or Kenzi is a masculine Japanese given name.
Written forms
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
, Japanese former footballer , Japanese voice actor , Japanese former professional baseball infielder , Japanese stage and film actor , Japanese former football player , Japanese former professional football player , Japanese former football player and manager , Japanese former footballer Kenji Bahar (born 1997), American professional football quarterback Kenji Bunch (born 1973), American composer and violist , Japanese professional footballer , Japanese football player , Japanese sumo wrestler , Japanese military general , Japanese actor , Japanese retired politician , Japanese industrial designer , Japanese musician and video game designer Kenji Eto (born 1948), Japanese equestrian Kenji Fan (born 2002), Hong Kong fashion model, actor and singer , Japanese long jumper , Japanese sprinter , Peruvian politician, son of ex-president Alberto Fujimori , Japanese chef , Japanese handball player , Japanese professional boxer , Japanese mathematician , Japanese former football player , Japanese television announcer , Japanese politician Kenji Fusé (born 1965), Canadian violist and composer Kenji Gorré (born 1994), Netherlands professional footballer , Japanese freelance video journalist, killed by ISIL , Japanese former football player , Japanese television personality, actor and businessman , Japanese voice actor , Japanese footballer , Japanese basketball coach , Japanese military officer , Japanese professor of photography , Japanese basketball coach and former professional basketball player , Japanese politician Kenji Holloway (born 1978), serves as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives , Japanese former football player and manager , Japanese anime producer Kenji Hosoishi (born 1937), Japanese professional golfer , Japanese field hockey player , Japanese retired backstroke swimmer , Japanese actor , Japanese architect and professor , Japanese shogi player , Japanese sport wrestler , Japanese photographer , Japanese architect , Japanese swimmer , Japanese former professional cyclist , Japanese video game composer and musician Kenji Jasper (born 1975) American writer and journalist , Japanese Major League Baseball catcher , Japanese footballer , Japanese producer of Sony Interactive Entertainment's , Japanese anime director , current Japanese ambassador to China , Japanese rower , Japanese yakuza and boxing and mixed martial arts promoter , Japanese shogi player , Japanese entrepreneur , Japanese table tennis player , Japanese politician , Japanese mixed martial artist , Japanese music composer and arranger , Japanese inventor of the Chindōgu , Japanese martial artist and actor , Japanese former football player , Japanese retired long-distance runner , Japanese volleyball player , Japanese politician , Japanese footballer , Japanese field hockey player , Japanese swimmer , Japanese shogi player , Japanese anime director, and storyboard artist , Japanese former football player , Japanese politician , Japanese psychiatrist , Japanese former football player , Japanese football player , Japanese kickboxer and former professional boxer , Japanese martial arts instructor Kenji M. Price (born 1980), American lawyer , Japanese pathologist and politician , Japanese author , Japanese former judoka , Japanese actor , Japanese table tennis player Kenji Mboma Dem (born 2002) French professional footballer , Japanese martial artist and an instructor , Japanese film director , Japanese figure skating choreographer, coach, and former competitive ice dancer , Japanese communist politician , Japanese former football player , Japanese novelist, poet, and children's literature writer , Japanese filmmaker , Japanese actor , Japanese racing announcer, racing commentator and former driver Kenji Morimoto (born 1975), Japanese equestrian , Japanese comedian and radio personality , Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder , Japanese photojournalist , Japanese anime director , Japanese football manager and former player , Japanese writer, critic, and poet , Japanese anime director , Japanese sailor , Japanese politician , Japanese sailor , Japanese hurdler , Japanese triathlete , Japanese professional baseball player , Japanese hurdler , Japanese voice actor and singer , Japanese voice actor , Japanese footballer , Japanese politician and former Nordic combined skier , Japanese association football referee , Japanese retired mixed martial artist , Japanese actor and stuntman , Japanese physicist and chemist , Japanese rock musician and Seiun Award-winning writer , Japanese manga artist , Japanese ace fighter pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy , Japanese Supervising coach , Japanese former footballer , Japanese retired lightweight weightlifter , Japanese retired mixed martial artist , Japanese former