Kenji (given name)

Kenji

Pronunciation	Ken-jí
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different depending on the kanji
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Ken Ken'ichi Kenzo

Kenji (けんじ, ケンジ) or Kenzi is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Kenji can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 賢二, "wise, second"
• 健二, "healthy, second"
• 健次, "healthy, next"
• 謙二, "modest, second"
• 研二, "research, second"
• 憲次, "constitution, next"
• 健司, "healthy, rule"
• 健治, "healthy, govern"
• 賢治, "wise, govern"
• 健児, "healthy, child"
• 堅志, "iron, purpose"
• 謙, "modest"

People with the name

• Kenji Akabane (赤羽根 健治, born 1984), Japanese voice actor
• Kenji Anan (健治, born 1962), Japanese stage and film actor
• Kenji Daimanazuru (健司, born 1977), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Kenji Doihara (賢二, 1883–1948), Japanese military general
• Kenji Eda (憲司, born 1956), Japanese politician
• Kenji Fujimori (born 1980), Peruvian politician, son of ex-president Alberto Fujimori
• Kenji Fujinaka (藤中 憲二, born 1947), Japanese handball player
• Kenji Fukuda (born 1977), Japanese footballer for Ehime F.C.
• Kenji Goto (後藤 健二) (1967-2015) Japanese freelance video journalist, killed by ISIL
• Kenji Haneda (羽田 憲司, born 1981), Japanese footballer
• Kenji Hatanaka (健二, 1923–1945), Japanese soldier
• Kenji Horikawa (堀川 憲司, born 1965), Japanese anime producer
• Kenji Imai (disambiguation), multiple people
• Kenji Imaizumi (今泉 健司, born 1973), Japanese shogi player
• Kenji Inoue (井上 謙二, born 1976), Japanese sport wrestler
• Kenji Ishiguro (健治, born 1935), Japanese photographer
• Kenji Ishikawa (石川 健二, born 1946), Japanese swimmer
• Kenji Ito (伊藤 賢治, born 1968), Japanese video game composer and musician
• Kenji Ito (footballer) (伊藤 健次, born 1976), Japanese footballer
• Kenji Jasper, American writer
• Kenji Johjima (健司, born 1976), Japanese Major League Baseball catcher
• Kenji Kageyama (景山 健司, born 1980), Japanese footballer
• Kenji Kamiyama (健治, born 1966), Japanese anime director
• Kenji Kaneyasu (金康 健司, born 1954), Japanese rower
• Kenji Kanzaki (神崎 健二, born 1963), Japanese shogi player
• Kenji Kasai (笠井 賢二), Japanese table tennis player
• Kenji Kawai (憲次, born 1957), Japanese music composer
• Kenji Kawakami (賢司, born 1946), inventor of the Japanese craze Chindōgu
• Kenji Kazama (風間 健, born 1943), Japanese martial artist and actor
• Kenji Kimihara (健二, born 1941), Japanese long-distance runner
• Kenji Kimura (木村 憲治, born 1945), Japanese volleyball player
• Kenji Kitawaki (北脇 健慈, born 1991), Japanese footballer
• Kenji Kobayashi (小林 健二, born 1957), Japanese shogi player
• Kenji Kosaka (憲次, born 1946), Japanese politician
• J. Kenji López-Alt, American chef and food writer
• Kenji Matsuda (賢二, born 1971), Japanese actor
• Kenji Miyamoto (figure skater), (born 1978)
• Kenji Miyamoto (politician), (1908-2007)
• Kenji Miyazawa (賢治, 1896–1933), Japanese poet and author of children's literature
• Kenji Mizoguchi (健二, 1898–1956), Japanese film director
• Kenji Nagai (健司, 1957–2007), Japanese photographer
• Kenji Nagasaki (長崎健司), Japanese director
• Kenji Nakagami (健次, 1946–1992), Japanese author
• Kenji Nakamura (中村 健治, born 1970), Japanese anime director
• Kenji Nakamura (sailor) (中村 健次, born 1964), Japanese sailor
• Kenji Nojima (健児, born 1976), Japanese voice actor
• Kenji Nomura (born 1970), Japanese voice actor
• Kenji Ogiwara (健司, born 1969), Japanese Nordic combined skier
• Kenji Ohtsuki (ケンヂ, born 1966), Japanese heavy metal rock musician
• Kenji Otonari (born 1984), Japanese Baseball pitcher
• Kenji Sahara (健二, born 1932), Japanese actor
• Kenji Sato (baseball) (佐藤 賢治, born 1988), Japanese baseball player
• Kenji Sato (basketball) (佐藤 賢次, born 1979), Japanese basketball player and coach
• Kenji Sawada (研二, born 1948), Japanese actor and singer
• Kenji Shimaoka (嶋岡 健治, born 1949), Japanese volleyball player
• Kenji Soda (宗田 研二, born 1948), Japanese basketball player
• Kenji Suzuki (健二, born 1929), Japanese NHK announcer
• Kenji Tabata (健児, born 1974), Japanese sprinter
• Kenji Takahashi (footballer, born 1970) (高橋 健二), Japanese footballer
• Kenji Takahashi (footballer, born 1985) (髙橋 健史), Japanese footballer
• Kenji Takahashi (sailor) (高橋 賢次, born 1982), Japanese sailor
• Patrick Kenji Takahashi (born 1940), American biochemical engineer and science writer
• Kenji Tanaka (田中 賢治, born 1983), Japanese footballer
• Kenji Terada (憲史, born 1952), Japanese script writer, anime director, novelist, and scenario writer
• Kenji Tokitsu (born 1947), Japanese author and martial artist
• Kenji Tomiki (謙治, 1900–1979), Japanese aikidoka and judoka
• Kenji Tominaga (富永 研司, born 1970), Japanese actor
• Kenji Toriyabe (鳥谷部 健司, born 1943), Japanese ice hockey player
• Kenji Treschuk (born 1982), American soccer defender
• Kenji Tsukagoshi (賢爾, 1900–1943), Japanese aviator and explorer
• Kenji Tsumura (健志, born 1986), professional Magic: The Gathering player
• Kenji Tsuruta (謙二, born 1961), Japanese manga artist and illustrator
• Kenji Ueda (born 1965), Japanese musician better known as Kenzi
• Kenji Utsumi (賢二, 1937–2013), Japanese actor
• Kenji Waki (謙二, born 1960), Japanese shogi player
• Kenji Watanabe (born 1969), Japanese breaststroke swimmer
• Kenji Williams, American filmmaker, electronic music producer, and violinist
• Kenji Wu (born 1979), a Taiwanese singer and actor
• Kenji Yonekura (米倉 健司, born 1934), Japanese boxer
• Kenji Yoshida (吉田 健二, 1935–2003), Japanese anime producer and illustrator
• Michael Kenji Shinoda (born 1977), American musician

