# Yūji

Yūji, Yuji or Yuuji is a common masculine Japanese given name.

## Written forms

Yūji can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:
* 勇二, "courage, 2"
* 勇次, "courage, second"
* 裕二, "abundant, 2"
* 祐二, "help, 2"
* 祐次, "help, second"
* 雄治, "masculine, govern"
* 雄二, "masculine, 2"
* 悠児, "permanence, child"
* 悠二, "permanence, 2"
* 祐史, "to help, history"
* 祐司, "to help, rule"
* 裕司, "abundant, rule"
The name can also be written in hiragana ゆうじ or katakana ユウジ.
Yuji is a separate given name.
* 諭二, "to persuade, 2"
* 諭次, "to persuade, second"
* 愉二, "pleased, 2"
* 諭次, "pleased,second"
* 愈一, "more and more, 1"
* 愈次, "more and more, second"
And can also be written in hiragana ゆじ or katakana ユジ.

## Notable people with the name

* Yuji Abe (阿部 祐二, born 1958), Japanese television journalist and actor
* Yuji Adachi (足立 祐二, born 1964), Japanese musician and songwriter
* Yuji Aoki (青木 雄二, 1945–2003), Japanese manga artist
* Yuji Hanada (花田 裕治), Japanese Paralympic swimmer
* Yuji Hino (火野 裕士, born 1985), Japanese professional wrestler
* Yuji Hiramatsu (平松 祐司, born 1997), Japanese high jumper
* Yuji Hirayama (平山 ユージ, born 1969), Japanese professional rock climber
* Yuji Horii (堀井 雄二, born 1954), Japanese video game designer
* Yuji Ide (井出 有治, born 1975), Japanese racing driver
* Yuji Iga (伊賀 裕治, born 1965), Japanese ice hockey player
* Yuji Igarashi (五十嵐 雄二, born 1968), Japanese golfer
* Yuji Iiyama (飯山 裕志, born 1979), Japanese baseball player
* Yuji Iizuka (飯塚 祐司, born 1974), Japanese ice hockey player and coach
* Yuji Iwahara (岩原 裕二), Japanese manga artist
* Yuji Kaku (賀来 ゆうじ, born 1984), Japanese manga artist
* Yuji Kamosawa (鴨沢 祐仁, 1952–2008), Japanese cartoonist
* Yuji Kato (加藤 裕司, born 1978), Japanese Paralympic judoka
* Yuji Katsuro (勝呂 裕司, born 1949), Japanese Nordic combined skier
* Yuji Kimura (木村 祐志, born 1987), Japanese footballer
* Yuji Kishi (岸 祐二, born 1970), Japanese actor and voice actor
* Yuji Kitajima (北島 祐二, born 2000), Japanese footballer
* Yūji Koseki (古関 裕而, 1909–1989), Japanese composer
* Yuji Masuda (増田 裕司, born 1971), Japanese shogi player
* Yuji Matsumoto (松本 裕治), Japanese information scientist
* Yuji Mitsuya (三ツ矢 雄二, born 1954), Japanese actor, voice actor, and sound supervisor
* Yuji Miura (三浦 裕司, born 195?), Japanese ski mountaineer and trail runner
* Yuji Nagata (永田 裕志, born 1968), Japanese professional wrestler
* Yuji Naka (中 裕司, born 1965), Japanese video game designer and programmer
* Yuji Nakamura, born 1970, Japanese long-distance runner
* Yuji Nakazawa (中澤 佑二, born 1978), Japanese football player
* Yūji Nishida (西田 有志, born 2000), Japanese volleyball player
* Yuji Nishino (西野 勇士, born 1991), Japanese baseball player
* Yuji Ozaki (尾崎 雄二, born 1985), Japanese footballer
* Yūji Saiga (雑賀 雄二, Saiga Yūji, born 1951), Japanese photographer
* Yuji Senuma (瀬沼 優司, born 1990), Japanese footballer
* Yuji Sonoda (苑田 右二, born 1973), Japanese rugby union player
* Yūji Ueda (上田 祐司, born 1967), Japanese voice actor
* Yuji Umezawa (梅沢 勇治, born 1945), Japanese sprint canoeist
* Yuji Wakasa (輪笠 祐士, born 1996), Japanese footballer
* Yuji Yokoyama (横山 雄次, born 1969), Japanese footballer and manager

## Fictional characters

* Yuji Kazami (風見 雄二), protagonist of the Grisaia visual novel series
* Yuji Sakai (坂井 悠二), protagonist of the light novel series Shakugan no Shana
* Yuji Terushima (照島 遊児), a character from Haikyu!! with the position of captain and outside hitter from Johzenji High
* Yuji Itadori (虎杖 悠仁), protagonist of the manga series Jujutsu Kaisen
* Yuji Endou (遠藤 勇次), recurring character in the manga series Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji.