Keiji (けいじ, ケイジ) is a Japanese

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

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

* Keiji Fukuda (福田敬二) *

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) *

Keiji Furuya is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. Career A native of Tokyo, who attended secondary schools in the NY area, and graduate of Seikei University, he was elec ...

(古屋圭司) *

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) * Keiji Haino (灰野敬二) *, Japanese swimmer *

Keiji Hirose , born April 16, 1973 in Osaka) is a former Japanese rugby union player. He played as a fly-half. His club team was Toyota Verblitz. He was nicknamed . Hirose was awarded 40 caps for Japan; he made his debut in a 26-11 1995 Rugby World Cup qualif ...

(廣瀬佳司) * Keiji Inafune (稲船敬二) *

Keiji Ishizuka is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Ishizuka was born in Kyoto Prefecture on August 26, 1974. After graduating from high school, he joined Verdy Kawasaki (later ''Tokyo Verdy'') in 1993. Although he played as an offensive midfi ...

(石塚啓次) * Keiji Kaimoto (海本慶治) * Keiji Kawamori (河盛慶次) *

Keiji Koizumi is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Koizumi was born in Yamanashi Prefecture on July 28, 1976. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined the newly promoted J2 League club, Ventforet Kofu based in his local area in 1999. O ...

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) *

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 Septemb ...

(琴光喜啓司) *

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) *

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) *

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) * Maeda Keiji (前田慶次) (AKA Maeda Toshimasu) *, Japanese racing driver * Keiji Mutoh (武藤敬司) *, Japanese shogi player *

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 Sche ...

(西谷啓治) *

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 * Keiji Ozaki (尾崎圭司) *

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) *

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 ...

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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 *

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) * Keiji Tachikawa (立川敬二) *

Keiji Takachi is a Japanese football player. Playing career Takachi was born in Kawaguchi on April 23, 1980. After graduating from high school, through some Brazilian club, he joined J1 League club Tokyo Verdy in 2001. However he could not play at all in the ...

(高地系治) *, Japanese baseball player * Keiji Takayama (高山圭司) * Keiji Tamada (玉田圭司) *

Keiji Ueshima 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 * � ...

(植島啓司) *

Keiji Watanabe is a former Japanese football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where t ...

(渡邊圭二) *

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) *

Keiji Yoshimura is a former Japanese football player. His elder brother Koji is also a former footballer. Playing career Yoshimura was born in Sakawa, Kochi on August 8, 1979. After graduating from Aichi Gakuin University, he joined J1 League club Nagoya Gra ...

(吉村圭司) *

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 *

(中澤圭二), a Japanese Sushi master

Fictional characters with the name

*Keiji Shinogi, a character from '' Your Turn to Die (video game)''. *Keiji Akaashi (赤葦京治), a character from '' Haikyu!!'' with the position of setter from Fukurodani Academy *Keiji Shibusawa, a character from '' Yakuza 0''

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