Ken'ichi

Ken'ichi or Kenichi (けんいち, ケンイチ) is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings
Ken'ichi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
 * 賢一, "wise, one"
 * 健一, "healthy, one"
 * 憲一, "constitution, one"
 * 謙一, "humble, one"
 * 建一, "build, one"
 * 研一, "polish, one"
 * 兼一, "concurrently, one"

People with the name

 * Kenichi Abe (阿部 健市), 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
 * Kenichi Furuya (古屋 健一), 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
 * Ken-ichi Kimura (architect) (木村 建一), Japanese architect
 * Kenichi Kimura (rugby union) (木村 賢一), Japanese rugby union player
 * Kenichi Konishi (小西 健一), 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
 * Ken'ichi Mishima (三島 健一), 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)
 * Kenichi Sasaki (佐々木 健一), Japanese handball player
 * Kenichi Shimokawa (健一, born 1970), Japanese football goalkeeper
 * Kenichi Shinoda (建市, born 1942), Japanese yakuza boss of Yamaguchi-gumi
 * Kenichi Sone (曽根 健一), 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
 * Kenichi Umezawa (梅沢 賢一), Japanese fencer
 * Kenichi Yamada (山田 健一), 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