is a masculine Japanese given name.
Written forms Ken'ichi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: 賢一, "wise, one" 健一, "healthy, one" 憲一, "constitution, one" 謙一, "humble, one" 建一, "build, one" 研一, "polish, one" 兼一, "concurrently, one" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People with the name , Japanese World War II flying ace Ken'ichi Chen (建一, born 1956), Japanese chef and restaurateur Kenichi Ego (賢一, born 1979), Japanese football player Kenichi Endō (憲一, born 1961), Japanese actor Ken'ichi Enomoto (健一, 1904–1970), Japanese singing comedian Kenichi Fukui (謙一, 1918–1998), Japanese chemist , Japanese ice hockey player Ken'ichi Kasai (ケンイチ, born 1970), Japanese anime director Keni'chi Kōbō (賢一, born 1973), former sumo wrestler Kenichi Konishi (健一, born 1909), Japanese field hockey player Kenichi Hagiwara (健一, born 1950), Japanese actor and lead singer Kenichi Horie (謙一, born 1938), Japanese solo yachtsman Kenichi Ikezoe (謙一, born 1979), Japanese jockey Kenichi Kaga (健一, born 1983), Japanese footballer for Júbilo Iwata , Japanese architect , Japanese rugby union player , Japanese field hockey player Kenichi Kuboya (健一, born 1972), Japanese golfer Kenichi Matsuoka (松岡 健一, born 1982), Japanese baseball player Kenichi Matsuyama (ケンイチ, born 1985), Japanese actor Kenichi Mikawa (憲一, born 1946), Japanese singer , Japanese philosopher Kenichi Mizuno (賢一, born 1966), Japanese politician Kenichi Momoyama (虔一, 1909–1990), first son of Prince Ui of Korea by Lady Jeong Kenichi Mori (賢一, born 1984), Japanese footballer for Mito HollyHock Luke Kenichi Muto (謙一), Japanese Anglican bishop Kenichi Nishi (健一, born 1967), Japanese video game designer Kenichi Ogata (voice actor) (賢一, born 1942), Japanese voice actor Kenichi Ogawa (堅一, born 1988), Japanese boxer Kenichi Ono (健一, born 1958), Japanese voice actor and actor Kenichi Ohmae (研一, born 1943), Japanese business and corporate strategist Kenichi Okada (健一, born 1980), rhythm guitarist of Japanese band MERRY (previously CRESCENT and Syndrome) , Japanese handball player Kenichi Shimokawa (健一, born 1970), Japanese football goalkeeper Kenichi Shinoda (建市, born 1942), Japanese yakuza boss of Yamaguchi-gumi , Japanese internment camp commander and war criminal Kenichi Sonoda (健一, born 1962), manga artist and anime character designer Kenichi Suzuki (disambiguation), multiple people Kenichi Suzumura (健一, born 1974), Japanese voice actor Kenichi Tago (健一, born 1989), Japanese professional badminton player Kenichi Takahashi (健一, born 1973), Japanese long-distance runner Ken-ichi Ueda (植田 憲一, born 1946), Japanese scientist Kenichi Uemura (健一, born 1974), Japanese football player , Japanese fencer , Japanese golfer Kenichi Yamakawa (健一, born 1953), Japanese author and rock musician Kenichi Yamamoto (yakuza) (健一, 1925–1982), founder of the Yamaken-gumi yakuza gang Ken'ichi Yoshida (literary scholar) (健一, 1912–1977), Japanese author and literary critic Kenichi Yoshida (animator) (健一, born 1969), Japanese animator and character designer Kenichi Yumoto (健一, born 1984), Japanese freestyle wrestler
Fictional characters Kenichi (ケンイチ), the main character of the 2001 anime film Metropolis Kenichi Shirahama (兼一), the main character of the manga series Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple Kenichi Mitsuba (三葉ケン一), a character from Ninja Hattori-kun franchise. Kenichi Natsuki (菜月賢一), a character from Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World
See also Chief Detective Kenichi, a manga series by Osamu Tezuka Kenichi Yamamoto (disambiguation)