Kōichi, Koichi, Kouichi or Kohichi is a masculine

Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...

Written forms

Kōichi can be written using different

kanji are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, 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 and are ...

characters and can mean: *晃一, "clear, one" *幸一, "happiness, one" *光一, "light, one" *孝一, "filial piety, one" *弘一, "vast, one" *浩一, "abundance, one" *宏一, "wide, one" *恒一, "constancy, one" *耕一, "cultivate, one" *孝市, "filial piety, market" The name can also be written in

hiragana is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...

(こういち) 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 ...

(コウイチ).

People with the name

*, Japanese baseball player * Koichi Chigira (孝一, born 1959), Japanese anime director *

Koichi Domoto is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, singer-songwriter, composer, lyricist, television personality, voice actor. Along with Tsuyoshi Domoto (with whom he has no blood-relation), he is a member of the duo Domoto, who holds the Guinness World Recor ...

(born 1979), Japanese performing artist * Kōichi Fukaura, Japanese shogi player *

Koichi Fukuda Koichi Fukuda (born July 1, 1975) is a Japanese musician, best known as the lead guitarist, programmer, keyboardist, and co-founder of the American industrial metal band Static-X; he has been a member of the band three times, initially from 1994 ...

(born 1975), Japanese musician *, Japanese economist *, Japanese politician * Koichi Iida ((飯田鴻一, 1888–1973), Japanese businessman *, Japanese golfer *

Koichi Ishii , sometimes credited as Kouichi Ishii, is a video game designer best known for creating the ''Mana'' series (known as ''Seiken Densetsu'' in Japan). He joined Square (now Square Enix is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational hol ...

(浩一, born 1964), Japanese game designer * Koichi Kato (LDP) (born 1939), Japanese politician *

Koichi Kato (DPJ) is a Japanese politician from Tokyo and a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Chiyoda, Tokyo and graduate of Sophia University, he worked at Recruit from 1988 to 1996. Kato was elected to the House of Representatives House ...

(born 1964), Japanese politician * Koichi Kawakita (born 1942), Japanese special effects artist * Kōichi Kido (1889–1977), Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan during World War II *, Japanese shogi player *

Kōichi Kitamura , better known by the stage name , was a Japanese Voice acting in Japan, voice actor born in Osaka, Japan. Kitamura was employed by the talent management agency Mausu Promotion. He is known for dubbing roles played by Peter Cushing. He died on Oc ...

(1931–2007), Japanese voice actor *

Kōichi Mashimo (born June 21, 1952) is a Japanese former anime director and the founder of the animation studio Bee Train. Since the creation of the studio, Mashimo directed or otherwise participated in a large number of the studio's works, for example, as a m ...

(born 1952), Japanese anime director *, Japanese rower *

Koichi Mizushima is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 ...

(born 1965), Japanese gymnast *, Japanese long-distance runner *

Koichi Morita (songwriter) (born February 25, 1940), is a Japanese composer and singer who launched his recording career in the late 1960s and had gained huge commercial success during the 1970s. He often teamed up with lyricist Yū Aku and orchestrator Junichi Makaino, ...

*, Japanese footballer *, Japanese video game designer *, former professional racing cyclist and ten-consecutive-time world champion in track cycling sprint *

Koichi Nishimura Koichi "Nishi" Nishimura (born 30 June 1973) is a beach volleyball player from Japan. He was born in Kyoto. Nishimura began his career as an indoor volleyball player and played Libero for the Japanese National Team. In 2002 Nishimura switched t ...

(born 1973), Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese golfer * Kōichi Sakaguchi (坂口　候一, born 1968), Japanese voice actor *, Japanese actor *, Japanese biathlete *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese philatelist *, Japanese ski jumper *, Japanese murderer *, Japanese bobsledder *

Koichi Sugiyama was a Japanese composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He was best known for composing for the ''Dragon Quest'' franchise, along with several other video games, anime, film, television shows, and pop songs. Classically trained, Sugiyama was c ...

(こういち; birth name 浩一, born 1931), Japanese video game composer *, Japanese baseball player and manager *

Koichi Tanaka is a Japanese electrical engineer who shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002 for developing a novel method for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules with John Bennett Fenn and Kurt Wüthrich (the latter for work in N ...

