Kenji (given name) explained
| Kenji |
| Pronunciation: | Ken-jí |
| Gender: | Male |
| Region: | Japan |
| Origin: | Japanese |
| Related Names: | Ken
Ken'ichi
Kenzo |
or Kenzi is a masculine Japanese given name.
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 (健二, born 1980), Peruvian politician, son of ex-president Alberto Fujimori
- , 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
- , Japanese footballer
- Kenji Hatanaka (健二, 1923–1945), Japanese soldier
- , Japanese anime producer
- Kenji Imai (disambiguation), multiple people
- , Japanese shogi player
- , Japanese sport wrestler
- Kenji Ishiguro (健治, born 1935), Japanese photographer
- , Japanese swimmer
- , Japanese video game composer and musician
- , Japanese footballer
- Kenji Jasper, American writer
- Kenji Johjima (健司, born 1976), Japanese Major League Baseball catcher
- , Japanese footballer
- Kenji Kamiyama (健治, born 1966), Japanese anime director
- , Japanese rower
- , Japanese shogi player
- , 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
- , Japanese martial artist and actor
- Kenji Kimihara (健二, born 1941), Japanese long-distance runner
- , Japanese volleyball player
- , Japanese footballer
- , 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), (賢二, born 1978)
- Kenji Miyamoto (politician), (顕治, 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
- , Japanese anime director
- , 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
- , Japanese baseball player
- , Japanese basketball player and coach
- Kenji Sawada (研二, born 1948), Japanese actor and singer
- , Japanese volleyball player
- , Japanese basketball player
- Kenji Suzuki (健二, born 1929), Japanese NHK announcer
- Kenji Tabata (健児, born 1974), Japanese sprinter
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese sailor
- Patrick Kenji Takahashi (born 1940), American biochemical engineer and science writer
- , 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
- , Japanese actor
- , 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 (渡辺 健司, born 1969), Japanese breaststroke swimmer
- Kenji Williams, American filmmaker, electronic music producer, and violinist
- Kenji Wu (born 1979), a Taiwanese singer and actor
- , Japanese boxer
- , Japanese anime producer and illustrator
- Michael Kenji Shinoda (篠田 賢治, 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
- 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
- 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
- Kenji Sato, from Netflix 2024
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