Ryūji


Ryūji is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Ryūji can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
  • 竜二, "dragon, 2"
  • 竜次, "dragon, next"
  • 竜司, "dragon, rule"
  • 竜児, "dragon, child"
  • 竜治, "dragon, govern"
  • 竜士, "dragon, warrior"
  • 龍二, "dragon, 2"
  • 龍次, "dragon, next"
  • 龍司, "dragon, rule"
  • 龍治, "dragon, govern"
  • 龍児, "dragon, child"
  • 龍士, "dragon, warrior"
  • 隆二, "elevate, 2"
  • 隆次, "elevate, next"
  • 隆司, "elevate, rule"
  • 隆児, "elevate, child"
  • 隆士, "elevate, warrior"
The name can also be written in hiragana りゅうじ or katakana リュウジ.

Notable people with the name

  • Ryuji Aminishiki, Japanese sumo wrestler
  • Ryuji Bando, Japanese footballer
  • Ryuji Chiyotaikai, Japanese sumo wrestler
  • Ryuji Endo, Japanese baseball player
  • Ryuji Hijikata, Japanese professional wrestler
  • Ryuji Imada, U.S.-based Japanese professional golfer
  • Ryuji Imaichi, Japanese singer
  • Ryuji Ito, Japanese professional wrestler
  • Ryuji Kamiyama, Japanese vocalist and actor
  • Ryuji Kato, Japanese footballer
  • Ryuji Kawai, Japanese football player
  • Ryuji Kimura, Japanese baseball player
  • Ryuji Masuda, Japanese CGI animation director
  • Ryuji Matsumura, Japanese politician
  • Ryuji Michiki, Japanese football player
  • Ryuji Miki, Japanese racing and drifting driver
  • Ryuji Miyamoto, Japanese photographer
  • Ryuji Mochizuki, Japanese footballer
  • Ryuji Noguchi, Japanese rugby union player
  • Ryuji Ono, Japanese long-distance runner
  • Ryūji Saikachi, Japanese voice actor
  • Ryuji Sainei, Japanese actor
  • Ryuji Saito, Japanese footballer
  • Ryuji Sasai, video game composer
  • Ryuji Yamane, Japanese politician

    Fictional characters

  • Ryuji Danma, a character in the manga series Shonan Junai Gumi and its sequel Great Teacher Onizuka
  • Ryuji Goda, a side character in Yakuza 0 and the main antagonist in Yakuza 2 and Yakuza Kiwami 2
  • Ryuji "The Blade" Hanada, a character in the manga series Crying Freeman
  • Ryuji Hattori, a character from the Kunio-Kun video game series
  • Ryuji Ikeda, a character in the manga series Initial D
  • Ryuji Iwasaki, a character from Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
  • Ryuji Kisaragi, the main character of the light novel and anime series Dragon Crisis!
  • Ryuji Kusaka, a character from Inazuma Eleven GO Galaxy
  • Ryuji Midorikawa, a character from Inazuma Eleven
  • Ryuji Nagumo, a character from Hajime no Ippo
  • Ryuuji Otogi, a character in the anime and manga series Yu-Gi-Oh!
  • Ryuji Sakamoto, a major character in the video game Persona 5
  • Ryuji Sugashita, a character in the manga series DNA²
  • Ryuji Suguro, a major character in Blue Exorcist
  • Ryuji Takane, the main character of the manga and anime series Ring ni Kakero
  • Ryuji Takasu, one of the main characters in the anime and light novel series Toradora!
  • Ryuji Takayama, a central character in the Ringu Trilogy
  • Ryuji Toramaru, a character in the manga series Sakigake!! Otokojuku
  • Ryuji Yamazaki, a video game character in Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series
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