Yūji

Yuji
	Yuji Nakazawa, a football player
Pronunciation	jɯɯdʑi, jɯdʑi (IPA)
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.

Possible writings

Notable people with the name

Fictional characters

See also