, jɯdʑi (IPA) |
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Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Word/name | Japanese |
Meaning | It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used. |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Yuzi (Kunrei-shiki)
Yuzi (Nihon-shiki) Yūji, Yuji, Yuuji (Hepburn) |
Yūji, Yuji or Yuuji is a common masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Yūji can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:
- 勇二, "courage, 2"
- 勇次, "courage, second"
- 裕二, "abundant, 2"
- 祐二, "help, 2"
- 祐次, "help, second"
- 雄治, "masculine, govern"
- 雄二, "masculine, 2"
- 悠児, "permanence, child"
- 悠二, "permanence, 2"
- 祐史, "to help, history"
- 祐司, "to help, rule"
- 裕司, "abundant, rule"
The name can also be written in hiragana ゆうじ or katakana ユウジ.
Yuji is a separate given name.
- 諭二, "to persuade, 2"
- 諭次, "to persuade, second"
- 愉二, "pleased, 2"
- 諭次, "pleased,second"
- 愈一, "more and more, 1"
- 愈次, "more and more, second"
And can also be written in hiragana ゆじ or katakana ユジ.
Notable people with the name
- Yuji Abe (阿部 祐二, born 1958), Japanese television journalist and actor
- Yuji Adachi (足立 祐二, born 1964), Japanese musician and songwriter
- Yuji Aoki (青木 雄二, 1945–2003), Japanese manga artist
- Yuji Hanada (花田 裕治), Japanese Paralympic swimmer
- Yuji Hino (火野 裕士, born 1985), Japanese professional wrestler
- Yuji Hiramatsu (平松 祐司, born 1997), Japanese high jumper
- Yuji Hirayama (平山 ユージ, born 1969), Japanese professional rock climber
- Yuji Horii (堀井 雄二, born 1954), Japanese video game designer
- Yuji Ide (井出 有治, born 1975), Japanese racing driver
- Yuji Iga (伊賀 裕治, born 1965), Japanese ice hockey player
- Yuji Igarashi (五十嵐 雄二, born 1968), Japanese golfer
- Yuji Iiyama (飯山 裕志, born 1979), Japanese baseball player
- Yuji Iizuka (飯塚 祐司, born 1974), Japanese ice hockey player and coach
- Yuji Iwahara (岩原 裕二), Japanese manga artist
- Yuji Kaku (賀来 ゆうじ, born 1984), Japanese manga artist
- Yuji Kamosawa (鴨沢 祐仁, 1952–2008), Japanese cartoonist
- Yuji Kato (加藤 裕司, born 1978), Japanese Paralympic judoka
- Yuji Katsuro (勝呂 裕司, born 1949), Japanese Nordic combined skier
- Yuji Kimura (木村 祐志, born 1987), Japanese footballer
- Yuji Kishi (岸 祐二, born 1970), Japanese actor and voice actor
- Yuji Kitajima (北島 祐二, born 2000), Japanese footballer
- Yūji Koseki (古関 裕而, 1909–1989), Japanese composer
- Yuji Masuda (増田 裕司, born 1971), Japanese shogi player
- Yuji Matsumoto (松本 裕治), Japanese information scientist
- Yuji Mitsuya (三ツ矢 雄二, born 1954), Japanese actor, voice actor, and sound supervisor
- Yuji Miura (三浦 裕司, born 195?), Japanese ski mountaineer and trail runner
- Yuji Nagata (永田 裕志, born 1968), Japanese professional wrestler
- Yuji Naka (中 裕司, born 1965), Japanese video game designer and programmer
- Yuji Nakamura (athlete) (中村 祐二, born 1970), Japanese long-distance runner
- Yuji Nakazawa (中澤 佑二, born 1978), Japanese football player
- Yūji Nishida (西田 有志, born 2000), Japanese volleyball player
- Yuji Nishino (西野 勇士, born 1991), Japanese baseball player
- Yuji Ozaki (尾崎 雄二, born 1985), Japanese footballer
- Yūji Saiga (雑賀 雄二, Saiga Yūji, born 1951), Japanese photographer
- Yuji Senuma (瀬沼 優司, born 1990), Japanese footballer
- Yuji Sonoda (苑田 右二, born 1973), Japanese rugby union player
- Yuji Takeshima (竹嶋 裕二, born 1999), Japanese footballer
- Yūji Ueda (上田 祐司, born 1967), Japanese voice actor
- Yuji Umezawa (梅沢 勇治, born 1945), Japanese sprint canoeist
- Yuji Wakasa (輪笠 祐士, born 1996), Japanese footballer
- Yuji Yamaguchi (山口 祐司, fl. 1999–2014), Japanese animator
- Yuji Yokoyama (横山 雄次, born 1969), Japanese footballer and manager
Fictional characters
- Yuji Kazami (風見 雄二), protagonist of the Grisaia visual novel series
- Yuji Sakai (坂井 悠二), protagonist of the light novel series Shakugan no Shana
- Yuji Terushima (照島 遊児), a character from Haikyu!! with the position of captain and outside hitter from Johzenji High
- Yuji Itadori (虎杖 悠仁), protagonist of the manga series Jujutsu Kaisen
- Yuji Endou (遠藤 勇次), recurring character in the manga series Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji.
See also
- 47077 Yuji, a main-belt asteroid