Yōji

Yoji Muto, Japanese politician

Pronunciation| joɯdʑi (IPA)
Gender| Male
Origin
Word/name| Japan
Meaning| Depends on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling| Yozi (Kunrei-shiki)

Yozi (Nihon-shiki)

Yōji, Yoji, Youji (Hepburn)

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

## Written forms

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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 with the given name

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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
* 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, true name unknown), a character from The Secret Series

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