Eiji
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| origin = Japanese
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| variant forms = {{Nihongo2|英司}}
| related names = Eiichi
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Eiji is a common masculine Japanese given name.
Written forms
Eiji can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- {{Nihongo2|栄治}}, "prosperity, peace"
- {{Nihongo2|英治}}, "great, peace"
- {{Nihongo2|英二}}, "great, second"
- {{Nihongo2|永次}}, "eternity, next"
The name can also be written in hiragana ({{Nihongo2|えいじ}}) or katakana ({{Nihongo2|エイジ}}).
In Japanese history the Eiji era ({{Nihongo2|永治}}, "eternal peace"), from 1141 to 1142, follows the Hōen era and precedes the Kōji era.
People with the name
- {{Nihongo|Eiji Akaso|赤楚 衛二||born 1994}}, Japanese actor
- {{Nihongo|Eiji Aonuma|青沼 英二||born 1963}}, Japanese designer and video game director
- {{Nihongo|Eiji Ezaki|江崎 英治||1968–2016}}, Japanese professional wrestler
- {{Nihongo|Eiji Funakoshi|船越 英二||1923–2007}}, Japanese film actor
- {{Nihongo|Eiji Iijima|飯島 栄治||born 1979}}, Japanese shogi player
- {{Nihongo|Eiji Ikeda|池田 永治||1889–1950}}, Japanese cartoonist, painter, illustrator, and haiga artist
- {{Nihongo|Eiji Kawashima|川島 永嗣||born 1983}}, Japanese football goalkeeper
- {{Nihongo|Eiji Mitooka|水戸岡 鋭治||born 1947}}, Japanese industrial designer
- {{Nihongo|Eiji Mitsuoka|光岡 映二||born 1976}}, Japanese professional mixed martial artist
- {{Nihongo|Eiji Miyashita|宮下 栄治||born 1978}}, Japanese voice actor
- {{Nihongo|Eiji Morioka|森岡 栄治||1946–2004}}, Japanese boxer
- {{Nihongo|Eiji Nakano|中野 英治||1904–1990}}, Japanese film actor
- {{Nihongo|Eiji Oue|大植 英次||born 1956}}, Japanese conductor
- {{Nihongo|Eiji Sasaki|佐々木 英治||1915–2007}}, Japanese businessman
- {{Nihongo|Eiji Shimomura|下村 英士||born 1959}}, Japanese volleyball player
- {{Nihongo|Eiji Takeuchi|栄治 竹内||born 1959}}, Japanese tennis player
- {{Nihongo|Eiji Tomii|富井 英司||born 1987}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Eiji Toyoda|豊田 英二||1913–2013}}, Japanese chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation
- {{Nihongo|Eiji Tsuburaya|円谷 英二||1901–1970}}, Japanese special effects director
- {{Nihongo|Eiji Wentz|ウエンツ 瑛士||born 1985}}, Japanese singer and entertainer
- {{Nihongo|Eiji Yanagisawa|柳沢 栄治}}, Japanese voice actor
- {{Nihongo|Eiji Yoshikawa|吉川 英治||1892–1962}}, Japanese historical novelist
Fictional characters
- Eiji Asuma ({{Nihongo2|明日真 映児}}), a character in the manga series Psychometrer Eiji
- Eiji Date ({{Nihongo2|伊達 英二}}), a character in the manga and anime series Hajime no Ippo
- Eiji Hino ({{Nihongo2|火野 映司}}), a character in the {{lang|ja-Latn|tokusatsu}} television series Kamen Rider OOO
- Eiji Kamiya ({{Nihongo2|神谷 エイジ}}), a character in the manga and anime series Wangan Midnight
- Eiji Kanda ({{Nihongo2|神田 えいじ}}), a character in the manga and anime series Antique Bakery
- Eiji Kashii ({{Nihongo2|樫井 栄児}}), a character in the light novel and anime series Juni Taisen: Zodiac War
- Eiji Kikumaru ({{Nihongo2|菊丸 英二}}), a character in the manga and anime series The Prince of Tennis
- Eiji Kisaragi ({{Nihongo2|如月 影二}}), a character in the video game series Art of Fighting and The King of Fighters
- Eiji Niizuma ({{Nihongo2|新妻 エイジ}}), a character in the manga and anime series Bakuman
- Eiji Sawakita ({{Nihongo2|沢北 栄治}}), a character in the manga and anime series Slam Dunk
- Eiji Nochizawa ({{Nihongo2|後沢 鋭二}}), a character in the anime film Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale
- Eiji Okumura ({{Nihongo2|奥村 英二}}), a character in the manga and anime series Banana Fish
- Eiji Ōtori ({{Nihongo2|鳳 英二}}), a character in the multimedia franchise Uta no Prince-sama
- Eiji Takaoka ({{Nihongo2|高丘 映士}}), a character in the {{lang|ja-Latn|tokusatsu}} television series GoGo Sentai Boukenger
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