Eiji

Eiji is a common masculine Japanese given name.

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


 * 栄治, "prosperity, peace"
 * 英治, "great, peace"
 * 英二, "great, second"
 * 永次, "eternity, next"

The name can also be written in hiragana (えいじ) or katakana (エイジ).

The Eiji era (永治, "eternal peace") is a period in the history of Japan, dating from 1141 to 1142 AD. It follows the Hōen era and precedes the Kōji era.

People with the name

 * Eiji Akaso (赤楚 衛二), Japanese actor
 * Eiji Aonuma (青沼 英二), Japanese designer and video game director
 * Eiji Ezaki (江崎 英治), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Eiji Funakoshi (船越 英二), Japanese film actor
 * Eiji Iijima (飯島 栄治), Japanese shogi player
 * Eiji Ikeda (池田 永治), Japanese cartoonist, painter, illustrator, and haiga artist
 * Eiji Kawashima (川島 永嗣), Japanese football goalkeeper
 * Eiji Mitooka (水戸岡 鋭治), Japanese industrial designer
 * Eiji Mitsuoka (光岡 映二), Japanese professional mixed martial artist
 * Eiji Miyashita (宮下 栄治), Japanese voice actor
 * Eiji Morioka (森岡 栄治), Japanese boxer
 * Eiji Nakano (中野 英治), Japanese film actor
 * Eiji Oue (大植 英次), Japanese conductor
 * Eiji Sasaki (佐々木 英治), Japanese businessman
 * Eiji Shimomura (下村 英士), Japanese volleyball player
 * Eiji Takeuchi (栄治 竹内), Japanese tennis player
 * Eiji Tomii (富井 英司), Japanese footballer
 * Eiji Toyoda (豊田 英二), Japanese chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation
 * Eiji Tsuburaya (円谷 英二), Japanese special effects director
 * Eiji Wentz (ウエンツ 瑛士), Japanese singer and entertainer
 * Eiji Yanagisawa (柳沢 栄治), Japanese voice actor
 * Eiji Yoshikawa (吉川 英治), Japanese historical novelist

Fictional characters

 * Eiji Asuma (明日真 映児), a character in the manga series Psychometrer Eiji
 * Eiji Date (伊達 英二), a character in the manga and anime series Hajime no Ippo
 * Eiji Hino (火野 映司), a character in the tokusatsu television series Kamen Rider OOO
 * Eiji Kamiya (神谷 エイジ), a character in the manga and anime series Wangan Midnight
 * Eiji Kanda (神田 えいじ), a character in the manga and anime series Antique Bakery
 * Eiji Kashii (樫井 栄児), a character in the light novel and anime series Juni Taisen: Zodiac War
 * Eiji Kikumaru (菊丸 英二), a character in the manga and anime series The Prince of Tennis
 * Eiji Kisaragi (如月 影二), a character in the video game series Art of Fighting and The King of Fighters
 * Eiji Niizuma (新妻 エイジ), a character in the manga and anime series Bakuman
 * Eiji Sawakita (沢北 栄治), a character in the manga and anime series Slam Dunk
 * Eiji Nochizawa (後沢 鋭二), a character in the anime film Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale
 * Eiji Okumura (奥村 英二), a character in the manga and anime series Banana Fish
 * Eiji Ōtori (鳳 英二), a character in the multimedia franchise Uta no Prince-sama
 * Eiji Takaoka (高丘 映士), a character in the tokusatsu television series GoGo Sentai Boukenger