Eiji

Eiji is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Eiji

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Variant form(s)	英司
Related names	Eiichi

Written forms

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 (えいじ) or katakana (エイジ).

In Japanese history the Eiji era (永治, "eternal peace"), from 1141 to 1142, follows the Hōen era and precedes the Kōji era.

People with the name

• Eiji Akaso (赤楚 衛二, born 1994), Japanese actor
• Eiji Aonuma (青沼 英二, born 1963), Japanese designer and video game director
• Eiji Ezaki (江崎 英治, 1968–2016), Japanese professional wrestler
• Eiji Funakoshi (船越 英二, 1923–2007), Japanese film actor
• Eiji Iijima (飯島 栄治, born 1979), Japanese shogi player
• Eiji Ikeda (池田 永治, 1889–1950), Japanese cartoonist, painter, illustrator, and haiga artist
• Eiji Kawashima (川島 永嗣, born 1983), Japanese football goalkeeper
• Eiji Mitooka (水戸岡 鋭治, born 1947), Japanese industrial designer
• Eiji Mitsuoka (光岡 映二, born 1976), Japanese professional mixed martial artist
• Eiji Miyashita (宮下 栄治, born 1978), Japanese voice actor
• Eiji Morioka (森岡 栄治, 1946–2004), Japanese boxer
• Eiji Nakano (中野 英治, 1904–1990), Japanese film actor
• Eiji Oue (大植 英次, born 1956), Japanese conductor
• Eiji Sasaki (佐々木 英治, 1915–2007), Japanese businessman
• Eiji Shimomura (下村 英士, born 1959), Japanese volleyball player
• Eiji Takeuchi (栄治 竹内, born 1959), Japanese tennis player
• Eiji Tomii (富井 英司, born 1987), Japanese footballer
• Eiji Toyoda (豊田 英二, 1913–2013), Japanese chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation
• Eiji Tsuburaya (円谷 英二, 1901–1970), Japanese special effects director
• Eiji Wentz (ウエンツ 瑛士, born 1985), Japanese singer and entertainer
• Eiji Yanagisawa (柳沢 栄治), Japanese voice actor
• Eiji Yoshikawa (吉川 英治, 1892–1962), Japanese historical novelist

Fictional characters

• Eiji Asuma (明日真 映児), a character in the manga series Psychometrer Eiji
• Eiji Date (伊達 英二), a character in the manga and anime series Hajime no Ippo
• Eiji Hino (火野 映司), a character in the tokusatsu television series Kamen Rider OOO
• Eiji Kamiya (神谷 エイジ), a character in the manga and anime series Wangan Midnight
• Eiji Kanda (神田 えいじ), a character in the manga and anime series Antique Bakery
• Eiji Kashii (樫井 栄児), a character in the light novel and anime series Juni Taisen: Zodiac War
• Eiji Kikumaru (菊丸 英二), a character in the manga and anime series The Prince of Tennis
• Eiji Kisaragi (如月 影二), a character in the video game series Art of Fighting and The King of Fighters
• Eiji Niizuma (新妻 エイジ), a character in the manga and anime series Bakuman
• Eiji Sawakita (沢北 栄治), a character in the manga and anime series Slam Dunk
• Eiji Nochizawa (後沢 鋭二), a character in the anime film Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale
• Eiji Okumura (奥村 英二), a character in the manga and anime series Banana Fish
• Eiji Ōtori (鳳 英二), a character in the multimedia franchise Uta no Prince-sama
• Eiji Takaoka (高丘 映士), a character in the tokusatsu television series GoGo Sentai Boukenger