Ken'ichi
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Ken'ichi | |
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Ken'ichi Enomoto, a singing comedian | |
Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Word/Name | Japanese |
Meaning | Different depending on the kanji |
Other names | |
Related names | Ken, Kenji, Kenzo, Jun'ichi, Shin'ichi |
Ken'ichi or Kenichi (けんいち, ケンイチ) is a very common masculine Japanese given name. This is pronounced as "Ken-ichi", not "Ke-ni-chi".
Possible writings
Ken'ichi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 健一, "healthy, one"
- 賢一, "wise, one"
- 謙一, "humble, one"
- 憲一, "constitution, one"
- 建一, "build, one"
- 研一, "polish, one"
- 兼一, "concurrently, one"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People
- Ken'ichi Chen (建一, born 1956), Chinese chef
- Kenichi Ego (賢一, born 1979), Japanese football player
- Kenichi Endou (憲一, born 1961), Japanese actor
- Kenichi Enomoto (健一, 1904–1970), Japanese singing comedian
- Kenichi Fukui (謙一, 1918–1998), Japanese chemist
- 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 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
- 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 Nishi (健一, born 1967), Japanese video game designer
- Kenichi Ogata (voice actor) (賢一, born 1942), Japanese voice actor
- Kenichi Ono (健一, born 1958), Japanese voice actor and actor
- Kenichi Ohmae (研一, born 1943), Japanese business and corporate strategist
- Kenichi Shimokawa (健一, born 1970), Japanese football goalkeeper
- Kenichi Shinoda (建市, born 1942), Japanese yakuza boss of Yamaguchi-gumi
- Kenichi Suzumura (健一, born 1974), Japanese voice actor
- Kenichi Sonoda (健一, born 1962), manga artist and anime character designer
- Kenichi Suzuki (athlete) (健一鈴木, born 1967), Japanese long-distance runner
- Kenichi Tago (健一, born 1989), Japanese professional badminton player
- Kenichi Takahashi (born 1973), Japanese long-distance runner
- Kenichi Uemura (健一, born 1974), Japanese football player
- 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
- Kenichi Kaga (born 1983), Japanese footballer for Júbilo Iwata
- Kenichi Mori (born 1984), Japanese footballer for Mito HollyHock
- Kenichi Okada (健一, born 1980), rhythm guitarist of Japanese band MERRY (previously CRESCENT and Syndrome)
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
See also
- Chief Detective Kenichi, a manga series by Osamu Tezuka
- Kenichi Yamamoto (disambiguation)
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