Yuji

Yuji Nakazawa, a football player
Pronunciation	jɯɯdʑi, jɯdʑi (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Other names
Alternative spelling	Yuzi (Kunrei-shiki) Yuzi (Nihon-shiki) Yūji, Yuji, Yuuji (Hepburn)

Yūji, Yuji or Yuuji is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Yūji can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:

• 勇二, "courage, 2"
• 勇次, "courage, next"
• 裕二, "abundant, 2"
• 祐二, "help, 2"
• 祐次, "help, next"
• 雄治, "masculine, govern"
• 雄二, "masculine, 2"
• 悠児, "permanence, child"
• 悠二, "permanence, 2"
• 祐史, "to help, history"
• 祐司, "to help, rule"
• 裕司, "abundant, rule"

The name can also be written in hiragana ゆうじ or katakana ユウジ.

Yuji is a separate given name.

• 諭二, "to persuade, 2"
• 諭次, "to persuade, next"
• 愉二, "pleased, 2"
• 諭次, "pleased,next"
• 愈一, "more and more, 1"
• 愈次, "more and more,next"

And can also be written in hiragana ゆじ or katakana ユジ.

Notable people with the name

• Yuji Abe (阿部 祐二, born 1958), Japanese television journalist and actor
• Yuji Adachi (足立 祐二, born 1964), Japanese musician and songwriter
• Yuji Aoki (青木 雄二, 1945–2003), Japanese manga artist
• Yuji Hanada (花田 裕治), Japanese Paralympic swimmer
• Yuji Hino (火野 裕士, born 1985), Japanese professional wrestler
• Yuji Hiramatsu (平松 祐司, born 1997), Japanese high jumper
• Yuji Hirayama (平山 ユージ, born 1969), Japanese professional rock climber
• Yuji Horii (堀井 雄二, born 1954), Japanese video game designer
• Yuji Ide (井出 有治, born 1975), Japanese racing driver
• Yuji Iga (伊賀 裕治, born 1965), Japanese ice hockey player
• Yuji Igarashi (五十嵐 雄二, born 1968), Japanese golfer
• Yuji Iiyama (飯山 裕志, born 1979), Japanese baseball player
• Yuji Iizuka (飯塚 祐司, born 1974), Japanese ice hockey player and coach
• Yuji Iwahara (岩原 裕二), Japanese manga artist
• Yuji Kaku (賀来 ゆうじ, born 1984), Japanese manga artist
• Yuji Kamosawa (鴨沢 祐仁, 1952–2008), Japanese cartoonist
• Yuji Kato (加藤 裕司, born 1978), Japanese Paralympic judoka
• Yuji Katsuro (勝呂 裕司, born 1949), Japanese Nordic combined skier
• Yuji Kimura (木村 祐志, born 1987), Japanese footballer
• Yuji Kishi (岸 祐二, born 1970), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Yuji Kitajima (北島 祐二, born 2000), Japanese footballer
• Yūji Koseki (古関 裕而, 1909–1989), Japanese composer
• Yuji Masuda (増田 裕司, born 1971), Japanese shogi player
• Yuji Matsumoto (松本 裕治), Japanese information scientist
• Yuji Mitsuya (三ツ矢 雄二, born 1954), Japanese actor, voice actor, and sound supervisor
• Yuji Miura (三浦 裕司, born 195?), Japanese ski mountaineer and trail runner
• Yuji Nagata (永田 裕志, born 1968), Japanese professional wrestler
• Yuji Naka (中 裕司, born 1965), Japanese video game designer and programmer
• Yuji Nakamura (athlete) (中村 祐二, born 1970), Japanese long-distance runner
• Yuji Nakazawa (中澤 佑二, born 1978), Japanese football player
• Yūji Nishida (西田 有志, born 2000), Japanese volleyball player
• Yuji Nishino (西野 勇士, born 1991), Japanese baseball player
• Yuji Ozaki (尾崎 雄二, born 1985), Japanese footballer
• Yūji Saiga (雑賀 雄二, Saiga Yūji, born 1951), Japanese photographer
• Yuji Senuma (瀬沼 優司, born 1990), Japanese footballer
• Yuji Sonoda (苑田 右二, born 1973), Japanese rugby union player
• Yuji Takeshima (竹嶋 裕二, born 1999), Japanese footballer
• Yūji Ueda (上田 祐司, born 1967), Japanese voice actor
• Yuji Umezawa (梅沢 勇治, born 1945), Japanese sprint canoeist
• Yuji Wakasa (輪笠 祐士, born 1996), Japanese footballer
• Yuji Yamaguchi (山口 祐司, fl. 1999–2014), Japanese animator
• Yuji Yokoyama (横山 雄次, born 1969), Japanese footballer and manager

Fictional characters

• Yuji Kazami (風見 雄二), protagonist of the Grisaia visual novel series
• Yuji Sakai (坂井 悠二), protagonist of the light novel series Shakugan no Shana
• Yuji Terushima (照島 遊児), a character from Haikyu!! with the position of captain and outside hitter from Johzenji High
• Yuji Itadori (虎杖 悠仁), protagonist of the manga series Jujutsu Kaisen
• Yuji Endou (遠藤 勇次), recurring character in the manga series Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji.

See also

• 47077 Yuji, a main-belt asteroid