Yōji
Gender | Male |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Japanese |
Meaning | Depends on the kanji used |
Region of origin | Japan |
Other names | |
Related names | Yō Yōko Yōichi Yōta |
Yōji, Yoji, Youji, or Yohji (ようじ, ヨージ) is a common masculine Japanese given name
Possible writings[]
Yōji can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 洋二, "ocean, second"
- 洋次, "ocean, next"
- 洋司, "ocean, rule"
- 洋治, "ocean, govern"
- 陽二, "sunshine, second"
- 陽次, "sunshine, next"
- 陽司, "sunshine, rule"
- 陽治, "sunshine, govern"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People[]
- with the given name Yōji
- Yoji Akao (洋二, born 1928), Japanese planning specialist
- Yoji Anjo (洋二, born 1967), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter
- Yoji (DJ), a Japanese trance/hard trance DJ
- Yōji Enokido (洋司, born 1963), Japanese screenwriter and voice actor
- Yoji Mizuguchi (born 1944), Japanese football player and manager
- Yoji Muto (容治, born 1955), Japanese politician
- Yōji Sakate (坂手 洋二, born 1962), Japanese playwright
- Yoji Sasaki (佐々木 陽次, born 1992), Japanese footballer
- Yoji Shinkawa (洋司, born 1971), Japanese illustrator and conceptual artist
- Yoji Totsuka (洋二, 1942–2008), Japanese physicist
- Yōji Ueda (燿司, born 1971), Japanese voice actor
- Yoji Yamada (洋次, born 1931), Japanese film director
Fictional characters[]
- Yoji Kudou (耀爾), a character in the anime series Weiß Kreuz
- Yoji Kuramoto (洋二), a character in Battle Royale
- Yoji/Yo-Yoji (alias, not known true name), a character from The Secret Series, friend of Cass and Max-Ernest.
Categories:
- Given names
- Japanese masculine given names