Yōji, Yoji, Youji, or Yohji is a common masculine Japanese given name

Yōji
Yoji Muto, Japanese politician
Pronunciationjoɯdʑi (IPA)
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameJapan
MeaningDepends on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spellingYozi (Kunrei-shiki)

Yozi (Nihon-shiki)

Yōji, Yoji, Youji (Hepburn)

Possible writings

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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

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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

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  • 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.