Ken'ichi
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| name = Ken'ichi
| image = Kenichi Enomoto.jpg
| caption = Ken'ichi Enomoto, a singing comedian
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| gender = Male
| meaning = Different depending on the kanji
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| origin = Japanese
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| related names = Ken, Kenji, Kenzo, Jun'ichi, Shin'ichi
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{{nihongo|Ken'ichi or Kenichi |けんいち, ケンイチ||{{IPA|ja|keɰ̃.i.tɕi|pron}}|lead=yes}} is a masculine Japanese given name.
Written forms
People with the name
- {{Nihongo|Kenichi Abe|阿部 健市||born 1923, death date unknown}}, Japanese World War II flying ace
- Ken'ichi Chen (建一, born 1956), Japanese chef and restaurateur
- Kenichi Ego (賢一, born 1979), Japanese football player
- Kenichi Endō (憲一, born 1961), Japanese actor
- Kenichi Enomoto (健一, 1904–1970), Japanese singing comedian
- Kenichi Fukui (謙一, 1918–1998), Japanese chemist
- {{Nihongo|Kenichi Furuya|古屋 健一||1912–1988}}, Japanese ice hockey player
- Ken'ichi Kasai (ケンイチ, born 1970), Japanese anime director
- Keni'chi Kōbō (賢一, born 1973), former sumo wrestler
- Kenichi Konishi (健一, born 1909), Japanese field hockey player
- Kenichi Hagiwara (健一, born 1950), Japanese actor and lead singer
- Kenichi Horie (謙一, born 1938), Japanese solo yachtsman
- Kenichi Kaga (健一, born 1983), Japanese footballer for Júbilo Iwata
- {{Nihongo|Ken-ichi Kimura (architect)|木村 建一||born 1933}}, Japanese architect
- {{Nihongo|Kenichi Kimura (rugby union)|木村 賢一||born 1968}}, Japanese rugby union player
- {{Nihongo|Kenichi Konishi|小西 健一||born 1909}}, Japanese field hockey player
- Kenichi Kuboya (健一, born 1972), Japanese golfer
- Kenichi Matsuyama (ケンイチ, born 1985), Japanese actor
- Kenichi Mikawa (憲一, born 1946), Japanese singer
- {{Nihongo|Ken'ichi Mishima|三島 健一||born 1942}}, Japanese philosopher
- Kenichi Mizuno (賢一, born 1966), Japanese politician
- Kenichi Momoyama (虔一, 1909–1990), first son of Prince Ui of Korea by Lady Jeong
- Kenichi Mori (賢一, born 1984), Japanese footballer for Mito HollyHock
- Luke Kenichi Muto (謙一), Japanese Anglican bishop
- Kenichi Nishi (健一, born 1967), Japanese video game designer
- Kenichi Ogata (voice actor) (賢一, born 1942), Japanese voice actor
- Kenichi Ogawa (堅一, born 1988), Japanese boxer
- Kenichi Ono (健一, born 1958), Japanese voice actor and actor
- Kenichi Ohmae (研一, born 1943), Japanese business and corporate strategist
- Kenichi Okada (健一, born 1980), rhythm guitarist of Japanese band MERRY (previously CRESCENT and Syndrome)
- {{Nihongo|Kenichi Sasaki|佐々木 健一||born 1950}}, Japanese handball player
- Kenichi Shimokawa (健一, born 1970), Japanese football goalkeeper
- Kenichi Shinoda (建市, born 1942), Japanese yakuza boss of Yamaguchi-gumi
- {{Nihongo|Kenichi Sone|曽根 健一||c. 1909–1946}}, Japanese internment camp commander and war criminal
- Kenichi Sonoda (健一, born 1962), manga artist and anime character designer
- Kenichi Suzuki (disambiguation), multiple people
- Kenichi Suzumura (健一, born 1974), Japanese voice actor
- Kenichi Tago (健一, born 1989), Japanese professional badminton player
- Kenichi Takahashi (健一, born 1973), Japanese long-distance runner
- Ken-ichi Ueda (植田 憲一, born 1946), Japanese scientist
- Kenichi Uemura (健一, born 1974), Japanese football player
- {{Nihongo|Kenichi Umezawa|梅沢 賢一||born 1957}}, Japanese fencer
- {{Nihongo|Kenichi Yamada|山田 健一||born 1947}}, Japanese golfer
- Kenichi Yamakawa (健一, born 1953), Japanese author and rock musician
- Kenichi Yamamoto (yakuza) (健一, 1925–1982), founder of the Yamaken-gumi yakuza gang
- Ken'ichi Yoshida (literary scholar) (健一, 1912–1977), Japanese author and literary critic
- Kenichi Yoshida (animator) (健一, born 1969), Japanese animator and character designer
- Kenichi Yumoto (健一, born 1984), Japanese freestyle wrestler
Fictional characters
- Kenichi (ケンイチ), the main character of the 2001 anime film Metropolis
- Kenichi Shirahama (兼一), the main character of the manga series Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
- Kenichi Mitsuba (三葉ケン一), a character from Ninja Hattori-kun franchise.
- Kenichi Natsuki (菜月賢一), a character from Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World
See also
- Chief Detective Kenichi, a manga series by Osamu Tezuka
- Kenichi Yamamoto (disambiguation)
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