Jun'ichi

Junichi

Junichi Sasai, a naval aviator
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Depending on the kanji used
Other names
Related names	Jun Junji Jun'ichirō Junko Ken'ichi Shin'ichi

Junichi (じゅんいち, ジュンイチ) is a very common masculine Japanese given name. In the Roman alphabet, it may also be spelled Jun-ichi, Jun'ichi, or Juniti.

Possible writings

Junichi can be written using different kanji characters. "Ichi" is nearly always written with the character 一 ("one") or its daiji (large numerals) form 壱, while "jun" might be written with a variety of characters, including:

• 純, "pure"
• 淳, "honest"
• 潤, "moisture"
• 準, "standard"
• 順, "obey"
• 准, "approve"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

Common form:

• Junichi Hirokami (淳一, born 1958), Japanese conductor
• Junichi Inagaki (潤一, born 1953), Japanese popular singer
• Junichi Inamoto (潤一, born 1979), Japanese football player
• Junichi Inoue (純一, born 1971), Japanese speed skater who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics and in the 1994 Winter Olympics
• Junichi Ishii (born 1957), Japanese Liberal Democratic Party politician
• Junichi Kakizaki (順一, born 1971), Japanese artist, sculptor, and installation artist
• Karigane Junichi (準一, 1879–1959), Japanese Go player
• Junichi Komori (純一, born 1941), Japanese three-cushion billiards player
• Junichi Masuda (順一, born 1968), Japanese video game composer
• Junichi Misawa (純一, born 1985), Japanese football player
• Junichi Miyashita (純一, born 1983), Japanese Olympic swimmer
• Junichi Nakatsuru (純一), Japanese video game composer
• Junichi Okada (准一, born 1980), member of the Japanese boy group V6
• Junichi Sasai (醇一, 1918–1942), Japanese naval aviator during World War II
• Junichi Sato (順一, born 1960), Japanese anime director
• Junichi Sawayashiki (純一, born 1984), Japanese professional kickboxer
• Junichi P. Semitsu (淳一, born 1973), American professor of law
• Junichi Suwabe (順一, born 1972), Japanese voice actor
• Junichi Tazawa (順一, born 1986), Japanese baseball pitcher
• Junichi Usui (淳一, born 1957), retired Japanese Olympic long jumper
• Junichi Watanabe (淳一, 1933–2014), Japanese writer
• Junichi Yamakawa, author of Kuso Miso Technique

Other forms:

• Futatsuryū Jun'ichi (順一, born 1950), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Jun-ichi Nishizawa (潤一, born 1926), Japanese engineer
• Jun'ichi Kanemaru (淳一, born 1962), Japanese voice actor
• Jun'ichi Sugawara (淳一, born 1959), Japanese voice actor
• Juniti Saito (準一, born 1942), Brazilian military officer and the current commander of the Brazilian Air Force

Characters

• Junichi Kawanaka (純一), a pitcher in the manga One Outs
• Jun'ichi Tsubaki (純一), a character in the manga Rockin' Heaven
• Jun'ichi Nagase, a main character in the anime Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka

See also

• 6052 Junichi, an Outer Main-belt Asteroid