Genji may refer to:
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Genji (era)
is a after ''Bunkyū'' and before ''Keiō.'' This period spanned only slightly more than a single year from March 1864 through April 1865. The reigning emperor was .
The new era name was derived from the ''I Ching''.
Change of era
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, an era in Japanese history (1864–65)
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Hikaru Genji
is the protagonist of Murasaki Shikibu's important Heian-era Japanese novel '' The Tale of Genji''. The story describes him as a superbly handsome man and a genius. Genji is the second son of a Japanese emperor, but he is relegated to civilia ...
, the main character of the 11th-century Japanese text ''The Tale of Genji''
*Genji, an alternative name for the
Minamoto clan
was one of the surnames bestowed by the Emperors of Japan upon members of the imperial family who were excluded from the line of succession and demoted into the ranks of the nobility from 1192 to 1333. The practice was most prevalent during the ...
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Genji (woreda)
Genji is a district of the West Welega Zone of Oromia Region in Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landloc ...
, a district of the Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Video games
* ''
Genji: Dawn of the Samurai'', a PlayStation 2 video game
* ''
Genji: Days of the Blade'', a PlayStation 3 video game
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Genji (Overwatch)
The Overwatch franchise, a series of first-person shooter games developed by Blizzard Entertainment consists of 38 playable characters across both games. The original 2016 game, ''Overwatch'', featured 32 playable characters known as heroes and ...
, a player character in the video games ''Overwatch'' and ''Heroes of the Storm''
* Genji the Pollen Prophet, a player character in the video game ''
Awesomenauts
''Awesomenauts'' is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game developed by Dutch video game development company Ronimo Games. The game was released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles in May 2012, and for Microsoft Windows systems i ...
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Genji, a character from ''Pokémon'' series
* Genji, a rabbit villager in the video game series ''
Animal Crossing
is a social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo. The series was conceptualized and created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. In ''Animal Crossing'', the player character is a human who lives in a village inhabi ...
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See also
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Kenji (disambiguation) Kenji may refer to:
*Kenji (given name), a masculine Japanese given name, and list of people & characters with this name
*Kenji (era), a Japanese era spanned from 1275 to 1278
*Kenji (manga), ''Kenji'' (manga) (拳児), a 1980s manga by Matsuda Ryu ...
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