Eiji is a common masculine
Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Eiji can be written using different
kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...
characters and can mean:
*, "prosperity, peace"
*, "great, peace"
*, "great, second"
*, "eternity, next"
The name can also be written in
hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''.
It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ...
() or
katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...
().
The
Eiji era (, "eternal peace") is a period in the history of Japan, dating from 1141 to 1142 AD. It follows the
Hōen era and precedes the
Kōji era.
People with the name
*, Japanese actor
*, Japanese designer and video game director
*, Japanese professional wrestler
*, Japanese film actor
*, Japanese shogi player
*, Japanese football goalkeeper
*, Japanese industrial designer
*, Japanese professional mixed martial artist
*, Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese boxer
*, Japanese film actor
*, Japanese conductor
*, Japanese businessman
*, Japanese volleyball player
*, Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation
*, Japanese special effects director
*, Japanese singer and entertainer
*, Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese historical novelist
Fictional characters
*Eiji Asuma (), a character in the manga series ''
Psychometrer Eiji''
*Eiji Date (), a character in the manga and anime series ''
Hajime no Ippo
is a Japanese boxing-themed manga series written and illustrated by George Morikawa. It has been serialized by Kodansha in the ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' since October 1989 and collected into 135 ''tankōb ...
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*Eiji Hino (), a character in the television series ''
Kamen Rider OOO''
*Eiji Kamiya (), a character in the manga and anime series ''
Wangan Midnight''
*Eiji Kanda (), a character in the manga and anime series ''
Antique Bakery''
*Eiji Kashii (), a character in the light novel and anime series ''
Juni Taisen: Zodiac War''
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Eiji Kikumaru
''The Prince of Tennis'' manga and anime series has a large cast of fictional characters created by Takeshi Konomi; many have appeared in the musical and film adaptations. The cast of the series is largely made up of the members of the various ...
(), a character in the manga and anime series ''The Prince of Tennis''
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Eiji Kisaragi
is a fighting game, fighting video game trilogy that were released for the Neo Geo (system), Neo Geo platform in the early 1990s. It was the second fighting game franchise created by SNK, following the ''Fatal Fury'' series and is set in the s ...
(), a character in the video game series ''Art of Fighting'' and ''The King of Fighters''
*Eiji Niizuma (), a character in the manga and anime series ''
Bakuman''
*Eiji Sawakita (), a character in the manga and anime series ''
Slam Dunk
A slam dunk, also simply known as dunk, is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air, controls the ball above the horizontal plane of the rim, and scores by shoving the ball directly through the basket with one ...
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*Eiji Nochizawa (), a character in the anime film ''
Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale''
*Eiji Okumura (), a character in the manga and anime series ''
Banana Fish
''Banana Fish'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akimi Yoshida. It was originally serialized from May 1985 to April 1994 in ''Bessatsu Shōjo Comic'', a manga magazine publishing manga (girls' m ...
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*Eiji Ōtori (), a character in the multimedia franchise ''
Uta no Prince-sama''
*Eiji Takaoka (), a character in the television series ''
GoGo Sentai Boukenger
is the 30th series in Toei Company, Toei's Super Sentai series, a metaseries of Japanese language, Japanese tokusatsu programming. It was the first installment to be broadcast in the 16:9 aspect ratio. It premiered on February 19, 2006, at 7:30 ...
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Japanese masculine given names