Ryūji
Ryūji is a common masculine Japanese given name.
Written forms
Ryūji can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:- 竜二, "dragon, 2"
- 竜次, "dragon, next"
- 竜司, "dragon, rule"
- 竜児, "dragon, child"
- 竜治, "dragon, govern"
- 竜士, "dragon, warrior"
- 龍二, "dragon, 2"
- 龍次, "dragon, next"
- 龍司, "dragon, rule"
- 龍治, "dragon, govern"
- 龍児, "dragon, child"
- 龍士, "dragon, warrior"
- 隆二, "elevate, 2"
- 隆次, "elevate, next"
- 隆司, "elevate, rule"
- 隆児, "elevate, child"
- 隆士, "elevate, warrior"
Notable people with the name
- Ryuji Aminishiki, Japanese sumo wrestler
- Ryuji Bando, Japanese footballer
- Ryuji Chiyotaikai, Japanese sumo wrestler
- Ryuji Endo, Japanese baseball player
- Ryuji Hijikata, Japanese professional wrestler
- Ryuji Imada, U.S.-based Japanese professional golfer
- Ryuji Imaichi, Japanese singer
- Ryuji Ito, Japanese professional wrestler
- Ryuji Kamiyama, Japanese vocalist and actor
- Ryuji Kato, Japanese footballer
- Ryuji Kawai, Japanese football player
- Ryuji Kimura, Japanese baseball player
- Ryuji Masuda, Japanese CGI animation director
- Ryuji Matsumura, Japanese politician
- Ryuji Michiki, Japanese football player
- Ryuji Miki, Japanese racing and drifting driver
- Ryuji Miyamoto, Japanese photographer
- Ryuji Mochizuki, Japanese footballer
- Ryuji Noguchi, Japanese rugby union player
- Ryuji Ono, Japanese long-distance runner
- Ryūji Saikachi, Japanese voice actor
- Ryuji Sainei, Japanese actor
- Ryuji Saito, Japanese footballer
- Ryuji Sasai, video game composer
- Ryuji Yamane, Japanese politician
Fictional characters
- Ryuji Danma, a character in the manga series Shonan Junai Gumi and its sequel Great Teacher Onizuka
- Ryuji Goda, a side character in Yakuza 0 and the main antagonist in Yakuza 2 and Yakuza Kiwami 2
- Ryuji "The Blade" Hanada, a character in the manga series Crying Freeman
- Ryuji Hattori, a character from the Kunio-Kun video game series
- Ryuji Ikeda, a character in the manga series Initial D
- Ryuji Iwasaki, a character from Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
- Ryuji Kisaragi, the main character of the light novel and anime series Dragon Crisis!
- Ryuji Kusaka, a character from Inazuma Eleven GO Galaxy
- Ryuji Midorikawa, a character from Inazuma Eleven
- Ryuji Nagumo, a character from Hajime no Ippo
- Ryuuji Otogi, a character in the anime and manga series Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Ryuji Sakamoto, a major character in the video game Persona 5
- Ryuji Sugashita, a character in the manga series DNA²
- Ryuji Suguro, a major character in Blue Exorcist
- Ryuji Takane, the main character of the manga and anime series Ring ni Kakero
- Ryuji Takasu, one of the main characters in the anime and light novel series Toradora!
- Ryuji Takayama, a central character in the Ringu Trilogy
- Ryuji Toramaru, a character in the manga series Sakigake!! Otokojuku
- Ryuji Yamazaki, a video game character in Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series