Yūji, Yuji or Yuuji 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 ...

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Yūji can be written using different combinations of

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. Some examples: *勇二, "courage, 2" *勇次, "courage, next" *裕二, "abundant, 2" *祐二, "help, 2" *祐次, "help, next" *雄治, "masculine, govern" *雄二, "masculine, 2" *悠児, "permanence, child" *悠二, "permanence, 2" *祐史, "to help, history" *祐司, "to help, rule" *裕司, "abundant, rule" 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 ...

ゆうじ 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 ...

ユウジ. Yuji is a separate given name. *諭二, "to persuade, 2" *諭次, "to persuade, next" *愉二, "pleased, 2" *諭次, "pleased,next" *愈一, "more and more, 1" *愈次, "more and more,next" And can also be written in

ゆじ or

ユジ.

Notable people with the name

*, Japanese television journalist and actor *, Japanese musician and songwriter * Yuji Aoki (青木雄二, 1945–2003), Japanese manga artist *, Japanese Paralympic swimmer *

Yuji Hino , better known by the ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed by Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1). One of the most well-travelled heavyweights in Japan, Hino was trained by Taka Michinoku and made his debut for his Kaientai ...

(火野裕士, born 1985), Japanese professional wrestler *

Yuji Horii (also written as Yuuji Horii; born January 6, 1954) is a Japanese video game designer and scenario writer best known as the creator of the ''Dragon Quest'' series of role-playing games, supervising and writing the scenario for ''Chrono Trigger' ...

(堀井雄二, born 1954), Japanese video game designer *, Japanese high jumper *

Yuji Hirayama Yuji Hirayama (平山ユージ; born February 23, 1969) is a Japanese rock climbing, rock climber specializing in lead climbing competitions. He won two IFSC Climbing World Cup, Lead World Cups, in 1998 (becoming the first Asian climber to win the ...

(平山ユージ), Japanese professional rock climber *

Yuji Ide (born 21 January 1975) is a Japanese racing driver. He is the 2005 Formula Nippon runner-up and the 2010 Suzuka 1000km winner. He competed in Formula One with the Super Aguri team in 2006, but was demoted to third driver after four races and ...

(井出有治), Japanese racing driver *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese golfer * Yuji Iiyama (飯山裕志), Japanese baseball player *, Japanese ice hockey player and coach *

Yuji Iwahara Yuji or Yu Ji may refer to: * Yuji Naka, is a Japanese video game programmer, designer and producer * Yu Ji (painter), a Qing dynasty painter and calligrapher * Yūji, a common masculine Japanese given name * Consort Yu (Xiang Yu's wife) (虞姬; ...

(岩原裕二), Japanese manga artist *, Japanese manga artist * Yuji Kamosawa (, 1952–2008), Japanese cartoonist *, Japanese Paralympic judoka *, Japanese Nordic combined skier *, Japanese footballer *

Yuji Kishi Yuji or Yu Ji may refer to: * Yuji Naka, is a Japanese video game programmer, designer and producer * Yu Ji (painter), a Qing dynasty painter and calligrapher * Yūji, a common masculine Japanese given name * Consort Yu (Xiang Yu's wife) (虞姬; ...

(岸祐二, born 1970), Japanese actor and voice actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese information scientist *

Yuji Mitsuya Yuji or Yu Ji may refer to: * Yuji Naka, is a Japanese video game programmer, designer and producer * Yu Ji (painter), a Qing dynasty painter and calligrapher * Yūji, a common masculine Japanese given name * Consort Yu (Xiang Yu's wife) (虞姬; ...

(三ツ矢雄二, born 1954), Japanese actor, voice actor, and sound supervisor * Yuji Miura (三浦裕司, born 195?), Japanese ski mountaineer and trail runner *

Yuji Nagata is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). A two-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, World Heavyweight Champion and a GHC Heavyweight Champion, making him a four-time world champion in major professional ...

(永田裕志, born 1968), Japanese professional wrestler *

Yuji Naka , credited in some games as YU2, is a Japanese video game programmer, video game designer, designer and video game producer, producer. He is the former head of the Sega studio Sonic Team, where he was the lead programmer of the original ''Sonic t ...

(中裕司, born 1965), Japanese video game designer and programmer *

Yuji Nakazawa is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a centre back for J1 League side Tokyo Verdy and Yokohama F. Marinos. He was the formerly the captain of the Japan national team. His nickname is "Bomber" because of his distinctive ha ...

(中澤佑二, born 1978), Japanese football player * Yuji Nakamura (athlete) (中村祐二, born 1970), Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese volleyball player *

Yuji Nishino Yuji Nishino (西野勇士, born March 6, 1991) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ...

(born 1991), Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese rugby union player *, Japanese footballer *

Yūji Ueda is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer from Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. He is best known for voicing the roles of Sagara Sanosuke in ''Rurouni Kenshin'', Akito Tenkawa in ''Martian Successor Nadesico'', Takeshi/Brock and Sonansu/Wobbuffet ...

(上田祐司, born 1967), Japanese voice actor *, Japanese sprint canoeist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese animator *, Japanese footballer and manager *Alfonso Yuji Cortez (born 2003), Japanese-born Singaporean musician and artist

Fictional characters

*Yuji Kazami (風見雄二), protagonist of the ''

Grisaia is a Japanese adult visual novel, the first in a series of visual novels by Frontwing, with character designs by Akio Watanabe and Fumio. It was released in February 2011 for Windows, and it was later ported to the PlayStation Port ...

'' visual novel series *Yuji Sakai (坂井悠二), protagonist of the light novel series ''

Shakugan no Shana , also known simply as , is a Japanese light novel series written by Yashichiro Takahashi with illustrations by Noizi Ito. ASCII Media Works published 26 novels from November 2002 to November 2012 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. The ...

'' *Yuji Terushima (照島遊児), 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 captain and outside hitter from Johzenji High *Yuji Itadori (虎杖悠仁), protagonist of the manga series

Jujutsu Kaisen is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gege Akutami. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since March 2018, with its chapters collected and published in 21 ''tankōbon'' vo ...

*Yuji Endou (遠藤勇次) is one of the recurring characters of the manga series Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji.

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