Keiji (けいじ, ケイジ) is a

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usually used for males. Meaning varies depending on the

kanji are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are ...

characters used.

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used include: * 啓司 * 啓治 * 圭二 * 圭司 * 慶次 * 慶治 * 敬二 * 敬治 * 佳司 * 佳次

People with the name

Keiji Fukuda is a Japanese-American physician and epidemiologist, specializing in influenza epidemiology. He was an Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) from 2009 to 2016, and the Director of the School of Public Health at t ...

(福田敬二) *

Keiji Fujiwara was a Japanese actor and voice actor. His best known works are voicing Shinnosuke's father Hiroshi Nohara in the long-running anime series ''Crayon Shin-chan'', Maes Hughes in ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', Holland Novak in '' Eureka Seven'', Axel ...

(藤原啓治) * Keiji Furuya (古屋圭司) *

Keiji Gotoh is a Japanese anime director, character designer, manga artist, and member of three man production team gímik whose works include '' Kiddy Grade'' and '' Uta Kata''. Works Television * ''Thundercats'' (1985), In-between animation * '' Kiko Se ...

(後藤圭二) Anime director, character designer, and manga artist *

Keiji Haino Keiji Haino ( ''Haino Keiji''; born May 3, 1952) is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter whose work has included rock, free improvisation, noise music, percussion, psychedelic music, minimalism and drone music. He has been active since th ...

(灰野敬二) *, Japanese swimmer *

Keiji Hirose , born April 16, 1973, in Osaka) is a former Japanese rugby union player. He played as a fly-half. His club team was Toyota Verblitz. He was nicknamed . Hirose was awarded 40 caps for Japan; he made his debut in a 26–11 1995 Rugby World Cup qua ...

(廣瀬佳司) *

Keiji Inafune is a Japanese video game producer, character designer, game designer, and businessman. In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time. Starting his career at Capcom in the late 1980s, his job was as an artist and ...

(稲船敬二) * Keiji Ishizuka (石塚啓次) * Keiji Kaimoto (海本慶治) * Keiji Kawamori (河盛慶次) * Keiji Kokuta (穀田恵二) *

Kotomitsuki Keiji is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Okazaki City. A former amateur champion, he turned professional in 1999. He reached the top ''makuuchi'' division in November 2000 and won one ''yūshō'' or tournament championship, in Septemb ...

(琴光喜啓司) *

Keiji Kuroki is a former Japanese dancer and actor. He was a member of Exile (Japanese band), Exile, Exile The Second and J Soul Brothers#Second generation (2007–2009), Nidaime J Soul Brothers. Kuroki was represented by LDH (company), LDH. Personal life ...

(黒木啓司) *

Keiji Honda is a Japanese multinational holding company, video game publisher and entertainment conglomerate. It releases role-playing game franchises, such as ''Final Fantasy'', ''Dragon Quest'', and ''Kingdom Hearts'', among numerous others. Outside of ...

(本多圭司) *

Keiji Nakazawa was a Japanese manga artist and writer. He is best known for his semi-autobiographical series '' Barefoot Gen'', a landmark work depicting the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath. A ''hibakusha'' (atomic bomb survivor) himself, Nakaza ...

(中沢啓治) Manga artist *

Maeda Keiji , better known as or Keijirō (慶次郎), was a Japanese samurai lord of the Sengoku period through early Edo period. He was the nephew of Maeda Toshiie and Maeda Matsu. In legends and fictions, he is one of the most celebrated ''kabukimono'' ...

(前田慶次) (AKA Maeda Toshimasu) *, Japanese racing driver *

Keiji Mutoh is a Japanese professional wrestling executive, actor and retired professional wrestler. He is known for his work under his real name and as his alter ego in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), as well as World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and duri ...

(武藤敬司) *, Japanese shogi player *

Keiji Nishitani was a Japanese philosopher. He was a scholar of the Kyoto School and a disciple of Kitarō Nishida. In 1924, Nishitani received his doctorate from Kyoto Imperial University for his dissertation ''"Das Ideale und das Reale bei Schelling und B ...

(西谷啓治) *

Keiji Obiki Keiji Ohbiki (Japanese:大引啓次, born June 29, 1984) is a Japanese professional baseball shortstop who is a free agent. He previously played for the Orix Buffaloes, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and Tokyo Yakult Swallows of the Nippon Profess ...