(born 1959), Japanese Nobel Prize winner in chemistry *, Japanese footballer and manager *

Koichi Tohei (20 January 1920 – 19 May 2011) was a 10th Dan aikidoka and founder of the Ki Society and its style of aikido, officially Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido (literally "aikido with mind and body unified"), but commonly known as Ki-Aikido. Aikido K ...

(born 1920), Japanese aikido practitioner *

Kōichi Tokita is a Japanese manga artist that is best known for his ''Gundam Manga and Novels, Gundam'' manga. Most of his works deal with the alternate universe Gundam series such as ''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'', and ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing''. Before he be ...

(born 1961), Japanese manga artist *

Kōichi Tōchika is a Japanese voice actor who works for Haikyo. Notable voice roles Anime *Lance in '' 07 Ghost'' *Brindo and young Hody Jones in ''One Piece'' * Check Mate and Ilioukhine in ''Kinnikuman Nisei'' (''Ultimate Muscle'') *Arizona Governor in ''E ...

(born 1971), Japanese voice actor *

Koichi Wakata is a Japanese engineer and an astronaut working for Axiom Space. Wakata retired from JAXA in 2024 after a career in spaceflight spanning nearly two decades. He logged over 500 days in space across five missions: three aboard the Space Shuttle, ...

(born 1963), Japanese astronaut *

Kōichi Yamadera is a Japanese actor, narrator and singer from Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture. He graduated from Tohoku Gakuin University's economics school and is currently affiliated with Across Entertainment. Before that, he was affiliated with the Tokyo Acto ...

(born 1961), Japanese voice actor *

Koichi Kobayashi is a Japanese Go player. He is one of the 'Six Supers' who championed Japanese Go in the last three decades of Japanese Go. Biography Koichi Kobayashi was born in Asahikawa, Japan. In 1965, he came to Tokyo to be a disciple of Minoru Kitani. ...

(born 1952), Japanese Go player * Koichi Morishita (born 1967), Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese sumo wrestler

Fictional characters

* Kouichi Kimura, from the TV series ''

Digimon Frontier is the fourth anime television series in the ''Digimon'' franchise, produced by Toei Animation. Unlike the previous series, the main characters can merge with ancient spirits known as the "Legendary Warriors" to become Digimon themselves. T ...

'' * Koichi Shido, from manga/anime ''Highschool of the Dead'' * Kouichi Hayase, from manga/anime ''Linebarrels of Iron'' * Koichi Hirose (広瀬康一), a character from the manga and anime series ''

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1987 to 2004, and was transferred to the monthly manga magazine ''Ultra Jum ...

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Koichi Zenigata , usually called and formerly Heiji Zenigata VII, is a fictional character created by Monkey Punch for his manga series ''Lupin III'', which debuted in ''Weekly Manga Action'' on August 10, 1967. He is named after the famous fictional Japanes ...

, from ''Lupin III'' * Koichi Hayama, from adult anime/game ''Moonlight Lady'' * Koichi Hiramoto, from ''

Wangan Midnight is a Japanese racing manga series written and illustrated by Michiharu Kusunoki. It was first serialized in Shogakukan's '' Big Comic Spirits'' in 1990, but was later serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1992 to 2008. ...

'' * Koichi Kijima, from ''

'' * Kōichi Tanemura, a character from the anime/manga ''

Hanasaku Iroha , or ''Hanairo'' for short, is a Japanese 26-episode anime television series produced by P.A. Works and directed by Masahiro Andō. The screenplay was written by Mari Okada, with original character design by Mel Kishida. P.A. Works produced ...

'' * Kōichi Sakakibara, the main protagonist of the series ''

Another Another may refer to: * anOther or Another Magazine, a culture and fashion magazine * ''Another'' (novel), a Japanese horror novel ** ''Another'' (film), a Japanese 2012 live-action film based on the novel ** ''Another'' (TV series), a Japanese ...

'' * Kōichi Sakakibara, a character from the tokusatsu '' Kamen Rider Ryuki Special: 13 Riders'' * Koichi Kizakura, a character from the anime '' Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School'' * Koichi Haimawari, a character from the manga '' Boku no Hero Academia'' * Koichi Adachi, a character and main party member from the videogame '' Yakuza: Like a Dragon'' * Koichi Nanase, a character from the anime ''

Gundam Build Divers . often abbreviated as GBD. is a Japanese science fiction anime television series produced by Sunrise, a spiritual successor to the 2013 anime ''Gundam Build Fighters'', based on the long-running ''Gundam'' franchise. It is directed by Shin ...

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