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. 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

Yūji can be written using different combinations of

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. Some examples: *勇二, "courage, 2" *勇次, "courage, second" *裕二, "abundant, 2" *祐二, "help, 2" *祐次, "help, second" *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 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", ...

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, second" *愉二, "pleased, 2" *諭次, "pleased,second" *愈一, "more and more, 1" *愈次, "more and more, second" 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 *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese Paralympic swimmer *, Japanese Sumo wrestler *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese high jumper *, Japanese professional rock climber *, Japanese video game designer *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese golfer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese ice hockey player and coach *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese cartoonist *, Japanese Paralympic judoka *, Japanese Nordic combined skier *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor and voice actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese composer *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese information scientist *, Japanese actor, voice actor, and sound supervisor *, Japanese ski mountaineer and trail runner *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese video game designer and programmer * Yuji Nakamura, born 1970, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese football player *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese rugby union player *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese sprint canoeist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer and manager

Fictional characters

*, protagonist of the '' Grisaia'' visual novel series *, protagonist of the light novel series ''

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'' *, a character from ''

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'' with the position of captain and outside hitter from Johzenji High *, protagonist of the manga series ''

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'' *, recurring character in the manga series '' Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji''.

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Notable people with the name

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