Keiji (けいじ, ケイジ) is a
Japanese
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given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
usually used for males. Meaning varies depending on the
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 used.
Possible writings
Common
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 ...
used include:
* 啓司
* 啓治
* 圭二
* 圭司
* 慶次
* 慶治
* 敬二
* 敬治
* 佳司
* 佳次
People with the name
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Keiji Fukuda
is a Japanese-American physician and epidemiologist, specializing in influenza epidemiology. He was an Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) from 2009 to 2016, and the Director of the School of Public Health at th ...
(福田 敬二)
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Keiji Fujiwara
was a Japanese actor and voice actor.
His best known works are voicing Shinnosuke's father Hiroshi Nohara in the long-running anime series '' Crayon Shin-chan'', Maes Hughes in ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', Holland in ''Eureka Seven'', Axel in '' K ...
(藤原 啓治)
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Keiji Furuya (古屋 圭司)
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Keiji Gotoh
is a Japanese anime director, character designer, manga artist, and member of three man production team gímik whose works include ''Kiddy Grade'' and ''Uta Kata''.
Works
Television
* '' Thundercats'' (1985), In-between animation
* '' Kiko Senk ...
(後藤 圭二)
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Keiji Haino
Keiji Haino ( ''Haino Keiji''; born May 3, 1952) is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter whose work has included rock, free improvisation, noise music, percussion, psychedelic music, minimalism and drone music. He has been active since the ...
(灰野 敬二)
*, Japanese swimmer
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Keiji Hirose (廣瀬 佳司)
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Keiji Inafune
is a Japanese video game producer, illustrator and businessman. Starting his career at Capcom in the late 1980s, his job was as an artist and illustrator. The first two games he worked on were the original ''Street Fighter'' and ''Mega Man'' in ...
(稲船 敬二)
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Keiji Ishizuka (石塚 啓次)
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Keiji Kaimoto
is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. His younger brother Kojiro Kaimoto is also a former footballer.
Club career
Kaimoto was born in Suita on November 26, 1972. After graduating from Tokai University, he join ...
(海本 慶治)
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Keiji Kanno (-- --)
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Keiji Kawamori
Keiji (けいじ, ケイジ) is a Japanese given name usually used for males. Meaning varies depending on the kanji characters used.
Possible writings
Common kanji used include:
* 啓司
* 啓治
* 圭二
* 圭司
* 慶次
* 慶治
* 敬二
* ...
(河盛 慶次)
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Keiji Koizumi
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Keiji Kokuta
is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives for the Japanese Communist Party
The is a Left-wing politics, left-wing to Far-left politics, far-left List of political parties in Japan, political party in Japan. With ...
(穀田 恵二)
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Kotomitsuki Keiji
is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Okazaki City. A former amateur champion, he turned professional in 1999. He reached the top ''makuuchi'' division in November 2000 and won one ''yūshō'' or tournament championship, in Septem ...
(琴光喜 啓司)
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Keiji Kuroki
is a Japanese dancer and actor. He is a member of Exile and Exile The Second. He is a former member of the Nidaime J Soul Brothers.
Kuroki is represented with LDH.
Participating groups
Filmography
※His roles in bold are his starring w ...
(黒木 啓司)
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Keiji Honda
is a Japanese multinational holding company, production enterprise and entertainment conglomerate, best known for its ''Final Fantasy'', ''Dragon Quest'', ''Star Ocean'' and ''Kingdom Hearts'' role-playing video game franchises, among numerous ...
(本多圭司)
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Keiji Nakazawa
was a Japanese manga artist and writer.
Biography
Nakazawa was born March 14, 1939
Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan and was in the city when it was Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, destroyed by an atomic bomb in August 1945. Most of his famil ...
(中沢 啓治)
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Maeda Keiji
, better known as or Keijirō (慶次郎), was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through early Edo period. He was famously the nephew of Maeda Toshiie and Maeda Matsu. In legends and fictions, he is one of the most celebrated '' kabukim ...
(前田 慶次) (AKA Maeda Toshimasu)
*, Japanese racing driver
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Keiji Mutoh
is a Japanese professional wrestler and professional wrestling executive currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah), where he is a former GHC Heavyweight Champion. He is best known for his work as in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Ne ...
(武藤 敬司)
*, Japanese shogi player
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Keiji Nishitani
was a Japanese university professor, scholar, and Kyoto School philosopher. He was a disciple of Kitarō Nishida. In 1924 Nishitani received his doctorate from Kyoto Imperial University for his dissertation ''"Das Ideale und das Reale bei Sch ...
(西谷 啓治)
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Keiji Obiki
Keiji Ohbiki (Japanese:大引 啓次, born June 29, 1984) is a Japanese professional baseball shortstop who is a free agent. He previously played for the Orix Buffaloes, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and Tokyo Yakult Swallows of the Nippon Profes ...
(大引 啓次)
*, Japanese sport wrestler
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Keiji Ozaki
is a Japanese taekwondo practitioner and a kickboxer. He won the tournament of R.I.S.E. at welterweight in 2006. As a martial artist, he practises the full-contact version of taekwondo, and has competed in numerous competitions. His rank is 2nd ...
