Kenji (given name)

Kenji (けんじ, ケンジ) or Kenzi is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings
Kenji can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
 * 賢二, "wise, second"
 * 健二, "healthy, second"
 * 健次, "healthy, next"
 * 謙二, "modest, second"
 * 研二, "research, second"
 * 憲次, "constitution, next"
 * 健司, "healthy, rule"
 * 健治, "healthy, govern"
 * 賢治, "wise, govern"
 * 健児, "healthy, child"
 * 堅志, "iron, purpose"
 * 謙, "modest"

People with the name

 * Kenji Akabane (赤羽根 健治, born 1984), Japanese voice actor
 * Kenji Anan (健治, born 1962), Japanese stage and film actor
 * Kenji Daimanazuru (健司, born 1977), Japanese sumo wrestler
 * Kenji Doihara (賢二, 1883–1948), Japanese military general
 * Kenji Eda (憲司, born 1956), Japanese politician
 * Kenji Fujimori (健二, born 1980), Peruvian politician, son of ex-president Alberto Fujimori
 * Kenji Fujinaka (藤中 憲二), Japanese handball player
 * Kenji Fukuda (born 1977), Japanese footballer for Ehime F.C.
 * Kenji Goto (後藤 健二) (1967-2015) Japanese freelance video journalist, killed by ISIL
 * Kenji Haneda (羽田 憲司), Japanese footballer
 * Kenji Hatanaka (健二, 1923–1945), Japanese soldier
 * Kenji Horikawa (堀川 憲司), Japanese anime producer
 * Kenji Imai (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Kenji Imaizumi (今泉 健司), Japanese shogi player
 * Kenji Inoue (井上 謙二), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Kenji Ishiguro (健治, born 1935), Japanese photographer
 * Kenji Ishikawa (石川 健二), Japanese swimmer
 * Kenji Ito (伊藤 賢治), Japanese video game composer and musician
 * Kenji Ito (footballer) (伊藤 健次), Japanese footballer
 * Kenji Jasper, American writer
 * Kenji Johjima (健司, born 1976), Japanese Major League Baseball catcher
 * Kenji Kageyama (景山 健司), Japanese footballer
 * Kenji Kamiyama (健治, born 1966), Japanese anime director
 * Kenji Kaneyasu (金康 健司), Japanese rower
 * Kenji Kanzaki (神崎 健二), Japanese shogi player
 * Kenji Kasai (笠井 賢二), Japanese table tennis player
 * Kenji Kawai (憲次, born 1957), Japanese music composer
 * Kenji Kawakami (賢司, born 1946), inventor of the Japanese craze Chindōgu
 * Kenji Kazama (風間 健), Japanese martial artist and actor
 * Kenji Kimihara (健二, born 1941), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Kenji Kimura (木村 憲治), Japanese volleyball player
 * Kenji Kitawaki (北脇 健慈), Japanese footballer
 * Kenji Kobayashi (小林 健二), Japanese shogi player
 * Kenji Kosaka (憲次, born 1946), Japanese politician
 * J. Kenji López-Alt, American chef and food writer
 * Kenji Matsuda (賢二, born 1971), Japanese actor
 * Kenji Miyamoto (figure skater), (賢二, born 1978)
 * Kenji Miyamoto (politician), (顕治, 1908-2007)
 * Kenji Miyazawa (賢治, 1896–1933), Japanese poet and author of children's literature
 * Kenji Mizoguchi (健二, 1898–1956), Japanese film director
 * Kenji Nagai (健司, 1957–2007), Japanese photographer
 * Kenji Nagasaki (長崎健司), Japanese director
 * Kenji Nakagami (健次, 1946–1992), Japanese author
 * Kenji Nakamura (中村 健治), Japanese anime director
 * Kenji Nakamura (sailor) (中村 健次), Japanese sailor
 * Kenji Nojima (健児, born 1976), Japanese voice actor
 * Kenji Nomura (born 1970), Japanese voice actor
 * Kenji Ogiwara (健司, born 1969), Japanese Nordic combined skier
 * Kenji Ohtsuki (ケンヂ, born 1966), Japanese heavy metal rock musician
 * Kenji Otonari (born 1984), Japanese Baseball pitcher
 * Kenji Sahara (健二, born 1932), Japanese actor
 * Kenji Sato (baseball) (佐藤 賢治), Japanese baseball player
 * Kenji Sato (basketball) (佐藤 賢次), Japanese basketball player and coach
 * Kenji Sawada (研二, born 1948), Japanese actor and singer
 * Kenji Shimaoka (嶋岡 健治), Japanese volleyball player
 * Kenji Soda (宗田 研二), Japanese basketball player
 * Kenji Suzuki (健二, born 1929), Japanese NHK announcer
 * Kenji Tabata (健児, born 1974), Japanese sprinter
 * Kenji Takahashi (footballer, born 1970) (高橋 健二), Japanese footballer
 * Kenji Takahashi (footballer, born 1985) (髙橋 健史), Japanese footballer
 * Kenji Takahashi (sailor) (高橋 賢次), Japanese sailor
 * Patrick Kenji Takahashi (born 1940), American biochemical engineer and science writer
 * Kenji Tanaka (田中 賢治), Japanese footballer
 * Kenji Terada (憲史, born 1952), Japanese script writer, anime director, novelist, and scenario writer
 * Kenji Tokitsu (born 1947), Japanese author and martial artist
 * Kenji Tomiki (謙治, 1900–1979), Japanese aikidoka and judoka
 * Kenji Tominaga (富永 研司), Japanese actor
 * Kenji Toriyabe (鳥谷部 健司), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Kenji Treschuk (born 1982), American soccer defender
 * Kenji Tsukagoshi (賢爾, 1900–1943), Japanese aviator and explorer
 * Kenji Tsumura (健志, born 1986), professional Magic: The Gathering player
 * Kenji Tsuruta (謙二, born 1961), Japanese manga artist and illustrator
 * Kenji Ueda (born 1965), Japanese musician better known as Kenzi
 * Kenji Utsumi (賢二, 1937–2013), Japanese actor
 * Kenji Waki (謙二, born 1960), Japanese shogi player
 * Kenji Watanabe (渡辺 健司, born 1969), Japanese breaststroke swimmer
 * Kenji Williams, American filmmaker, electronic music producer, and violinist
 * Kenji Wu (born 1979), a Taiwanese singer and actor
 * Kenji Yonekura (米倉 健司), Japanese boxer
 * Kenji Yoshida (吉田 健二), Japanese anime producer and illustrator
 * Michael Kenji Shinoda (篠田 賢治, born 1977), American musician

