Ryūji
| Ryūji |
Chiyotaikai Ryūji |
| Gender |
Male |
| Origin |
| Word/Name |
Japanese |
| Meaning |
Different depending on the kanji |
| Other names |
| Related names |
Ryu
Ryūichi |
Ryūji or Ryuji (りゅうじ, リュウジ?) is a common masculine Japanese given name.
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
- 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 Hijikata (隆司, born 1978), Japanese professional wrestler
- Ryuji Imada (竜二, born 1976), U.S.-based Japanese professional golfer
- Ryuji Ito (竜二, born 1976), Japanese professional wrestler
- Ryuji Kamiyama (竜司, born 1986), Japanese vocalist and actor
- Ryuji Kawai (竜二, born 1978), Japanese football 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 Sainei (龍二, born 1981), Japanese actor
- Ryūji Saikachi (柳二, born 1928), Japanese voice actor
- Ryuji Sasai (隆司, born 1961), video game composer
- Ryuji Yamane (隆治, born 1948), Japanese politician
Characters
- with the given name Ryūji
- Ryuji Danma (龍二), a character in the manga series Great Teacher Onizuka
- 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!