(尾崎 圭司)
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Keiji Sada
is the stage name for a Japanese cinema actor active from the late-1940s to the early 1960s. His real name was Kanichi Nakai. He won the award for best actor at the 7th Blue Ribbon Awards for and . He was the father of the actor Kiichi Nakai an ...
(佐田 啓二)
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Keiji Sakoda
Ryan Keiji Sakoda (December 31, 1972 – September 2, 2021) was a Japanese American professional wrestler. He was best known for his appearances in WWE and later Ultimate Pro Wrestling as a part-time trainer for the wrestlers, as well as working ...
(aka
Ryan Sakoda
Ryan Keiji Sakoda (December 31, 1972 – September 2, 2021) was a Japanese American professional wrestler. He was best known for his appearances in WWE and later Ultimate Pro Wrestling as a part-time trainer for the wrestlers, as well as working ...
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Keiji Shibazaki
was a Naval ranks of the Japanese Empire during World War II, Rear Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He was the commander of the Japanese garrison on the island of Betio of the Tarawa Atoll, Tarawa atoll during World War II.
Biography
Shib ...
(柴崎 恵次)
*, Japanese speed skater
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Keiji Smith
Keiji (けいじ, ケイジ) is a Japanese name, Japanese Japanese given name, given name usually used for males. Meaning varies depending on the kanji characters used.
Possible writings
Common kanji used include:
* 啓司
* 啓治
* 圭二
* ...
(スミス敬治)
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Keiji Suzuki
is a Japanese judoka.
He won the Olympic gold medal in the heavyweight (+100 kg) division in 2004. He is also a two-time world champion.
He is noted for being a remarkably small judoka in the heavyweight division; he also regularly com ...
(鈴木 桂治)
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Keiji Tachikawa
is the president of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
Keiji Tachikawa was born in Gifu Prefecture on May 27, 1939. He graduated from University of Tokyo, Department of Electrical Engineering
School of Engineering, in 1962. In 1978, ...
(立川 敬二)
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Keiji Takachi (高地 系治)
*, Japanese baseball player
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Keiji Takayama
is a Japanese professional wrestler and manager, currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) under the ring name . Gedo has been the main booker of NJPW since the early 2010s. As a wrestler, Gedo is best known for his tag team work with ...
(高山 圭司)
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Keiji Tamada
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for V-Varen Nagasaki.
Club career
Tamada joined Kashiwa Reysol from Narashino High School in 1999. His debut was the game against Avispa Fukuoka on 13 March 1999. Kashiwa Reysol won ...
(玉田 圭司)
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Keiji Ueshima (植島 啓司)
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Keiji Watanabe (渡邊 圭二)
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Keiji Yamada
is a Japanese politician and former Governor of Kyoto Prefecture. A native of Hyōgo Prefecture and 1977 graduate of the University of Tokyo, he had worked at the Ministry of Home Affairs since 1977 and served as the vice governor of Kyoto Prefec ...
(山田 啓二)
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Keiji Yoshimura (吉村 圭司)
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Keiji Tanaka
is a retired Japanese figure skater. He is the 2016 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, 2019 U.S. Classic champion, 2017 Winter Universiade silver medalist, 2011 World Junior silver medalist, and a two-time Japanese national silver medalist (2016, ...
(田中 刑事), a Japanese figure skater
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Keiji Nakazawa
was a Japanese manga artist and writer.
Biography
Nakazawa was born March 14, 1939
Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan and was in the city when it was Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, destroyed by an atomic bomb in August 1945. Most of his famil ...
(中澤 圭二), a Japanese Sushi master
Fictional characters with the name
*Keiji Shinogi, a character from ''
Your Turn To Die
''Your Turn to Die'' ( it, Troppo per vivere... poco per morire, french: Qui êtes-vous inspecteur Chandler?) is a 1967 Italian-French crime-thriller movie directed by Michele Lupo.
Plot
A gang of criminals, in agreement with a model, set their ...
''.
*Keiji Akaashi (赤葦 京治), a character from ''
Haikyu!!
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2012 to July 2020, with its chapters collected in 45 ''tankōbo ...
'' with the position of setter from Fukurodani Academy
*Keiji Shibusawa, a character from ''
Yakuza 0
''Yakuza 0'' is an action-adventure game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by Sega. It is the sixth main entry in the '' Yakuza series'' and a prequel to the original game. It was released for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in Ja ...
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See also
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Keiji (manga)
is a Japanese period manga series, based on the novel ''Ichi-Mu-An Fūryūki'' by Keiichiro Ryu and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from March 1990 to August 1993. The story serves as a ...
, a fictionalized account of
Maeda Keiji
, better known as or Keijirō (慶次郎), was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through early Edo period. He was famously the nephew of Maeda Toshiie and Maeda Matsu. In legends and fictions, he is one of the most celebrated '' kabukim ...
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Fugo Keiji
is a 2005 Japanese drama broadcast by TV Asahi based on a novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui.
Synopsis
Miwako Kanbe, the granddaughter of a millionaire, becomes a detective and starts working at a police station where there are few women. Her style, ele ...
(富豪刑事), detective mystery drama
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