Ken'ichi


Ken'ichi or Kenichi is a masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Ken'ichi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
  • 賢一, "wise, one"
  • 健一, "healthy, one"
  • 憲一, "constitution, one"
  • 謙一, "humble, one"
  • 建一, "build, one"
  • 研一, "polish, one"
  • 兼一, "concurrently, one"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

  • Kenichi Abe, Japanese World War II flying ace
  • Ken'ichi Chen, Japanese chef and restaurateur
  • Kenichi Ego, Japanese football player
  • Kenichi Endō, Japanese actor
  • Ken'ichi Enomoto, Japanese singing comedian
  • Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist
  • Kenichi Furuya, Japanese ice hockey player
  • Ken'ichi Kasai, Japanese anime director
  • Keni'chi Kōbō, former sumo wrestler
  • Kenichi Konishi, Japanese field hockey player
  • Kenichi Hagiwara, Japanese actor and lead singer
  • Kenichi Horie, Japanese solo yachtsman
  • Kenichi Ikezoe, Japanese jockey
  • Kenichi Kaga, Japanese footballer for Júbilo Iwata
  • Ken-ichi Kimura, Japanese architect
  • Kenichi Kimura, Japanese rugby union player
  • Kenichi Konishi, Japanese field hockey player
  • Kenichi Kuboya, Japanese golfer
  • Kenichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor
  • Kenichi Mikawa, Japanese singer
  • Ken'ichi Mishima, Japanese philosopher
  • Kenichi Mizuno, Japanese politician
  • Kenichi Momoyama, first son of Prince Ui of Korea by Lady Jeong
  • Kenichi Mori, Japanese footballer for Mito HollyHock
  • Luke Kenichi Muto, Japanese Anglican bishop
  • Kenichi Nishi, Japanese video game designer
  • Kenichi Ogata , Japanese voice actor
  • Kenichi Ogawa, Japanese boxer
  • Kenichi Ono, Japanese voice actor and actor
  • Kenichi Ohmae, Japanese business and corporate strategist
  • Kenichi Okada, rhythm guitarist of Japanese band MERRY
  • Kenichi Sasaki, Japanese handball player
  • Kenichi Shimokawa, Japanese football goalkeeper
  • Kenichi Shinoda, Japanese yakuza boss of Yamaguchi-gumi
  • Kenichi Sone, Japanese internment camp commander and war criminal
  • Kenichi Sonoda, manga artist and anime character designer
  • Kenichi Suzuki, multiple people
  • Kenichi Suzumura, Japanese voice actor
  • Kenichi Tago, Japanese professional badminton player
  • Kenichi Takahashi, Japanese long-distance runner
  • Ken-ichi Ueda, Japanese scientist
  • Kenichi Uemura, Japanese football player
  • Kenichi Umezawa, Japanese fencer
  • Kenichi Yamada, Japanese golfer
  • Kenichi Yamakawa, Japanese author and rock musician
  • Kenichi Yamamoto , founder of the Yamaken-gumi yakuza gang
  • Ken'ichi Yoshida , Japanese author and literary critic
  • Kenichi Yoshida , Japanese animator and character designer
  • Kenichi Yumoto, Japanese freestyle wrestler

    Fictional characters

  • Kenichi, the main character of the 2001 anime film Metropolis
  • Kenichi Shirahama, the main character of the manga series Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
  • Kenichi Mitsuba, a character from Ninja Hattori-kun franchise.
  • Kenichi Natsuki, a character from ''Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World''