Ryūji

Ryūji (also spelled Ryuji or Ryuuji) is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings
Ryūji can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
 * 竜二, "dragon, 2"
 * 竜次, "dragon, next"
 * 竜司, "dragon, rule"
 * 竜児, "dragon, child"
 * 竜治, "dragon, govern"
 * 龍二, "dragon, 2"
 * 龍次, "dragon, next"
 * 龍司, "dragon, rule"
 * 龍治, "dragon, govern"
 * 龍児, "dragon, child"
 * 隆二, "elevate, 2"
 * 隆次, "elevate, next"
 * 隆司, "elevate, rule"
 * 隆児, "elevate, child"

The name can also be written in hiragana りゅうじ or katakana リュウジ.

Notable people with the name

 * Ryuji Aigase (相ヶ瀬 龍史, born 1987), Japanese actor
 * Ryuji Aminishiki (安美錦 竜児, born 1978), Japanese sumo wrestler
 * Ryuji Bando (播戸 竜二, born 1979), Japanese footballer
 * Ryuji Chiyotaikai (千代大海 龍二, born 1976), Japanese sumo wrestler
 * Ryuji Endo (遠藤 竜志), Japanese baseball player
 * Ryuji Hara (原 隆二, born 1990), Japanese boxer
 * Ryuji Hijikata (土方 隆司, born 1978), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Ryuji Imada (今田 竜二, born 1976), U.S.-based Japanese professional golfer
 * Ryuji Imaichi (今市 隆二, 1986), Japanese singer
 * Ryuji Ishino (石野 竜二, born 1978), Japanese footballer
 * Ryuji Ito (伊東 竜二, born 1976), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Ryuji Kajiwara (梶原 龍児, born 1976), Japanese kickboxer
 * Ryuji Kamiyama (上山 竜治, born 1986), Japanese vocalist and actor
 * Ryuji Kato (加藤 竜二), Japanese footballer
 * Ryuji Kashiwabara (柏原 竜二, born 1989), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Ryuji Kawai (河合 竜二, born 1978), Japanese football player
 * Ryuji Kimura (木村 龍治), Japanese baseball player
 * Ryuji Koga (古賀 龍二, born 1977), Japanese rugby player
 * Ryuji Masuda (増田 龍治, born 1968), Japanese CGI animation director
 * Ryuji Matsumura (松村 龍二, born 1938), Japanese politician
 * Ryuji Michiki (路木 龍次, born 1973), Japanese football player
 * Ryuji Miki (三木 竜二, born 1975), Japanese racing and drifting driver
 * Ryuji Miyamoto (宮本 隆司, born 1947), Japanese photographer
 * Ryuji Mochizuki (望月 竜次, 1988), Japanese footballer
 * Ryuji Noguchi (野口 竜司), Japanese rugby union player
 * Ryuji Ono (大野 龍二), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Ryuji Ōtani (大谷 龍次, born 1988), Japanese baseball player
 * Ryūji Saikachi (槐 柳二, born 1928), Japanese voice actor
 * Ryuji Sainei (載寧 龍二, born 1981), Japanese actor
 * Ryuji Saito (才藤 龍治), Japanese footballer
 * Ryuji Sasai (笹井 隆司, born 1961), video game composer
 * Ryuji Sonoda (園田 隆二, born 1973), Japanese judoka
 * Ryuji Sueoka (末岡 龍二, born 1979), Japanese footballer
 * Ryuji Takai (高井 隆司, born 1986), Japanese snowboarder
 * Ryuji Yamaguchi (山口 竜志, born 1985), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Ryuji Yamane (山根 隆治, born 1948), Japanese politician
 * Ryuji Yokoyama (横山 竜士, born 1976), Japanese baseball player
 * Ryuji Yonemura (米村 龍二, born 1995), Japanese rugby player

Fictional characters

 * Ryuji Danma (弾間 龍二), a character in the manga series Shonan Junai Gumi and its sequel Great Teacher Onizuka
 * Ryuji Goda (郷田 龍司), a side character in Yakuza 0 and the main antagonist in Yakuza 2 and Yakuza Kiwami 2
 * Ryuji "The Blade" Hanada (花田 竜二), a character in the manga series Crying Freeman
 * Ryuji Hattori (服部 竜二), a character from the Kunio-Kun video game series
 * Ryuji Ikeda (池田 竜次), a character in the manga series Initial D
 * Ryuji Iwasaki (岩崎 リュウジ), a character from Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
 * Ryuji Kisaragi (如月 竜司), the main character of the light novel and anime series Dragon Crisis!
 * Ryuji Kusaka (九坂 隆二), a character from Inazuma Eleven GO Galaxy
 * Ryuji Midorikawa (綠川 龍二), a character from Inazuma Eleven
 * Ryuji Nagumo (七雲 竜次), a character from Hajime no Ippo
 * Ryuuji Otogi (御伽 龍児), a character in the anime and manga series Yu-Gi-Oh!
 * Ryuji Sakamoto (坂本 竜司), a major character in the video game Persona 5
 * Ryuji Sugashita (菅下 竜二), a character in the manga series DNA²
 * Ryuji Suguro (勝呂 竜士), a major character in Blue Exorcist
 * Ryuji Takane (高嶺 竜児), the main character of the manga and anime series Ring ni Kakero
 * Ryuji Takasu (高須 竜児), one of the main characters in the anime and light novel series Toradora!
 * Ryuji Takayama (高山 竜司), a central character in the Ringu Trilogy
 * Ryuji Toramaru (虎丸 龍次), a character in the manga series Sakigake!! Otokojuku
 * Ryuji Yamazaki (山崎 竜二), a video game character in Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series