Fictional characters

 * Kenji in the real-time strategy game Battle Realms
 * Kenji Delos Reyes from the Filipino novel "She's Dating the Gangster"
 * Kenji, the main character in the 2003 Thai film Last Life in the Universe
 * Kenji, a character in the video game Need for Speed: Carbon
 * Kenji (ケンジ a.k.a. Tracey Sketchit) in the Pokémon anime and manga series Electric Tale of Pikachu
 * Kenji Kasen, a yakuza boss in Grand Theft Auto III
 * Kenji Tenzai from Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
 * Kenji, Dragonfly Jones' student/rival in the TV show Martin
 * Kenji in the video game Red Earth (Warzard)
 * Kenji in Sports Champions
 * Kenji Endō (健児), the protagonist in the manga series 20th Century Boys
 * Kenji Harima (拳児), the main character from the manga and anime series School Rumble
 * Kenji Himura (剣路) in the manga series Rurouni Kenshin
 * Kenji Maezono, a character in the film Battle Royale II: Requiem
 * Kenji Muto in the fantasy novel series Tales of the Otori
 * Kenji Tomochika in the game Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 responsible for the "Magician" social link
 * Kenji Tsukino (謙之), a minor character in Sailor Moon media
 * Kenji Lee, Inspector Lee's brother in Rush Hour 3
 * Kenji Setou, a legally blind character in Katawa Shoujo
 * Karate Kenji, the main character from the manga and anime series Fight Fever
 * Kenji Ookami, Tooey's father of Japanese descent in Molly of Denali
 * Kenji Kon from Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous
 * Kenji the Japanese Rail Zeppelin from Thomas & Friends, introduced in Series 24.
 * Kenji Miyazawa from the anime and manga Bungo Stray Dogs
 * Kenji Yamaguchi from the anime and manga My Little Monster
 * Kenji Sato, from Ultraman: Rising Netflix 2024