Ryūji
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Pronunciation | ɾʲɯɯdʑi (IPA) |
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Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Word/name | Japanese |
Meaning | Different depending on the kanji. Usually "dragon 2" is the most commonly used kanji. |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Ryuzi (Kunrei-shiki)
Ryuzi (Nihon-shiki) Ryuuji, Ryūji, Ryuji (Hepburn) |
Ryūji (also spelled Ryuji or Ryuuji) is a common masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
[edit]Ryūji can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 竜二, "dragon, 2"
- 竜次, "dragon, next"
- 竜司, "dragon, rule"
- 竜児, "dragon, child"
- 竜治, "dragon, govern"
- 龍二, "dragon, 2"
- 龍次, "dragon, next"
- 龍司, "dragon, rule"
- 龍治, "dragon, govern"
- 龍児, "dragon, child"
- 隆二, "elevate, 2"
- 隆次, "elevate, next"
- 隆司, "elevate, rule"
- 隆児, "elevate, child"
The name can also be written in hiragana りゅうじ or katakana リュウジ.
Notable people with the name
[edit]- Ryuji Aigase (相ヶ瀬 龍史, born 1987), Japanese actor
- Ryuji Aminishiki (安美錦 竜児, born 1978), Japanese sumo wrestler
- Ryuji Bando (播戸 竜二, born 1979), Japanese footballer
- Ryuji Chiyotaikai (千代大海 龍二, born 1976), Japanese sumo wrestler
- Ryuji Endo (遠藤 竜志, born 1976), Japanese baseball player
- Ryuji Hara (原 隆二, born 1990), Japanese boxer
- Ryuji Hijikata (土方 隆司, born 1978), Japanese professional wrestler
- Ryuji Imada (今田 竜二, born 1976), U.S.-based Japanese professional golfer
- Ryuji Imaichi (今市 隆二, 1986), Japanese singer
- Ryuji Ishino (石野 竜二, born 1978), Japanese footballer
- Ryuji Ito (伊東 竜二, born 1976), Japanese professional wrestler
- Ryuji Kajiwara (梶原 龍児, born 1976), Japanese kickboxer
- Ryuji Kamiyama (上山 竜治, born 1986), Japanese vocalist and actor
- Ryuji Kato (加藤 竜二, born 1969), Japanese footballer
- Ryuji Kashiwabara (柏原 竜二, born 1989), Japanese long-distance runner
- Ryuji Kawai (河合 竜二, born 1978), Japanese football player
- Ryuji Kimura (木村 龍治, born 1970), Japanese baseball player
- Ryuji Koga (古賀 龍二, born 1977), Japanese rugby player
- Ryuji Masuda (増田 龍治, born 1968), Japanese CGI animation director
- Ryuji Matsumura (松村 龍二, born 1938), Japanese politician
- Ryuji Michiki (路木 龍次, born 1973), Japanese football player
- Ryuji Miki (三木 竜二, born 1975), Japanese racing and drifting driver
- Ryuji Miyamoto (宮本 隆司, born 1947), Japanese photographer
- Ryuji Mochizuki (望月 竜次, 1988), Japanese footballer
- Ryuji Noguchi (野口 竜司, born 1995), Japanese rugby union player
- Ryuji Ono (大野 龍二, born 1985), Japanese long-distance runner
- Ryuji Ōtani (大谷 龍次, born 1988), Japanese baseball player
- Ryūji Saikachi (槐 柳二, born 1928), Japanese voice actor
- Ryuji Sainei (載寧 龍二, born 1981), Japanese actor
- Ryuji Saito (才藤 龍治, born 1993), Japanese footballer
- Ryuji Sasai (笹井 隆司, born 1961), video game composer
- Ryuji Sonoda (園田 隆二, born 1973), Japanese judoka
- Ryuji Sueoka (末岡 龍二, born 1979), Japanese footballer
- Ryuji Takai (高井 隆司, born 1986), Japanese snowboarder
- Ryuji Yamaguchi (山口 竜志, born 1985), Japanese professional wrestler
- Ryuji Yamane (山根 隆治, born 1948), Japanese politician
- Ryuji Yokoyama (横山 竜士, born 1976), Japanese baseball player
- Ryuji Yonemura (米村 龍二, born 1995), Japanese rugby player
Fictional characters
[edit]- Ryuji Danma (弾間 龍二), a character in the manga series Shonan Junai Gumi and its sequel Great Teacher Onizuka
- Ryuji Goda (郷田 龍司), a side character in Yakuza 0 and the main antagonist in Yakuza 2 and Yakuza Kiwami 2
- Ryuji "The Blade" Hanada (花田 竜二), a character in the manga series Crying Freeman
- Ryuji Hattori (服部 竜二), a character from the Kunio-Kun video game series
- Ryuji Ikeda (池田 竜次), a character in the manga series Initial D
- Ryuji Iwasaki (岩崎 リュウジ), a character from Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
- Ryuji Kisaragi (如月 竜司), the main character of the light novel and anime series Dragon Crisis!
- Ryuji Kusaka (九坂 隆二), a character from Inazuma Eleven GO Galaxy
- Ryuji Midorikawa (綠川 龍二), a character from Inazuma Eleven
- Ryuji Nagumo (七雲 竜次), a character from Hajime no Ippo
- Ryuuji Otogi (御伽 龍児), a character in the anime and manga series Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Ryuji Sakamoto (坂本 竜司), a major character in the video game Persona 5
- Ryuji Sugashita (菅下 竜二), a character in the manga series DNA²
- Ryuji Suguro (勝呂 竜士), a major character in Blue Exorcist
- Ryuji Takane (高嶺 竜児), the main character of the manga and anime series Ring ni Kakero
- Ryuji Takasu (高須 竜児), one of the main characters in the anime and light novel series Toradora!
- Ryuji Takayama (高山 竜司), a central character in the Ringu Trilogy
- Ryuji Toramaru (虎丸 龍次), a character in the manga series Sakigake!! Otokojuku
- Ryuji Yamazaki (山崎 竜二), a video game character in Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series