# Ken'ichi

Ken'ichi or Kenichi (Japanese: けんいち, ケンイチ, pronounced) is a masculine Japanese given name.

## Written forms

Ken'ichi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
* 賢一, "wise, one"
* 健一, "healthy, one"
* 憲一, "constitution, one"
* 謙一, "humble, one"
* 建一, "build, one"
* 研一, "polish, one"
* 兼一, "concurrently, one"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

## People with the name

* Kenichi Abe (阿部 健市, born 1923, death date unknown), Japanese World War II flying ace
* Ken'ichi Chen (建一, born 1956), Japanese chef and restaurateur
* Kenichi Ego (賢一, born 1979), Japanese football player
* Kenichi Endō (憲一, born 1961), Japanese actor
* Kenichi Enomoto (健一, 1904–1970), Japanese singing comedian
* Kenichi Fukui (謙一, 1918–1998), Japanese chemist
* Kenichi Furuya (古屋 健一, 1912–1988), Japanese ice hockey player
* Ken'ichi Kasai (ケンイチ, born 1970), Japanese anime director
* Keni'chi Kōbō (賢一, born 1973), former sumo wrestler
* Kenichi Konishi (健一, born 1909), Japanese field hockey player
* Kenichi Hagiwara (健一, born 1950), Japanese actor and lead singer
* Kenichi Horie (謙一, born 1938), Japanese solo yachtsman
* Kenichi Kaga (健一, born 1983), Japanese footballer for Júbilo Iwata
* Ken-ichi Kimura (architect) (木村 建一, born 1933), Japanese architect
* Kenichi Kimura (rugby union) (木村 賢一, born 1968), Japanese rugby union player
* Kenichi Konishi (小西 健一, born 1909), Japanese field hockey player
* Kenichi Kuboya (健一, born 1972), Japanese golfer
* Kenichi Matsuyama (ケンイチ, born 1985), Japanese actor
* Kenichi Mikawa (憲一, born 1946), Japanese singer
* Ken'ichi Mishima (三島 健一, born 1942), Japanese philosopher
* Kenichi Mizuno (賢一, born 1966), Japanese politician
* Kenichi Momoyama (虔一, 1909–1990), first son of Prince Ui of Korea by Lady Jeong
* Kenichi Mori (賢一, born 1984), Japanese footballer for Mito HollyHock
* Luke Kenichi Muto (謙一), Japanese Anglican bishop
* Kenichi Nishi (健一, born 1967), Japanese video game designer
* Kenichi Ogata (voice actor) (賢一, born 1942), Japanese voice actor
* Kenichi Ogawa (堅一, born 1988), Japanese boxer
* Kenichi Ono (健一, born 1958), Japanese voice actor and actor
* Kenichi Ohmae (研一, born 1943), Japanese business and corporate strategist
* Kenichi Okada (健一, born 1980), rhythm guitarist of Japanese band MERRY (previously CRESCENT and Syndrome)
* Kenichi Sasaki (佐々木 健一, born 1950), Japanese handball player
* Kenichi Shimokawa (健一, born 1970), Japanese football goalkeeper
* Kenichi Shinoda (建市, born 1942), Japanese yakuza boss of Yamaguchi-gumi
* Kenichi Sone (曽根 健一, c. 1909–1946), Japanese internment camp commander and war criminal
* Kenichi Sonoda (健一, born 1962), manga artist and anime character designer
* Kenichi Suzuki (disambiguation), multiple people
* Kenichi Suzumura (健一, born 1974), Japanese voice actor
* Kenichi Tago (健一, born 1989), Japanese professional badminton player
* Kenichi Takahashi (健一, born 1973), Japanese long-distance runner
* Ken-ichi Ueda (植田 憲一, born 1946), Japanese scientist
* Kenichi Uemura (健一, born 1974), Japanese football player
* Kenichi Umezawa (梅沢 賢一, born 1957), Japanese fencer
* Kenichi Yamada (山田 健一, born 1947), Japanese golfer
* Kenichi Yamakawa (健一, born 1953), Japanese author and rock musician
* Kenichi Yamamoto (yakuza) (健一, 1925–1982), founder of the Yamaken-gumi yakuza gang
* Ken'ichi Yoshida (literary scholar) (健一, 1912–1977), Japanese author and literary critic
* Kenichi Yoshida (animator) (健一, born 1969), Japanese animator and character designer
* Kenichi Yumoto (健一, born 1984), Japanese freestyle wrestler

## Fictional characters

* Kenichi (ケンイチ), the main character of the 2001 anime film Metropolis
* Kenichi Shirahama (兼一), the main character of the manga series Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
* Kenichi Mitsuba (三葉ケン一), a character from Ninja Hattori-kun franchise.
* Kenichi Natsuki (菜月賢一), a character from Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World