football player , Japanese former baseball pitcher , Japanese businessman , Japanese musician, designer and writer , Japanese voice actor and singer , Japanese actor , Japanese actor , Japanese seismologist , Japanese baseball player , Japanese basketball player and coach , Japanese singer, songwriter and actor , Japanese former footballer , Japanese volleyball player , Japanese aikido teacher , Japanese basketball player , Japanese former ski jumper , Japanese architect and patent attorney , Japanese freelancer moderator and former television announcer , Japanese special effects director , Japanese retired football player Kenji Syed Rusydi (born 1998), Singaporean professional footballer , Japanese retired sprinter , Japanese dentist and educator , Japanese orthopedic surgeon , Japanese former football player , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese racing driver , Japanese sailor Kenji Takaki (1894–1984), Japanese merchant seaman and actor , Japanese cinematographer , Japanese running coach and former long-distance runner , Japanese woodblock print artist and the fifth-generation printer , Japanese cyclist , Japanese former handball player , Japanese former politician , Japanese action choreographer, stunt performer, and film director , Japanese scenario writer, anime director, series organizer and novelist , Japanese former football player , Japanese racing driver , Japanese author and martial artist , Japanese curler , Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder/outfielder , Japanese martial artist , Japanese actor , Japanese politician , Japanese professional baseball pitcher , Japanese ice hockey player Kenji Treschuk (born 1982), American soccer defender , Japanese professional baseball player , Japanese aviator and explorer , Japanese professional Magic: The Gathering player , Japanese manga artist and illustrator , Japanese anime producer , Japanese film director Kenji Uchino (born 1950), American electronics engineer, physicist, academic, inventor and industry executive , Japanese rock musician and producer Kenji Uematsu (born 1976), Spanish judoka , Japanese mathematician Kenji Urada (1944–1981), Japanese factory worker , Japanese actor and singer , Japanese actor and voice actor , Japanese lawyer and former chair , Japanese politician , Japanese retired professional shogi player , Japanese breaststroke swimmer , Japanese material scientist Kenji Williams, American filmmaker, electronic music producer, and violinist Kenji Wu (born 1979), Taiwanese singer and actor , Japanese retired hurdler , Japanese former professional basketball player , Japanese former footballer Kenji Yamada (judoka) (1924–2014), Japanese competitive judoka , Japanese politician , Japanese film and television producer , Japanese composer and arranger , Japanese video game musician , Japanese former football player , Japanese former Head coach of the Saitama Broncos , Japanese former politician , Japanese sprinter , Japanese member of the Imperial Japanese Navy , Japanese former professional baseball outfielder , Japanese contemporary artist , Japanese boxer , Japanese anime producer and illustrator Kenji Yoshino (born 1969), American legal scholar , Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball catcher Allen Kenji Ono (小野 健次, 1933 – 2016), American general James Kenji López-Alt (born 1979), American chef and food writer Michael Kenji Shinoda (篠田 賢治, born 1977), American musician Kaique Kenji (born 2006), Brazilian footballer Patrick Kenji Takahashi (born 1940), American biochemical engineer and science writer
Fictional characters , the Green Ranger of Himitsu Sentai Gorenger Kenji Delos Reyes from the Filipino novel She's Dating the Gangster 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 Kasen, a yakuza boss in Grand Theft Auto III Kenji Kon from Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous Kenji Lee, Inspector Lee's brother in Rush Hour 3 Kenji Miyazawa, from anime and manga series Bungo Stray Dogs Kenji Muto in the fantasy novel series Tales of the Otori Kenji Ookami, Tooey's father of Japanese descent in Molly of Denali Kenji Sato, from Ultraman: Rising Netflix 2024 Kenji Setou, a legally blind character in Katawa Shoujo Kenji Tomochika in the game Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Kenji Tsukino (謙之), a minor character in Sailor Moon media Kenji Uedo, Marvel Comics character also known as Zero Kenji Yamaguchi from the anime and manga My Little Monster Karate Kenji, the main character from the manga and anime series Fight Fever Kenji in the real-time strategy game Battle Realms 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, Dragonfly Jones' student/rival in the TV show Martin Kenji in the video game Red Earth
See also Kenji (disambiguation) Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director, a 1975 Japanese documentary film 健次 (disambiguation) 賢治 (disambiguation)