Yūji

Yuji
	Yuji Nakazawa, a football player
Pronunciation	jɯɯdʑi, jɯdʑi (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Other names
Alternative spelling	Yuzi (Kunrei-shiki) Yuzi (Nihon-shiki) Yūji, Yuji, Yuuji (Hepburn)

Yūji, Yuji or Yuuji is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Yūji can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:

勇二, "courage, 2"
勇次, "courage, second"
裕二, "abundant, 2"
祐二, "help, 2"
祐次, "help, second"
雄治, "masculine, govern"
雄二, "masculine, 2"
悠児, "permanence, child"
悠二, "permanence, 2"
祐史, "to help, history"
祐司, "to help, rule"
裕司, "abundant, rule"

The name can also be written in hiragana ゆうじ or katakana ユウジ.

Yuji is a separate given name.

諭二, "to persuade, 2"
諭次, "to persuade, second"
愉二, "pleased, 2"
諭次, "pleased,second"
愈一, "more and more, 1"
愈次, "more and more, second"

And can also be written in hiragana ゆじ or katakana ユジ.

Notable people with the name

Yuji Abe (阿部祐二; born 1958), Japanese television journalist and actor
Yuji Adachi (足立祐二; born 1964), Japanese musician and songwriter
Yuji Adachi (politician) (安達悠司; born 1982), Japanese politician
Yuji Aida (相田勇司; born 1999), Japanese judoka
Yuji Akahoshi (赤星優志; born 1999), Japanese professional baseball player
Yuji Aoki (青木雄二; 1945–2003), Japanese manga artist
Yūji Ashimoto (葦本祐二), Japanese former ski jumper
Yuji Fujii (藤井勇治; born 1950), Japanese politician
Yuji Fujikawa (藤川祐司; born 1987), Japanese former football player
Yuji Fujimoto (藤本祐司; born 1957), Japanese politician
Yuji Fujimoto (speed skater) (藤本祐司; born 1970), Japanese speed skater
Yuji Fujinawa (藤縄祐爾; born 1941), Japanese retired general
Yuji Fujita (藤田雄二; born 1972), Japanese mixed martial artist
Yuji Fujiwaki (藤脇祐二; born 1995), Japanese professional rock climber
Yuji Funayama (basketball) (船山裕士; born 1992), Japanese professional basketball player
Yuji Funayama (bobsleigh) (船山雄次; born 1953), Japanese bobsledder
Yuji Funayama (footballer) (船山祐二; born 1985), Japanese former footballer
Yuji Hamano (濱野裕二; born 1980), Japanese archer
Yuji Hanada (花田裕治), Japanese Paralympic swimmer
Yuji Hashimoto (橋本雄二; born 1970), Japanese former football player and manager
Yūji Hattori (服部祐兒; 1960–2025), Japanese Sumo wrestler
Yuji Hayami (早見裕司; born 1961), Japanese science fiction and fantasy writer
Yūji Hayata (早田雄二; 1916–1995), Japanese photographer
Yuji Hino (火野裕士; born 1985), Japanese professional wrestler
Yuji Hirama (平間祐次; born 1982), Japanese male curler
Yuji Hiramatsu (平松祐司; born 1997), Japanese high jumper
Yuji Hirayama (平山ユージ; born 1969), Japanese professional rock climber
Yuji Hironaga (廣長優志; born 1975), Japanese former football player
Yuji Horii (堀井雄二; born 1954), Japanese video game designer
Yuji Hoshi (星雄次; born 1992), Japanese footballer
Yuji Hyakutake (百武裕司; 1950–2002), Japanese amateur astronomer
Yuji Ichioka (市岡雄二; 1936–2002), Japanese American historian and civil rights activist
Yuji Ide (井出有治; born 1975), Japanese racing driver
Yuji Iga (伊賀裕治; born 1965), Japanese ice hockey player
Yuji Igarashi (五十嵐雄二; born 1968), Japanese golfer
Yuji Iiyama (飯山裕志; born 1979), Japanese baseball player
Yuji Iizuka (飯塚祐司; born 1974), Japanese ice hockey player and coach
Yuji Ijiri (井尻雄士; 1935–2017), Japanese economist, accounting researcher and educator
Yuji Ishikawa (石川裕司; born 1979), Japanese former football player
Yuji Ito (fighter) (伊藤裕二), Japanese former mixed martial artist
Yuji Ito (footballer) (伊藤裕二; born 1965), Japanese former football player
Yuji Iwahara (岩原裕二), Japanese manga artist
