Yōji
Appearance
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![]() Yoji Muto, Japanese politician | |
Pronunciation | joɯdʑi (IPA) |
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Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Word/name | Japan |
Meaning | Depends on the kanji used |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Yozi (Kunrei-shiki)
Yozi (Nihon-shiki) Yōji, Yoji, Youji (Hepburn) |
Yōji, Yoji, Youji, or Yohji is a common masculine Japanese given name
Possible writings
[edit]Yōji can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 洋二, "ocean, second"
- 洋次, "ocean, next"
- 洋司, "ocean, rule"
- 洋治, "ocean, govern"
- 陽二, "sunshine, second"
- 陽次, "sunshine, next"
- 陽司, "sunshine, rule"
- 陽治, "sunshine, govern"
The name can also be written in hiragana ようじ or katakana ヨウジ.
People
[edit]- with the given name Yōji
- Yoji Akao (赤尾 洋二, born 1928), Japanese planning specialist
- Yoji Anjo (安生 洋二, born 1967), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter
- Yoji (DJ), a Japanese trance/hard trance DJ
- Yoji Enokido (榎戸 洋司, born 1963), Japanese screenwriter and voice actor
- Yoji Mizuguchi (水口 洋次, born 1944), Japanese football player and manager
- Yōji Matsuda (松田 洋治, born 1967), Japanese actor
- Yoji Muto (武藤 容治, born 1955), Japanese politician
- Yoji Sakate (坂手 洋二, born 1962), Japanese playwright
- Yoji Sasaki (佐々木 陽次, born 1992), Japanese footballer
- Yoji Shinkawa (新川 洋司, born 1971), Japanese illustrator and conceptual artist
- Yoji Tanaka (田中 要次, born 1963), Japanese actor
- Yoji Totsuka (戸塚 洋二, 1942–2008), Japanese physicist
- Yoji Ueda (上田 燿司, born 1971), Japanese voice actor
- Yoji Yamada (山田 洋次, born 1931), Japanese film director
Fictional characters
[edit]- Yoji Kudou (工藤 耀爾), a character in the anime series Weiß Kreuz
- Yoji Kuramoto (倉元 洋二), a character in Battle Royale
- Yoji/Yo-Yoji (alias, not known true name), a character from The Secret Series, friend of Cass and Max-Ernest.