# Ryūji

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"
* 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 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, born 1976), Japanese baseball player
* 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 Ito (伊東 竜二, born 1976), Japanese professional wrestler
* Ryuji Kamiyama (上山 竜治, born 1986), Japanese vocalist and actor
* Ryuji Kato (加藤 竜二, born 1969), Japanese footballer
* Ryuji Kawai (河合 竜二, born 1978), Japanese football player
* Ryuji Kimura (木村 龍治, born 1970), Japanese baseball 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, born 1995), Japanese rugby union player
* Ryuji Ono (大野 龍二, born 1985), Japanese long-distance runner
* 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, born 1993), Japanese footballer
* Ryuji Sasai (笹井 隆司, born 1961), video game composer
* Ryuji Yamane (山根 隆治, born 1948), Japanese politician

## 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