Kenji
Encyclopedia
or Kenzi is a very common Japanese given name
for boys.
Japanese name
in modern times usually consist of a family name , followed by a given name. "Middle names" are not generally used.Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters of usually Chinese origin in Japanese pronunciation...
for boys.
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"
People
- Daimanazuru KenjiDaimanazuru KenjiDaimanazuru Kenji is a former sumo wrestler from Kawakami, Yoshino District, Nara, Japan. He began his professional career in 1992, and spent a total of 19 tournaments in the top two divisions, peaking at maegashira 16 in 2006...
(健司, born 1977), Japanese sumo wrestler - Kenji Anan (健治, born 1962), Japanese stage and film actor
- Kenji DoiharaKenji Doiharawas a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. He was instrumental in the Japanese invasion of Manchuria for which he earned fame taking the nickname 'Lawrence of Manchuria', a reference to the Lawrence of Arabia....
(賢二, 1883–1948), Japanese military general - Kenji FujimoriKenji FujimoriKenji Gerardo Fujimori Higuchi is a Peruvian businessman and fujimorist politician. He is the son of Alberto Fujimori, authoritarian president of Peru from 1990 to 2001, and the brother of Fuerza 2011 leader Keiko Fujimori...
(born 1980), Peruvian politician, son of ex-president Alberto FujimoriAlberto FujimoriAlberto Fujimori Fujimori served as President of Peru from 28 July 1990 to 17 November 2000. A controversial figure, Fujimori has been credited with the creation of Fujimorism, uprooting terrorism in Peru and restoring its macroeconomic stability, though his methods have drawn charges of... - Kenji FukudaKenji Fukudais a Japanese footballer who plays for Ehime F.C. . He is a left-footed forward.-Career:After graduating from Narashino High School in Chiba in 1996, he joined J. League side Nagoya Grampus Eight. He helped the club to win the Sanwa Bank Cup, the Asian Cup Winners Cup and the Emperor's Cup . He...
(born 1977), Japanese footballer for Ehime F.C. - Kenji Furuya (建志) a vocalist of a Japanese rock group Dragon AshDragon Ashare a Japanese Rap metal group founded in 1996 by Furuya "Kj" Kenji and Sakurai Makoto. They are an icon in Japan and were one of the first groups to popularize hip hop in Japan. They brought a western flavor to Japanese music and helped to turn rap music mainstream, with a mixture of reggae, rap,...
- Kenji HatanakaKenji Hatanaka' was a Japanese soldier, who was one one of the chief conspirators in the plot to seize the Imperial Palace and to prevent the broadcast of Emperor Hirohito's surrender speech.-Military Career:...
(健二, 1923–1945), Japanese soldier - Kenji IshiguroKenji Ishigurois a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:...
(健治, born 1935), Japanese photographer - Kenji ItoKenji Ito, also known by the nickname , is a Japanese video game composer and musician. He is best known for his work on the Mana and SaGa series, though he has worked on over 30 video games throughout his career as well as composed or arranged music for over 15 other albums, concerts, and plays...
(賢治, born 1968), Japanese music composer - Kenji JasperKenji JasperKenji Jasper is a writer. At 30, Kenji Jasper had worked in writing and journalism for 16 years, starting with an article as an intern for The Washington Informer newspaper at the age of 13...
, American writer - Kenji JohjimaKenji Johjimais a Japanese catcher who is currently playing for the Hanshin Tigers. He played in Major League Baseball for four years with the Seattle Mariners in the American League....
(健司, born 1976), Japanese Major League Baseball catcher - Kenji KamiyamaKenji Kamiyama, born on March 20, 1966 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese anime director. He has worked regularly with the anime studio and production enterprise, Production I.G, such as his work on Jin-Roh, Patlabor, Blood: The Last Vampire, and for whom he has directed the Ghost in the Shell: Stand...
(健治, born 1966), Japanese anime director - Kenji KawaiKenji Kawai, born April 23, 1957 in Shinagawa, Tokyo, is a Japanese music composer, for motion pictures, anime movies, video games and televised programs. He has contributed to the musical scores for numerous films from Japan and other countries in Asia, working in film genres as diverse as anime, horror,...
(憲次, born 1957), Japanese music composer - Kenji KawakamiKenji Kawakamiis the inventor of the Japanese craze Chindōgu.Kenji Kawakami has founded the international Chindōgu society. The current president is Dan Papia. Chindōgu is the art of creating a product whose usefulness is precluded by its absurdity. Chindōgu is related to Rube Goldbergism. Chindōgu items must...
(賢司, born 1946), inventor of the Japanese craze Chindōgu
- Kenji KimiharaKenji Kimiharais a former Japanese long-distance runner. He won the silver medal in the men's marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico. Four years later he finished in fifth place in the same event...
