Zenji (given name)

Zenji is a masculine Japanese name.

Orthography and meaning
The given name Zenji is written with various combinations of two kanji, the first read and the second  (including cases where the kanji is originally read as  or  but becomes ji due to the rendaku rule of Japanese phonology). The zen used in all the names listed below means "goodness".

Separately, Zenji (禅師) is a title for Zen masters, placed after their mononymous dharma name. In such cases (for example, Dōgen Zenji), it is neither a given name nor surname.

People

 * Iwamoto Zenji (厳本 善治), Japanese advocate of women's education
 * Zenji Okuzawa (奥沢 善二), Japanese middle-distance runner

Fictional characters

 * Zenji Marui (丸井 善二), a character from Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma