Yōji

Yōji, Yoji, Youji, or Yohji is a common masculine Japanese given name

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


 * 洋二, "ocean, second"
 * 洋次, "ocean, next"
 * 洋司, "ocean, rule"
 * 洋治, "ocean, govern"
 * 陽二, "sunshine, second"
 * 陽次, "sunshine, next"
 * 陽司, "sunshine, rule"
 * 陽治, "sunshine, govern"

The name can also be written in hiragana ようじ or katakana ヨウジ.

People

 * with the given name Yōji
 * Yoji Akao (赤尾 洋二, born 1928), Japanese planning specialist
 * Yoji Anjo (安生 洋二, born 1967), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter
 * Yoji (DJ), a Japanese trance/hard trance DJ
 * Yoji Enokido (榎戸 洋司, born 1963), Japanese screenwriter and voice actor
 * Yoji Mizuguchi (水口 洋次, born 1944), Japanese football player and manager
 * Yōji Matsuda (松田 洋治, born 1967), Japanese actor
 * Yoji Muto (武藤 容治, born 1955), Japanese politician
 * Yoji Sakate (坂手 洋二), Japanese playwright
 * Yoji Sasaki (佐々木 陽次), Japanese footballer
 * Yoji Shinkawa (新川 洋司, born 1971), Japanese illustrator and conceptual artist
 * Yoji Tanaka (田中 要次, born 1963), Japanese actor
 * Yoji Totsuka (戸塚 洋二, 1942–2008), Japanese physicist
 * Yoji Ueda (上田 燿司, born 1971), Japanese voice actor
 * Yoji Yamada (山田 洋次, born 1931), Japanese film director

Fictional characters

 * Yoji Kudou (工藤 耀爾), a character in the anime series Weiß Kreuz
 * Yoji Kuramoto (倉元 洋二), a character in Battle Royale
 * Yoji/Yo-Yoji (alias, not known true name), a character from The Secret Series, friend of Cass and Max-Ernest.