is a Japanese surname meaning "crossroads". Notable people with the surname include:

Arts

Ayano Tsuji is a J-pop singer famous in Japan for her unconventional light singing style and ukulele music. She rose to fame after performing the end-title track for the Studio Ghibli film ''The Cat Returns'' in 2002. Her other music for TV and anime includ ...

(born 1978), a Japanese pop singer *

Ayumi Tsuji is a Japanese voice actress from Ehime Prefecture. She is affiliated with Mausu Promotion. Her major roles are Kozue Orihara in ''Chaos;Head'', Rose in ''Red Garden'', Elise in ''Sky Girls'', and Bara-tan (Baratack) in ''Robot Girls Z is ...

(born 1984), a Japanese voice actress from Ehime Prefecture *

Daisuke Tsuji is an American actor. Tsuji is best known for his performance as Jin Sakai in the video game ''Ghost of Tsushima'' (2020) and as the Crown Prince Akihito in the TV series ''The Man in the High Castle'' (2015–2019). Early life Daisuke was bor ...

(born 1982), Japanese-American actor *

Hitonari Tsuji Hitonari Tsuji (辻仁成, ''Tsuji Hitonari''; born 1959) is a Japanese writer, composer, musician, painter and film director. In his film and singing work he uses the art name Jinsei Tsuji, an alternative reading his given name. His novels an ...

(born 1959), a Japanese novelist, composer, and film director (also known as Jinsei Tsuji) * Jun Tsuji (1884–1944), a Japanese poet, essayist, and playwright * Kazuhiro Tsuji, former name of

Kazu Hiro Kazu Hiro (born Kazuhiro Tsuji, ; born May 26, 1969) is a Japanese-born American special make-up effects artist and visual artist. He won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for the biographical films '' Darkest Hour'' (2017) ...

, American special effects make-up artist *

Kunio Tsuji was a Japanese author, novelist, and scholar of French literature. Tsuji was born in Tokyo, attended Matsumoto High School with Kita Morio, and studied French literature at the University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo (, abbreviated as ...

(1925–1999), a Japanese novelist and scholar of French literature *

Masaki Tsuji is a Japanese anime screenwriter, mystery writer, manga author, travel critic, essayist, professor as well as mystery fiction novels writer. Tsuji was most active in the business from the 1960s through the 1980s, and worked as a script writer on ...

(born 1932), a Japanese anime scenario writer and mystery novelist *

Nozomi Tsuji , known professionally by her birth name (born June 17, 1987) is a Japanese media personality, singer, and blogger. In 2000, she began her career as a singer for Japanese girl band Morning Musume. Tsuji later found success with related groups ...

(born 1987), a Japanese pop singer * Shion Tsuji (born 1990), a Japanese singer-songwriter best known for her song "Sky Chord (Otona ni Naru Kimi e)"

Sports

Chie Tsuji is a former volleyball player from Japan. Her maiden name was . Tsuji competed with the Japan women's national volleyball team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she finished in fifth place. She won a bronze medal at the 1994 Goodwill ...

(born 1969), a Japanese volleyball player *

Hatsuhiko Tsuji is a former Nippon Professional Baseball player and manager. During his playing career he was well known as a skillful second baseman. Career After spending six seasons as the manager of the Saitama Seibu Lions, Tsuji stepped down from his pos ...

(born 1958), a Japanese baseball player *

Naoto Tsuji is a Japanese professional basketball player. he plays for the Kawasaki Brave Thunders of the B.League. He has been a member of Japan's national basketball team on many occasions. At the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Belgr ...

(born 1989), a Japanese basketball player *, Japanese footballer

Other

*, Japanese politician *

Masanobu Tsuji was a Japanese army officer and politician. During World War II, he was an important tactical planner in the Imperial Japanese Army and developed the detailed plans for the successful Japanese invasion of Malaya at the start of the war. He al ...

(1901–1968), a 20th-century Japanese army officer and war criminal *

Shintaro Tsuji (born December 7, 1927) is a Japanese entrepreneur. Formerly a civil servant, he is the founder and former-president of Sanrio, a Japanese merchandise company known for its characters, including Hello Kitty. Biography Early life Shintaro Tsuji w ...

(born 1927), founder of the Japanese company Sanrio *

Yasuhiro Tsuji Tsuji Yasuhiro , born 1955, is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan. Early life Tsuji is a native of Kobe, Hyogo. He graduated from the University of Tokyo and studied at Johns Hopkins University. Political career ...

(born 1955), a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan who served two terms in the National Diet *, Japanese professional wrestler * Jiro Tsuji, a Japanese chemist who pioneered the

Tsuji–Trost reaction The Tsuji–Trost reaction (also called the Trost allylic alkylation or allylic alkylation) is a palladium-catalysed substitution reaction involving a substrate that contains a leaving group in an allylic position. The palladium catalyst first coor ...

* Ryuu Tsuji, a fictional character from '' S · A: Special A''

References

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