Junji

Junji
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
MeaningIt can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Other names
Related namesJun
Jun'ichi
Jun'ichirō
Junko

Junji (じゅんじ, ジュンジ) is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Junji can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

  • 純二, "chaste, two"
  • 純次, "chaste, next"
  • 純治, "chaste, govern"
  • 淳司, "pure, conduct"
  • 淳次, "pure, next"
  • 準二, "conform, two"
  • 准次, "associate, next"
  • 順二, "sequence, two"
  • 順治, "sequence, govern"
  • 潤次, "moisture, next"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

  • Junji Arias (born 1976), Filipino singer and songwriter
  • Junji Fukuhara (福原 淳嗣; born 1967), Japanese politician
  • Junji Hasegawa (長谷川 淳二; born 1968), Japanese politician
  • Junji Higashi (東 順治; 1946–2023), Japanese politician
  • Junji Hirata (平田 淳嗣; born 1956), Japanese retired professional wrestler
  • Junji Hoshino (星野 順治; born 1974), Japanese former professional baseball pitcher
  • Junji Ishiwatari (いしわたり 淳治; born 1977), Japanese musician, songwriter and record producer
  • Junji Ito (伊藤 潤二; born 1963), Japanese horror manga artist
  • Junji Ito (fighter) (伊藤 淳二; born 1986), Japanese retired mixed martial artist
  • Junji Kawano (川野 淳次; born 1945), Japanese former football player
  • Junji Kinoshita (木下 順二; 1914–2006), Japanese playwright
  • Junji Koizumi (小泉 淳嗣; born 1968), Japanese former football player
  • Junji Kunishige (國重 純二; 1942–2013), Japanese scholar and translator
  • Junji Majima (間島 淳司; born 1978), Japanese voice actor
  • Junji Nishikawa (西川 潤之; 1907–????), Japanese football player
  • Junji Nishime (西銘 順治; 1921–2001), Japanese politician
  • Junji Nishimura (西村 純二; born 1955), Japanese anime director and producer
  • Junji Nishizawa (西澤 淳二; born 1974), Japanese former football player
  • Junji Ogawa (小川 淳司; born 1957), Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player
  • Junji Sakamoto (阪本 順治; born 1958), Japanese film director
  • Junji Suzuki (鈴木 淳司; born 1958), Japanese former politician
  • Junji Takada (高田 純次; born 1947), Japanese actor and comedian
  • Junji Tanigawa (谷川 じゅんじ; born 1965), Japanese artist, product and spatial designer
  • Junji Watanabe (渡部 惇二; born 1944), Japanese boxer
  • Junji Yamamichi (山道 淳司; born 1994), Japanese footballer
  • Junji Yamauchi (山内 潤治), Japanese electrical engineer
  • Junji Yayoshi (弥吉 淳二; 1968–2018), Japanese guitarist and record producer
  • Junji Yuasa (湯浅 純二; born 1944), Japanese diver

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