(大引啓次) *, Japanese sport wrestler *

Keiji Ozaki is a Japanese taekwondo practitioner and a kickboxer. He won the tournament of R.I.S.E. at welterweight in 2006. As a martial artist, he practises the full-contact version of taekwondo, and has competed in numerous competitions. His rank is 2nd ...

(尾崎圭司) *

Keiji Sada is the stage name for a Japanese cinema actor active from the late-1940s to the early 1960s. His real name was Kanichi Nakai. He won the award for best actor at the 7th Blue Ribbon Awards for ('' I Will Buy You'') and . He was the father of the ...

(佐田啓二) *

Keiji Sakoda Ryan Keiji Sakoda (December 31, 1972 – September 2, 2021) was a Japanese American professional wrestler. He was best known for his appearances in WWE and later Ultimate Pro Wrestling as a part-time trainer for the wrestlers, as well as working ...

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Ryan Sakoda Ryan Keiji Sakoda (December 31, 1972 – September 2, 2021) was a Japanese American professional wrestler. He was best known for his appearances in WWE and later Ultimate Pro Wrestling as a part-time trainer for the wrestlers, as well as working ...

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Keiji Shibazaki was a Rear Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He was the commander of the Japanese garrison on the island of Betio of the Tarawa atoll during World War II. Shibazaki and all his senior officers were killed by naval gunfire on the first day ...

(柴崎恵次) *, Japanese speed skater *

Keiji Suzuki is a Japanese judoka and sports scientist. Suzuki won the Olympic gold medal in the heavyweight (+100 kg) division in 2004. He is also a two-time world champion. Suzuki is noted for being a remarkably small judoka in the heavyweight di ...

(鈴木桂治) *

Keiji Tachikawa is the president of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Keiji Tachikawa was born in Gifu Prefecture on May 27, 1939. He graduated from University of Tokyo, Department of Electrical Engineering School of Engineering, in 1962. In 1978, ...

(立川敬二) * Keiji Takachi (高地系治) *, Japanese baseball player *

Keiji Takayama is a Japanese professional wrestler, manager and booker signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) under the ring name . Gedo has been the main booker of NJPW since the early 2010s. As a wrestler, Gedo is best known for his tag team work with part ...

(高山圭司) *

Keiji Tamada is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward. As of 2024, he is the manager of Shohei High School's football team, who plays in the Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League. Club career Tamada joined Kashiwa Reysol from ...

(玉田圭司) *

Keiji Watanabe is a former Japanese football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' gene ...

(渡邊圭二) *

Keiji Yamada is a Japanese politician and former Governor of Kyoto Prefecture. A native of Hyōgo Prefecture and 1977 graduate of the University of Tokyo, he had worked at the Ministry of Home Affairs since 1977 and served as the vice governor of Kyoto Prefe ...

(山田啓二) *

Keiji Yoshimura is a former Japanese football player. His elder brother Koji is also a former footballer. Playing career Yoshimura was born in Sakawa, Kochi on August 8, 1979. After graduating from Aichi Gakuin University, he joined J1 League club Nagoya Gra ...

(吉村圭司) *

Keiji Tanaka is a retired Japanese figure skater. He is the 2016 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, 2019 Skate Canada bronze medalist, three-time ISU Challenger Series medalist (including gold at the 2019 U.S. Classic), 2017 Winter Universiade silver medalist, ...

(田中刑事), a Japanese figure skater *

(中澤圭二), a Japanese Sushi master

Fictional characters with the name

*Keiji Shinogi, a character from the video game ''

Your Turn to Die -Death Game by Majority- is a Japanese episodic horror adventure game first released on 28 August 2017. The game was developed by Nankidai, a manga artist, and was later adapted into a manga and light novel, which were both released in 2021. An English translation wa ...

''. *Keiji Akaashi (赤葦京治), a character from ''

Haikyu!! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2012 to July 2020, with its chapters collected in 45 volumes. The story f ...

'' with the position of setter from Fukurodani Academy *Keiji Shibusawa, a character from ''

Yakuza 0 ''Yakuza 0'' is a 2015 action-adventure game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by Sega. It is the sixth main installment in the ''Yakuza (franchise), Yakuza series'' and a prequel to the Yakuza (video game), original game. It was r ...

'' *Keiji Takase (also known as Sasori), a character from ''

Deceive Inc. ''Deceive Inc.'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by Sweet Bandits Studios and published by Tripwire Interactive in 2023. Gameplay Players control a spy competing against other teams of spies to retrieve a package. Gameplay blen ...

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