Ryūji

Ryūji or Ryuji (りゅうじ, リュウジ) is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Ryuji

Chiyotaikai Ryūji
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different depending on the kanji
Other names
Related names	Ryu Ryūichi

Possible writings

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

• 竜二, "dragon, second"
• 竜次, "dragon, next"
• 竜司, "dragon, rule"
• 竜児, "dragon, child"
• 竜治, "dragon, govern"
• 龍二, "dragon, second"
• 龍次, "dragon, next"
• 龍司, "dragon, rule"
• 龍治, "dragon, govern"
• 龍児, "dragon, child"
• 隆二, "elevate, second"
• 隆次, "elevate, next"
• 隆司, "elevate, rule"
• 隆児, "elevate, child"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

• Aminishiki Ryūji (竜児, born 1978), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Chiyotaikai Ryūji (龍二, born 1976), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Ryūji Bando (竜二, born 1979), Japanese football player
• Ryuji Endo (遠藤 竜志, born 1976), Japanese baseball player
• Ryuji Hijikata (隆司, born 1978), Japanese professional wrestler
• Ryuji Imada (竜二, born 1976), U.S.-based Japanese professional golfer
• Ryuji Imaichi (隆二, 1986), Japanese singer
• Ryuji Ito (竜二, born 1976), Japanese professional wrestler
• Ryuji Kamiyama (竜司, born 1986), Japanese vocalist and actor
• Ryuji Kato (加藤 竜二, born 1969), Japanese footballer
• Ryuji Kawai (竜二, born 1978), Japanese football player
• Ryuji Kimura (木村 龍治, born 1970), Japanese baseball player
• Ryuji Masuda (龍治, born 1968), Japanese CGI animation director
• Ryuji Matsumura (龍二, born 1938), Japanese politician
• Ryuji Michiki (龍次, born 1973), Japanese football player
• Ryuji Miki (竜二, born 1975), Japanese racing and drifting driver
• Ryūji Miyamoto (隆司, born 1947), Japanese photographer
• Ryuji Noguchi (野口 竜司, born 1995), Japanese rugby union player
• Ryuji Ono (大野 龍二, born 1985), Japanese long-distance runner
• Ryūji Saikachi (柳二, born 1928), Japanese voice actor
• Ryuji Sainei (龍二, born 1981), Japanese actor
• Ryuji Saito (才藤 龍治, born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Ryuji Sasai (隆司, born 1961), video game composer
• Ryuji Yamane (隆治, born 1948), Japanese politician
• Ryuji Jackson (龍二, born 2005), spicy weeb, and connoisseur of sadness

Fictional characters

with the given name Ryūji

• Ryuji Ikeda, a character in the manga series Initial D
• Ryuji "The Blade" Hanada, a character in the manga series Crying Freeman
• Ryuuji Otogi (龍児), a character in the anime and manga series Yu-Gi-Oh!
• Ryuji Sugashita (竜二), a character in the manga series DNA²
• Ryūji Takane (竜児), the main character of the manga and anime series Ring ni Kakero
• Ryūji Takasu (竜児), one of the main characters in the anime and light novel series Toradora!
• Ryuji Takayama (竜司), a central character in the Ringu Trilogy
• Ryuji Toramaru (龍次), a character in the manga series Sakigake!! Otokojuku
• Ryuji Yamazaki (竜二), a video game character in Fatal Fury and King of Fighters
• Ryūji Kisaragi (竜司), the main character of the light novel and anime series Dragon Crisis!
• Ryūji Midorikawa (龍二), a character from Inazuma Eleven
• Ryūji Kusaka (隆二), a character from Inazuma Eleven GO Galaxy
• Ryuji Sakamoto (竜司), A major character in the video game Persona 5
• Ryuji Suguro, A major character in Blue Exorcist
• Ryuji Iwasaki, a character from Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
• Ryuji Nagumo, a character from Hajime no Ippo
• Ryuji Goda, a character from Yakuza 2 and Yakuza Kiwami 2