(健二, born 1941), Japanese long-distance runner
- Kenji KosakaKenji Kosakais a Japanese politician. He was appointed Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology on October 31, 2005.- Biography :Kenji Kosaka worked in London as top level office manager for JAL in the 1980s. Returning to Japan he became secretary to the then Prime Minister, Yasuhiro...
(憲次, born 1946), Japanese politician - Kenji MatsudaKenji Matsudais a Japanese actor. Matsuda began acting in high school when a girl he had a crush on convinced him to join the theatre club. He later joined the sho-gekijo theatrical troupe Haiyu-Za...
(賢二, born 1971), Japanese actor - Kenji MiyazawaKenji Miyazawawas a Japanese poet and author of children's literature in the early Shōwa period of Japan. He was also known as a devout Buddhist, vegetarian and social activist.-Early life:...
(賢治, 1896–1933), Japanese poet and author of children's literature - Kenji MizoguchiKenji MizoguchiKenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His film Ugetsu won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and appeared in the Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll in 1962 and 1972. Mizoguchi is renowned for his mastery of the long take and mise-en-scène...
(健二, 1898–1956), Japanese film director - Kenji NakagamiKenji NakagamiKenji Nakagami was a noted Japanese writer, critic, and poet of buraku ancestry. Nakagami died from kidney cancer in 1992 at the age of 46.- Life :...
(健次, 1946–1992), Japanese author - Kenji NagaiKenji Nagaiwas a Japanese photojournalist who took many assignments to conflict zones and dangerous areas around the world. He was shot dead in Burma during the 2007 Burmese anti-government protests....
(健司, 1957–2007), Japanese photographer
- Kenji NojimaKenji Nojimais a Japanese seiyū who was born in Tokyo. He is employed by Japanese voice talent agency Aoni Production. He is the son of veteran seiyū Akio Nojima and is the younger brother of seiyū Hirofumi Nojima...
(健児, born 1976), Japanese voice actor - Kenji OgiwaraKenji Ogiwarais a former Japanese Nordic combined skier who won several medals at the Winter Olympics, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the Holmenkollen ski festival....
(健司, born 1969), Japanese Nordic combined skier - Kenji OhtsukiKenji Ohtsukiis a Japanese rock musician and Seiun Award-winning writer. His musical career began in the late 1970s. He is the vocalist of Kinniku Shōjo Tai, Tokusatsu, Underground Searchlie and Karate Bakabon. He is a somewhat popular figure in the otaku subculture...
(ケンヂ, born 1966), Japanese heavy metal rock musician - Kenji OtonariKenji Otonariis a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Japan's Pacific League.Otonari was drafted in 2007 and made his first starts late in the year as the Hawks prepared for the playoffs. His first start was an Interleague start against the Hiroshima Toyo Carp and he...
(born 1984), Japanese Baseball pitcher - Kenji SaharaKenji SaharaKenji Sahara is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa. His real name is Masayoshi Kato...
(健二, born 1932), Japanese actor - Kenji SawadaKenji Sawada, nicknamed "Julie" , also-known as vocalist for the Japanese rock band The Tigers, is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and actor. He was born in Tsunoi, Iwami , Tottori Prefecture, Japan, and raised in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto at age 3...
(研二, born 1948), Japanese actor and singer - Patrick Kenji TakahashiPatrick Kenji TakahashiPatrick Kenji Takahashi is an American biochemical engineer and popular science writer. He has published more than a hundred scientific papers and written four books...
(born 1940), American biochemical engineer and science writer - Kenji TreschukKenji TreschukKenji Treschuk is an American soccer player, currently for Wan Chai Sports Federation.-College and Amateur:...
(born 1982), American soccer defender - Kenji Siratori, a cyberpunk author
- Michael Kenji Shinoda (篠田 賢治), rapper, keyboardist, backing vocalist and rhythm guitarist of Linkin Park and Fort Minor
- Kenji SuzukiKenji Suzukiis a former television announcer for the NHK in Japan. He retired in 1988. He is the younger brother of film director Seijun Suzuki.-Selected works:...
(健二, born 1929), Japanese NHK announcer - Kenji TabataKenji Tabatais a retired Japanese sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.He won the bronze medal at the 1998 Asian Championships in a career best time of 45.69 seconds...
(健児, born 1974), Japanese sprinter - Kenji TeradaKenji Teradais a Japanese scenario writer, anime director, series organizer and novelist. He is probably best known for writing the first three games of the Final Fantasy series, his work on Batman: Dark Tomorrow, and as the series organizer and main script writer for the Kimagure Orange Road series...