Fictional characters

• Kenji in the real-time strategy game Battle Realms
• Kenji Delos Reyes from the Filipino novel "She's Dating the Gangster"
• Kenji, the main character in the 2003 Thai film Last Life in the Universe
• Kenji, a character in the video game Need for Speed: Carbon
• Kenji (ケンジ a.k.a. Tracey Sketchit) in the Pokémon anime and manga series Electric Tale of Pikachu
• Kenji Kasen, a yakuza boss in Grand Theft Auto III
• Kenji Tenzai from Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
• Kenji, Dragonfly Jones' student/rival in the TV show Martin
• Kenji in the video game Red Earth (Warzard)
• Kenji in Sports Champions
• Kenji Endō (健児), the protagonist in the manga series 20th Century Boys
• Kenji Harima (拳児), the main character from the manga and anime series School Rumble
• Kenji Himura (剣路) in the manga series Rurouni Kenshin
• Kenji Maezono, a character in the film Battle Royale II: Requiem
• Kenji Muto in the fantasy novel series Tales of the Otori
• Kenji Tomochika in the game Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 responsible for the "Magician" social link
• Kenji Tsukino (謙之), a minor character in Sailor Moon media
• Kenji Lee, Inspector Lee's brother in Rush Hour 3
• Kenji Setou, a legally blind character in Katawa Shoujo
• Karate Kenji, the main character from the manga and anime series Fight Fever
• Kenji Ookami, Tooey's father of Japanese descent in Molly of Denali
• Kenji Kon from Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous
• Kenji the Japanese Rail Zeppelin from Thomas & Friends, introduced in Series 24.
• Kenji Miyazawa from the anime and manga Bungo Stray Dogs
• Kenji Yamaguchi from the anime and manga My Little Monster

See also

• Kenji (disambiguation)
• Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director, a 1975 Japanese documentary film
• 賢治 (disambiguation)