Ryūji (also spelled Ryuji or Ryuuji) is a common masculine Japanese given name.
Written forms 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" 竜士, "dragon, warrior" 龍二, "dragon, 2" 龍次, "dragon, next" 龍司, "dragon, rule" 龍治, "dragon, govern" 龍児, "dragon, child" 龍士, "dragon, warrior" 隆二, "elevate, 2" 隆次, "elevate, next" 隆司, "elevate, rule" 隆児, "elevate, child" 隆士, "elevate, warrior"
The name can also be written in hiragana りゅうじ or katakana リュウジ.
Notable people with the name
Ryuji Aminishiki (安美錦 竜児, born 1978), Japanese sumo wrestler , Japanese professional basketball player , Japanese footballer Ryuji Chiyotaikai (千代大海 龍二, born 1976), Japanese sumo wrestler , Japanese baseball player , Japanese artist and Olympic bronze medalist , Japanese former football player , Japanese rower , Japanese professional boxer , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese professional footballer , Japanese retired male backstroke swimmer. , Japanese former professional baseball player , U.S.-based Japanese professional golfer , Japanese singer , Japanese former rugby union player , Japanese former football player , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese footballer , Japanese former professional kickboxer and boxer , Japanese vocalist and actor , Japanese footballer , Japanese football player , Japanese coach of the Shimane Susanoo Magic , Japanese baseball player , Japanese actor , Japanese former football player , Japanese politician , Japanese former football player , Japanese racing driver and team owner , Japanese wheelchair rugby player , Japanese CGI animation director , Japanese politician , Japanese football player , Japanese racing and drifting driver , Japanese long-distance runner and steeplechaser , Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder , Japanese film editor , Japanese photographer , Japanese voice actor , Japanese footballer , Japanese retired sprinter , Japanese rugby union player , Japanese long-distance runner , Japanese voice actor , Japanese actor , Japanese footballer , Japanese video game composer , Japanese former football referee , Japanese politician , Japanese footballer , Japanese judoka , Japanese former football player , Japanese football player , Japanese former football player , Japanese bureaucrat , Japanese professional three-cushion billiards player Ryuji Utomo (born 1995), Indonesian professional footballer , Japanese retired jockey and future trainer , Japanese professional baseball pitcher , Japanese general manager of the Toyotsu Fighting Eagles Nagoya , Japanese retired professional wrestler Ryuji Yamamoto (born 1988), Japanese racing driver , Japanese politician , Japanese motorcycle racer , Japanese professional baseball 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