Yōji, Yoji, Youji, or Yohji is a common masculine

Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...

Possible writings

Yōji 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: *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 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 ...

ようじ 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 ...

ヨウジ.

People

;with the given name Yōji *

Yoji Akao was a Japanese planning specialist recognized as the developer of Hoshin Kanri (a strategic planning methodology). With the late Shigeru Mizuno, he developed Quality Function Deployment (a group decision making technique). Akao and Mizuno also co- ...

(赤尾洋二, born 1928), Japanese planning specialist *

Yoji Anjo (born March 28, 1967) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Professional wrestling career Universal Wrestling Federation and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (1985–1988) A former practitioner of judo, sumo and muay th ...

(安生洋二, born 1967), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter * Yoji (DJ), a Japanese trance/hard trance DJ * 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 *

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 is a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, a ...

(武藤容治, born 1955), Japanese politician *, Japanese playwright *, Japanese footballer *

Yoji Shinkawa is a Japanese artist. He is best known as the lead character and mecha designer for the ''Metal Gear'' franchise. He has collaborated with Hideo Kojima on each of his games. Biography Shinkawa was born in Hiroshima on 25 December 1971. He bega ...

(新川洋司, born 1971), Japanese illustrator and conceptual artist * Yoji Totsuka (戸塚洋二, 1942–2008), Japanese physicist * Yoji Ueda (上田燿司, born 1971), Japanese voice actor *

Yoji Yamada is a Japanese film director best known for his ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series of films and his Samurai Trilogy (''The Twilight Samurai'', ''The Hidden Blade'' and '' Love and Honor''). Biography He was born in Osaka, but due to his father's job ...

(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 is a series conceptualized by voice actor Takehito Koyasu about four assassins that work in a flower shop called "Kitty in the House". The assassins are members of a group called Weiß (white), which is run by Persia of the mysterious K ...

'' *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 ''The Secret Series'' is a series of 'secret'-themed fantasy adventure novels written by Pseudonymous Bosch (Raphael Simon). The series centers on three middle school children: Cass, Max-Ernest, and Yo-Yoji; and their adventures as members of the ...

, friend of Cass and Max-Ernest. {{DEFAULTSORT:Yoji Japanese masculine given names