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"
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''