Eiji

Eiji
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Other names
Related names	Eiichi

Eiji (えいじ, エイジ) is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Eiji can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 栄治, "prosperity, peace"
• 英治, "great, peace"
• 英二, "great, second"
• 永次, "eternity, next"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

The Eiji (era) (永治, eternal peace) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,, literally "year name") after Hōen and before Kōji. This period spanned the years from 1141 through 1142.

People

• Eiji Aonuma (英二, born 1963), Japanese designer and director of video games
• Eiji Ezaki (英治, born 1968), Japanese professional wrestler
• Eiji Kawashima (永嗣, born 1983), Japanese football goalkeeper
• Eiji Mitooka (鋭治, born 1947), Japanese industrial designer
• Eiji Mitsuoka (光岡映二, born January 1, 1976), Japanese professional mixed martial artist
• Eiji Miyashita (宮下 栄治 born 1978), Japanese voice actor
• Eiji Nakano (英治, 1904–1990), Japanese film actor
• Eiji Oue (英次, born 1957), Japanese conductor
• Eiji Toyoda (英二, 1913–2013), chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation
• Eiji Tsuburaya (英二, 1901–1970), Japanese special effects director
• Eiji Wentz (瑛士, born 1985), Japanese singer and entertainer
• Eiji Yanagisawa (栄治), Japanese voice actor
• Eiji Yoshikawa (英治, 1892–1962), Japanese historical novelist

Characters

• Eiji Hino (映司), a character in the tokusatsu Kamen Rider OOO
• Eiji Kamiya (エイジ), a character in the anime and manga Wangan Midnight
• Eiji Kikumaru (英二), a character in the anime and manga The Prince of Tennis
• Eiji Kisaragi (影二), a character in Art of Fighting and The King of Fighters series
• Eiji Niizuma (エイジ-), a character in the anime and manga Bakuman.
• Eiji Sawakita (栄治), a character in the manga Slam Dunk