Yuji Iwasawa (岩沢雄司; born 1954), Japanese jurist and professor
Yuji Kajikawa (梶川裕嗣; born 1991), Japanese professional footballer
Yuji Kakiuchi (垣内友二; born 1969), Japanese former football player
Yuji Kaku (賀来ゆうじ; born 1984), Japanese manga artist
Yuji Kamijo (上條有司; born 1986), Japanese speed skater
Yuji Kamimura (上村祐司; born 1976), Japanese former football player
Yuji Kamosawa (鴨沢祐仁; 1952–2008), Japanese cartoonist
Yuji Kaneko (金子侑司; born 1990), Japanese former professional baseball infielder
Yuji Kasama (上村祐司; born 1959), Japanese former volleyball player
Yuji Kato (加藤裕司; born 1978), Japanese Paralympic judoka
Yuji Kato (screenwriter) (加藤祐司; born 1957), Japanese screenwriter
Yuji Katsuro (勝呂裕司; born 1949), Japanese Nordic combined skier
Yuji Keigoshi (慶越雄二; born 1963), Japanese former football player
Yuji Kimura (木村祐志; born 1987), Japanese footballer
Yūji Kinoshita (木下夕爾; 1914–1965), Japanese poet
Yuji Kishi (岸祐二; born 1970), Japanese actor and voice actor
Yuji Kishioku (岸奥裕二; born 1954), Japanese former football player
Yuji Kitagawa (born 1986), Japanese rugby union player
Yuji Kitajima (北島祐二; born 2000), Japanese footballer
Yūji Kobayashi (小林雄次; born 1979), Japanese screenwriter and novelist
Yūji Koseki (古関裕而; 1909–1989), Japanese composer
Yuji Kunimoto (国本雄資; born 1990), Japanese racing driver
Yūji Kuroiwa (黒岩祐治; born 1954), Japanese politician
Yūji Machi (真地勇志; born 1962), Japanese voice actor
Yuji Masuda (増田裕司; born 1971), Japanese shogi player
Yuji Matsubara (松原雄二; born 1979), Japanese former rugby union player
Yuji Matsumoto (松本裕治), Japanese information scientist
Yuji Matsuo (松尾雄治; born 1954), Japanese former rugby union player and a sports journalist
Yūji Mikimoto (幹本雄之; born 1948), Japanese actor and voice actor
Yuji Mishina, Japanese molecular biologist
Yuji Mitsuya (三ツ矢雄二; born 1954), Japanese actor, voice actor, and sound supervisor
Yuji Miura (三浦裕司; born 195?), Japanese ski mountaineer and trail runner
Yuji Miyahara (宮原裕司; born 1980), Japanese former football player
Yuji Miyai (宮井祐治; born 1978), Japanese sailor
Yuji Moriyama (森山雄治; born 1960), Japanese anime character designer, animator, animation supervisor and director
Yuji Nagao (長尾雄治; 1907-????), Japanese track and field athlete
Yuji Nagata (永田裕志; born 1968), Japanese professional wrestler
Yuji Naka (中裕司; born 1965), Japanese video game designer and programmer
Yuji Nakae (中江裕司; born 1960), Japanese film director
Yuji Nakagawa (中川雄二; born 1978), Japanese former football player
Yuji Nakamura, born 1970, Japanese long-distance runner
Yuji Nakazawa (中澤佑二; born 1978), Japanese football player
Yuji Nariyama (成山裕治; born 1971), Japanese former football player
Yūji Nashiro (名城裕司; born 1983), Japanese kickboxer
Yūji Nishida (西田有志; born 2000), Japanese volleyball player
Yuji Nishino (西野勇士; born 1991), Japanese baseball player
Yuji Nomi (野見祐二; born 1958), Japanese composer
Yuji Nunokawa (布川ゆうじ; 1947–2022), Japanese anime producer, animator and director
Yūji Oda (織田裕二; born 1967), Japanese actor and singer
Yuji Ohashi (大橋祐二; born 1983), Japanese hurdler
Yuji Ohno (大野雄二; 1941–2026), Japanese jazz musician
Yuji Okabayashi (岡林裕二; born 1982), Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler
Yuji Okano (大野雄二; born 1964), Japanese shot putter
Yuji Okuma (大熊裕司; born 1969), Japanese former football player and manager
Yuji Okumoto (ドナルド・奥本裕次郎; born 1959), American actor
Yuji Onizaki (鬼﨑裕司; born 1983), Japanese professional baseball infielder
Yuji Ono (footballer) (小野裕二; born 1992), Japanese footballer
