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. 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
Yōji 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:
*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 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", ...
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
;with the given name Yōji
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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 c ...
(赤尾 洋二, born 1928), Japanese planning specialist
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Yoji Anjo
(born March 28, 1967) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and kickboxer. Anjo is considered to be one of the pioneers of the shoot style movement during the 1980s and early 90s.
Professional wrestling career
Uni ...
(安生 洋二, born 1967), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter
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Yoji (DJ), a Japanese trance/hard trance DJ
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Yoji Enokido (榎戸 洋司, born 1963), Japanese screenwriter and voice actor
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Yōji Matsuda (松田 洋治, born 1967), Japanese actor
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Yoji Muto (武藤 容治, born 1955), Japanese politician
*, Japanese playwright
*, Japanese footballer
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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 many of his games.
Biography
Shinkawa was born in Hiroshima on December 25, 1971. He be ...
(新川 洋司, born 1971), Japanese illustrator and conceptual artist
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Yoji Tanaka (田中 要次, born 1963), Japanese actor
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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
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
Yamada was born in Osaka, but due to his father' ...
(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 assassination, 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 t ...
''
*Yoji Kuramoto (倉元 洋二), a character in ''
Battle Royale''
*Yoji/Yo-Yoji (alias, true name unknown), a character from
The Secret Series
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Japanese masculine given names
Masculine given names