(憲史, born 1952), Japanese script writer, anime director, novelist, and scenario writer - Kenji TokitsuKenji Tokitsuis a Japanese author and practitioner of Japanese martial arts. Dr. Tokitsu has also written a scholarly work about the legendary swordsman Musashi Miyamoto. He holds doctorates in sociology and in Japanese language and civilization.-Biography:...
(born 1947), Japanese author and martial artist - Kenji TomikiKenji Tomikiwas a Japanese aikido and judo teacher and the founder of aikido style Shodokan.Tomiki was one of the early students of the founder of aikido Morihei Ueshiba, and also of Jigoro Kano, the founder of judo. In 1925, the year he joined Morihei Ueshiba, he obtained 5th dan in judo...
(謙治, 1900–1979), Japanese aikidoka and judoka - Kenji TsumuraKenji Tsumurais a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Japan. He is one of only seven players to have reached the top eight of a Pro Tour more than five times.-Career:...
(健志, born 1986), professional Magic: The Gathering player - Kenji TsurutaKenji Tsurutais a Japanese manga artist. Among his most famous works is the science fiction series Spirit of Wonder, which has been adapted into an anime series and brought him much acclaim.-Profile:...
(謙二, born 1961), Japanese manga artist and illustrator - Kenji UedaKenji UedaKenji Ueda is a Japanese rock musician and producer. He is known for his solo work, as well as his work with Kenzi & The Trips and The Pillows.-Early life and influences:...
(born 1965), Japanese musician better known as Kenzi - Kenji UtsumiKenji Utsumiis a Japanese voice actor and actor from Kitakyūshū, affiliated with the self-founded Ken Production. He is married to fellow voice actress Michiko Nomura....
(賢二, born 1937), Japanese actor - Kenji WatanabeKenji Watanabeis a retired male breaststroke swimmer from Japan. He represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. His best Olympic result was the 7th place in the Men's 200m Breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...
(born 1969), Japanese breaststroke swimmer - Kenji WilliamsKenji WilliamsKenji Williams is a Filmmaker, Electronic music Producer, and Violinist.-Early career:Born in 1974, and classically trained in Violin since the age of 7, Kenji Williams performs live ethereal- style violin, with a laptop and drum machine transmitting self-produced classics to the dance...
, American filmmaker, electronic music producer, and violinist - Kenji Wu (born 1979), a Taiwanese singer and actor
- Kenji M. Miyamoto SBS Bulldogs Defender
- Kenji Lee Awesome Yaoster Smell
Characters
- Kenji, a character in the real-time strategy game Battle RealmsBattle RealmsBattle Realms, released by Ubisoft in 2001, is a Japanese themed real-time strategy computer game and is the first game created by Liquid Entertainment. Ubisoft released the stand alone expansion pack Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf in 2002....
- Kenji, the main character in the 2003 Thai film Last Life in the UniverseLast Life in the UniverseLast Life in the Universe is a 2003 Thai film directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. The film is notable for being trilingual; the two main characters flit from Thai to Japanese to English as their vocabulary requires...
- Kenji (健二), a character from the manga franchise Initial D
- Kenji, a character in the video game Need for Speed: Carbon
- Kenji (ケンジ a.k.a. Tracey Sketchit), a character in the Pokémon anime and manga series Electric Tale of Pikachu
- Kenji Endō (健児), the main protagonist of the manga series 20th Century Boys20th Century Boysis a science fiction-mystery manga created by Naoki Urasawa. It won the 2001 Kodansha Manga Award in the General category, an Excellence Prize at the 2002 Japan Media Arts Festival, and the 2003 Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category. The last two volumes of the story were serialized under...
- Kenji Harima (拳児), the main character from the manga and anime series School Rumble
- Kenji Himura (剣路), a character from the manga series Rurouni Kenshin
- Kenji Muto, a character in the fantasy novel series Tales of the OtoriTales of the OtoriTales of the Otori is a series of historical fantasy novels by Lian Hearn, set in a fictional world based on feudal Japan. The series initially consisted of a trilogy: Across the Nightingale Floor , Grass for His Pillow , and Brilliance of the Moon...
- Kenji Tomochika, a character 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 3Rush Hour 3Rush Hour 3 is a 2007 martial arts/action-comedy film, and the third installment in the Rush Hour film series, starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, that began with the 1998 film Rush Hour and continued with the first sequel Rush Hour 2 in 2001. The film was officially announced on May 7, 2006,...
- Kenji Setou, a legally blind character from Katawa ShoujoKatawa Shoujois a bishōjo-style visual novel by Four Leaf Studios that tells a story of a young man and five other girls suffering with varying disabilities. The game uses a traditional text and sprite-based visual novel model with an ADV-style text box. As of now, only the demo has been released...