is a Japanese surname meaning "crossroads". Notable people with the surname include:

Arts

Ayano Tsuji is a J-pop singer famous in Japan for her unconventional light singing style and ukulele music. She rose to fame after performing the end-title track for the Studio Ghibli film '' The Cat Returns'' in 2002. Her other music for TV and anime inclu ...

(born 1978), a Japanese pop singer *

Ayumi Tsuji is a Japanese voice actress from Ehime Prefecture. She is affiliated with Mausu Promotion. Her major roles are Kozue Orihara in ''Chaos;Head'', Rose in ''Red Garden'', Elise in ''Sky Girls'', and Bara-tan (Baratack) in ''Robot Girls Z''. Film ...

(born 1984), a Japanese voice actress from Ehime Prefecture * Daisuke Tsuji (born 1982), Japanese-American actor *

Hitonari Tsuji is a Tokyo-born Japanese writer, composer, and film director. In his film and singing work he uses the name Jinsei Tsuji, an alternative reading of the Japanese writing of his name. He debuted as a writer in 1989. His books and stories have been ...

(born 1959), a Japanese novelist, composer, and film director (also known as Jinsei Tsuji) *

Jun Tsuji was a Japanese author: a poet, essayist, playwright, and translator. He has also been described as a Dadaist, nihilist, Epicurean, shakuhachi musician, actor and bohemian. He translated Max Stirner's ''The Ego and Its Own'' and Cesare Lom ...

(1884–1944), a Japanese poet, essayist, and playwright * Kazuhiro Tsuji, former name of

Kazu Hiro Kazu Hiro (born Kazuhiro Tsuji, ja, 辻一弘 ; born May 26, 1969) is a Japanese-born American special make-up effects artist and visual artist. He won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for the biographical films '' Darkest H ...

, American special effects make-up artist *

Kunio Tsuji was a Japanese author, novelist, and scholar of French literature. Tsuji was born in Tokyo, attended Matsumoto High School with Kita Morio, and studied French literature at the University of Tokyo. After graduation, he became an instructor at G ...

(1925–1999), a Japanese novelist and scholar of French literature *

Masaki Tsuji is a Japanese anime screenwriter, mystery writer, manga author, travel critic, essayist, professor as well as mystery fiction novels writer. Tsuji was most active in the business from the 1960s through the 1980s, and worked as a script writer on ...

(born 1932), a Japanese anime scenario writer and mystery novelist *

Nozomi Tsuji , known professionally by her birth name (born June 17, 1987) is a Japanese media personality, singer, and blogger. In 2000, she began her career as a singer for Japanese girl band Morning Musume. Tsuji later found success with related groups ...

(born 1987), a Japanese pop singer *

Shion Tsuji Shion is a Japanese given name, and may refer to: Sportspeople *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese figure skater *, Japanese footballer Musicians *, a R&B singer *, a pop singer *, a singer-songwriter *Shion Tsurubo (鶴� ...

(born 1990), a Japanese singer-songwriter best known for her song "Sky Chord (Otona ni Naru Kimi e)"

Sports

Chie Tsuji is a volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official ...

(born 1969), a Japanese volleyball player *

Hatsuhiko Tsuji is a former Nippon Professional Baseball player and manager. During his playing career he was well known as a skillful second baseman. Career statistics *Bolded figures are League-leading Titles and awards *Batting Champion: Once (1993) *O ...

(born 1958), a Japanese baseball player *

Naoto Tsuji is a Japanese professional basketball player. he plays for the Kawasaki Brave Thunders of the B.League. He has been a member of Japan's national basketball team on many occasions. At the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Be ...

(born 1989), a Japanese basketball player *, Japanese footballer

Other

*, Japanese politician *

Masanobu Tsuji was a Japanese army officer and politician. During World War II, he was an important tactical planner in the Imperial Japanese Army and developed the detailed plans for the successful Japanese invasion of Malaya at the start of the war. He al ...

(1901–1968), a 20th-century Japanese army officer and war criminal *

Shintaro Tsuji (born December 7, 1927) is a Japanese entrepreneur. Formerly a civil servant, he is the founder and (until 2020) president of Sanrio, a merchandise company known for its characters, including Hello Kitty. Biography Early life Shintaro Tsuji was ...

(born 1927), founder of the Japanese company Sanrio *

Yasuhiro Tsuji is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, who served two terms in the House of Councillors in the National Diet, representing the Hyogo at-large district. A native of Kobe, Hyogo, he graduated from the University of Tokyo and st ...

(born 1955), a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan who served two terms in the National Diet *, Japanese professional wrestler * Jiro Tsuji, a Japanese chemist who pioneered the

Tsuji–Trost reaction The Tsuji–Trost reaction (also called the Trost allylic alkylation or allylic alkylation) is a palladium-catalysed substitution reaction involving a substrate that contains a leaving group in an allylic position. The palladium catalyst first coo ...

* Ryuu Tsuji, a fictional character from '' S · A: Special A''

References

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