Eiji


Eiji is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Eiji can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
  • , "prosperity, peace"
  • , "great, peace"
  • , "great, second"
  • , "eternity, next"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
In Japanese history the Eiji era, from 1141 to 1142, follows the Hōen era and precedes the Kōji era.

People with the name

  • Eiji Akaso, Japanese actor
  • Eiji Aonuma, Japanese designer and video game director
  • Eiji Ezaki, Japanese professional wrestler
  • Eiji Funakoshi, Japanese film actor
  • Eiji Iijima, Japanese shogi player
  • Eiji Ikeda, Japanese cartoonist, painter, illustrator, and haiga artist
  • Eiji Kawashima, Japanese football goalkeeper
  • Eiji Mitooka, Japanese industrial designer
  • Eiji Mitsuoka, Japanese professional mixed martial artist
  • Eiji Miyashita, Japanese voice actor
  • Eiji Morioka, Japanese boxer
  • Eiji Nakano, Japanese film actor
  • Eiji Oue, Japanese conductor
  • Eiji Sasaki, Japanese businessman
  • Eiji Shimomura, Japanese volleyball player
  • Eiji Takeuchi, Japanese tennis player
  • Eiji Tomii, Japanese footballer
  • Eiji Toyoda, Japanese chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation
  • Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese special effects director
  • Eiji Wentz, Japanese singer and entertainer
  • Eiji Yanagisawa, Japanese voice actor
  • Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese historical novelist

    Fictional characters

  • Eiji Asuma, a character in the manga series Psychometrer Eiji
  • Eiji Date, a character in the manga and anime series Hajime no Ippo
  • Eiji Hino, a character in the tokusatsu television series Kamen Rider OOO
  • Eiji Kamiya, a character in the manga and anime series Wangan Midnight
  • Eiji Kanda, a character in the manga and anime series Antique Bakery
  • Eiji Kashii, a character in the light novel and anime series Juni Taisen: Zodiac War
  • Eiji Kikumaru, a character in the manga and anime series The Prince of Tennis
  • Eiji Kisaragi, a character in the video game series Art of Fighting and The King of Fighters
  • Eiji Niizuma, a character in the manga and anime series Bakuman
  • Eiji Sawakita, a character in the manga and anime series Slam Dunk
  • Eiji Nochizawa, a character in the anime film Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale
  • Eiji Okumura, a character in the manga and anime series Banana Fish
  • Eiji Ōtori, a character in the multimedia franchise Uta no Prince-sama
  • Eiji Takaoka, a character in the tokusatsu television series GoGo Sentai Boukenger
  • Eiji Yagami, a character in the game and anime series Little Battlers Experience
Category:Japanese masculine given names
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