Kenji (given name)

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

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)