Yōji, Yoji, Youji, or Yohji is a common masculine
Japanese given name
Possible writings
Yōji can be written using different
kanji characters and can mean:
*洋二, "ocean, second"
*洋次, "ocean, next"
*洋司, "ocean, rule"
*洋治, "ocean, govern"
*陽二, "sunshine, second"
*陽次, "sunshine, next"
*陽司, "sunshine, rule"
*陽治, "sunshine, govern"
The name can also be written in
hiragana ようじ or
katakana ヨウジ.
People
;with the given name Yōji
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Yoji Akao (赤尾 洋二, born 1928), Japanese planning specialist
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Yoji Anjo (安生 洋二, born 1967), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter
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Yoji (DJ)
Yoji Biomehanika, also known as YOJI, Mutant DJ, Ozaka Oz, Bionico, Biomehanika, Yōran and The Arcade Nation is a Japanese trance/hard trance DJ. A household name in the Japanese club scene in the 1990s, Yoji entered the international scene in ...
, a Japanese trance/hard trance DJ
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Yoji Enokido (榎戸 洋司, born 1963), Japanese screenwriter and voice actor
*Yoji Mizuguchi (水口 洋次, born 1944), Japanese football player and manager
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Yoji Muto
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Gifu, Gifu and graduate of Keio University
, mottoeng = The pen is m ...
(武藤 容治, born 1955), Japanese politician
*, Japanese playwright
*, Japanese footballer
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Yoji Shinkawa (新川 洋司, born 1971), Japanese illustrator and conceptual artist
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Yoji Totsuka (戸塚 洋二, 1942–2008), Japanese physicist
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Yoji Ueda (上田 燿司, born 1971), Japanese voice actor
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Yoji Yamada (山田 洋次, born 1931), Japanese film director
Fictional characters
*Yoji Kudou (工藤 耀爾), a character in the anime series ''
Weiß Kreuz''
*Yoji Kuramoto (倉元 洋二), a character in ''
Battle Royale''
*Yoji/Yo-Yoji (alias, not known true name), a character from
The Secret Series, friend of Cass and Max-Ernest.
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Japanese masculine given names