Yuji Ozaki (尾崎雄二; born 1985), Japanese footballer
Yuji Rokutan (六反勇治; born 1987), Japanese professional footballer
Yūji Saiga (雑賀雄二, Saiga Yūji; born 1951), Japanese photographer
Yuji Sakakura (阪倉裕二; born 1967), Japanese former football player and manager
Yuji Sakamoto (坂元裕二; born 1967), Japanese screenwriter, lyricist and playwright
Yuji Sakuda (作田裕次; born 1987), Japanese football player
Yuji Sakuragi (桜木裕司; born 1977), Japanese mixed martial artist, kickboxer and professional wrestler
Yuji Sasaki (ゆうじ佐々木; born 1972), Japanese luger
Yuji Sawa (沢雄二; 1948–2025), Japanese politician
Yuji Senuma (瀬沼優司; born 1990), Japanese footballer
Yuji Shimada (島田裕二; born 1966), Japanese mixed martial arts and professional wrestling referee
Yūji Shiozaki (塩崎雄二; born 1967), Japanese manga author
Yuji Sonoda (苑田右二; born 1973), Japanese rugby union player
Yuji Sugano (菅野裕二; born 1961), Japanese former football player
Yuji Tachikawa (立川祐路; born 1975), Japanese racing team manager and former racing driver
Yuji Taguchi (田口侑治; born 1991), Japanese goalball player
Yūji Tajiri (田尻裕司; born 1968), Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor
Yūji Takada (高田裕司; born 1960), Japanese actor and voice actor
Yuji Takada (wrestler) (高田裕司; born 1954), Japanese retired flyweight freestyle wrestler
Yūji Takahashi (高橋悠治; born 1938), Japanese composer, pianist, critic, conductor and author
Yuji Takenouchi (竹ノ内裕治; born 1969), Japanese composer, sound designer, and musician
Yuji Takeuchi (田口侑治; born 1983), Japanese former professional kickboxer
Yuji Tanaka (田中裕二; born 1965), Japanese comedian
Yuji Taguchi (田口侑治; born 1991), Japanese goalball player
Yuji Terajima (寺嶋裕二; born 1974), Japanese manga artist
Yuji Tezuka (手塚雄士; born 1943), Japanese former professional tennis player
Yūji Tokizaki (時崎雄司; 1940–2021), Japanese politician
Yūji Tsushima (津島雄二; 1930–2023), Japanese politician
Yuji Tsukada (塚田雄二; born 1957), Japanese former football player and manager
Yūji Ueda (上田祐司; born 1967), Japanese voice actor
Yuji Umezawa (梅沢勇治; born 1945), Japanese sprint canoeist
Yuji Unozawa (宇野沢祐次; born 1983), Japanese former football player
Yuji Wakasa (輪笠祐士; born 1996), Japanese footballer
Yūji Wakiya (脇屋友詞; born 1958), Japanese - Cantonese chef famous
Yuji Yabu (養父雄仁; born 1984), Japanese former football player
Yuji Yaku (夜久雄爾; born 1961), Japanese bobsledder
Yūji Yamaguchi (山口祐司; 1983–2019), Japanese anime director
Yūji Yamamoto (山本有二; born 1952), Japanese former politician
Yuji Yamanaka (宇野沢祐次; born 1937), Japanese biathlete
Yuji Yaso (八十祐治; born 1969), Japanese former football player
Yuji Yasuraoka (安良岡裕二; born 1971), Japanese retired professional wrestler
Yuji Yokoyama (横山雄次; born 1969), Japanese footballer and manager
Yuji Yoshimi (吉見祐治; born 1978), Japanese former professional baseball pitcher
Yuji Yoshimura (1921-1997), Japanese bonsai master
Yuji Yoshino (吉野裕司), Japanese composer
Yuji Yoshioka (吉岡雄二; born 1971), Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder

Fictional characters

Yuji Kazami (風見雄二), protagonist of the Grisaia visual novel series
Yuji Sakai (坂井悠二), protagonist of the light novel series Shakugan no Shana
Yuji Terushima (照島遊児), a character from Haikyu!! with the position of captain and outside hitter from Johzenji High
Yuji Itadori (虎杖悠仁), protagonist of the manga series Jujutsu Kaisen
Yuji Endou (遠藤勇次), recurring character in the manga series Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji.

Written forms

Notable people with the name

Fictional characters

See also