RyÃ
«ji (also spelled Ryuji or Ryuuji) is a common masculine Japanese given name.
Written forms
RyÃ
«ji can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- ç«ÂäºÂ, "dragon, 2"
- ç«Â次, "dragon, next"
- ç«Âå¸, "dragon, rule"
- ç«ÂÃ¥Â
Â, "dragon, child"
- ç«Âæ²», "dragon, govern"
- ç«Â士, "dragon, warrior"
- é¾ÂäºÂ, "dragon, 2"
- é¾Â次, "dragon, next"
- é¾Âå¸, "dragon, rule"
- é¾Âæ²», "dragon, govern"
- é¾ÂÃ¥Â
Â, "dragon, child"
- é¾Â士, "dragon, warrior"
- éÂÂäºÂ, "elevate, 2"
- éÂÂ次, "elevate, next"
- éÂÂå¸, "elevate, rule"
- éÂÂÃ¥Â
Â, "elevate, child"
- éÂÂ士, "elevate, warrior"
The name can also be written in hiragana ãÂÂãÂÂ
ãÂÂã or katakana ãªãÂ¥ã¦ã¸.
Notable people with the name
- Ryuji Aminishiki (å®Âç¾Âé¦ ç«ÂÃ¥Â
Â, born 1978), Japanese sumo wrestler
- Ryuji Bando (æÂÂæÂ¸ ç«ÂäºÂ, born 1979), Japanese footballer
- Ryuji Chiyotaikai (Ã¥ÂÂ代大海 é¾ÂäºÂ, born 1976), Japanese sumo wrestler
- , Japanese baseball player
- Ryuji Hijikata (Ã¥ÂÂæÂ¹ éÂÂå¸, born 1978), Japanese professional wrestler
- Ryuji Imada (ä»Âç° ç«ÂäºÂ, born 1976), U.S.-based Japanese professional golfer
- Ryuji Imaichi (ä»Â帠éÂÂäºÂ, 1986), Japanese singer
- Ryuji Ito (ä¼ÂæÂ± ç«ÂäºÂ, born 1976), Japanese professional wrestler
- Ryuji Kamiyama (ä¸Âå±± ç«Âæ²», born 1986), Japanese vocalist and actor
- , Japanese footballer
- Ryuji Kawai (æ²³å ç«ÂäºÂ, born 1978), Japanese football player
- , Japanese baseball player
- Ryuji Masuda (å¢Âç° é¾Âæ²», born 1968), Japanese CGI animation director
- Ryuji Matsumura (æÂ¾æÂ é¾ÂäºÂ, born 1938), Japanese politician
- Ryuji Michiki (è·¯æÂ¨ é¾Â次, born 1973), Japanese football player
- Ryuji Miki (ä¸ÂæÂ¨ ç«ÂäºÂ, born 1975), Japanese racing and drifting driver
- Ryuji Miyamoto (å®®æÂ¬ éÂÂå¸, born 1947), Japanese photographer
- Ryuji Mochizuki (æÂÂæÂ ç«Â次, 1988), Japanese footballer
- , Japanese rugby union player
- , Japanese long-distance runner
- RyÃ
«ji Saikachi (æ§ æÂ³äºÂ, born 1928), Japanese voice actor
- Ryuji Sainei (è¼Â寧 é¾ÂäºÂ, born 1981), Japanese actor
- , Japanese footballer
- Ryuji Sasai (笹亠éÂÂå¸, born 1961), video game composer
- Ryuji Yamane (山根 éÂÂæ²», born 1948), Japanese politician
Fictional characters
- Ryuji Danma (å¼¾é é¾ÂäºÂ), a character in the manga series Shonan Junai Gumi and its sequel Great Teacher Onizuka
- Ryuji Goda (é·ç° é¾Âå¸), a side character in Yakuza 0 and the main antagonist in Yakuza 2 and Yakuza Kiwami 2
- Ryuji "The Blade" Hanada (è±ç° ç«ÂäºÂ), a character in the manga series Crying Freeman
- Ryuji Hattori (æÂÂé¨ ç«ÂäºÂ), a character from the Kunio-Kun video game series
- Ryuji Ikeda (æ± ç° ç«Â次), a character in the manga series Initial D
- Ryuji Iwasaki (岩崠ãªãÂ¥ã¦ã¸), a character from Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
- Ryuji Kisaragi (å¦ÂæÂ ç«Âå¸), the main character of the light novel and anime series Dragon Crisis!
- Ryuji Kusaka (ä¹Âå éÂÂäºÂ), a character from Inazuma Eleven GO Galaxy
- Ryuji Midorikawa (ç¶ å· é¾ÂäºÂ), a character from Inazuma Eleven
- Ryuji Nagumo (ä¸Âé² ç«Â次), a character from Hajime no Ippo
- Ryuuji Otogi (御伽 é¾ÂÃ¥Â
Â), a character in the anime and manga series Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Ryuji Sakamoto (Ã¥ÂÂæÂ¬ ç«Âå¸), a major character in the video game Persona 5
- Ryuji Sugashita (èÂÂ
丠ç«ÂäºÂ), a character in the manga series DNAò
- Ryuji Suguro (Ã¥ÂÂå ç«Â士), a major character in Blue Exorcist
- Ryuji Takane (é«Â嶺 ç«ÂÃ¥Â
Â), the main character of the manga and anime series Ring ni Kakero
- Ryuji Takasu (é«Âé  ç«ÂÃ¥Â
Â), one of the main characters in the anime and light novel series Toradora!
- Ryuji Takayama (é«Âå±± ç«Âå¸), a central character in the Ringu Trilogy
- Ryuji Toramaru (èÂÂ丸 é¾Â次), a character in the manga series Sakigake!! Otokojuku
- Ryuji Yamazaki (山崠ç«ÂäºÂ), a video game character in Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series