Eiji

Eiji is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

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

• Template:Category handler, "prosperity, peace"
• Template:Category handler, "great, peace"
• Template:Category handler, "great, second"
• Template:Category handler, "eternity, next"

The name can also be written in hiragana (Template:Category handler) or katakana (Template:Category handler).

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

People with the name

• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese designer and video game director
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese film actor
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese cartoonist, painter, illustrator, and haiga artist
• , Japanese football goalkeeper
• , Japanese industrial designer
• , Japanese professional mixed martial artist
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese boxer
• , Japanese film actor
• , Japanese conductor
• , Japanese businessman
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese tennis player
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation
• , Japanese special effects director
• , Japanese singer and entertainer
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese historical novelist

Fictional characters

• Eiji Asuma (Template:Category handler), a character in the manga series Psychometrer Eiji
• Eiji Date (Template:Category handler), a character in the manga and anime series Hajime no Ippo
• Eiji Hino (Template:Category handler), a character in the television series Kamen Rider OOO
• Eiji Kamiya (Template:Category handler), a character in the manga and anime series Wangan Midnight
• Eiji Kanda (Template:Category handler), a character in the manga and anime series Antique Bakery
• Eiji Kashii (Template:Category handler), a character in the light novel and anime series Juni Taisen: Zodiac War
• Eiji Kikumaru (Template:Category handler), a character in the manga and anime series The Prince of Tennis
• Eiji Kisaragi (Template:Category handler), a character in the video game series Art of Fighting and The King of Fighters
• Eiji Niizuma (Template:Category handler), a character in the manga and anime series Bakuman
• Eiji Sawakita (Template:Category handler), a character in the manga and anime series Slam Dunk
• Eiji Nochizawa (Template:Category handler), a character in the anime film Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale
• Eiji Okumura (Template:Category handler), a character in the manga and anime series Banana Fish
• Eiji Ōtori (Template:Category handler), a character in the multimedia franchise Uta no Prince-sama
• Eiji Takaoka (Template:Category handler), a character in the television series GoGo Sentai Boukenger