Ryūji

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Ryūji


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caption= Chiyotaikai Ryūji
pronunciation=
gender = Male
meaning = It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
region =
origin = Japanese
related names = Ryū
Ryūichi
footnotes = nihongo|Ryūji or Ryuji|りゅうじ, リュウジ is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Ryūji can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*竜二, "dragon, second"
*竜次, "dragon, next"
*竜司, "dragon, rule"
*竜治, "dragon, govern"
*龍二, "dragon, second"
*龍次, "dragon, next"
*龍司, "dragon, rule"
*龍治, "dragon, govern"
*龍児, "dragon, child"
*隆二, "elevate, second"
*隆次, "elevate, next"
*隆司, "elevate, rule"
*隆児, "elevate, child"The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Real people

;with the given name Ryūji
*Aminishiki Ryūji (竜児), a Japanese sumo wrestler
*Chiyotaikai Ryūji (龍二), a Japanese sumo wrestler
*Ryūji Bando (竜二), a Japanese football player
*Ryuji Hijikata (隆司), a Japanese professional wrestler
*Ryuji Imada (竜二), a U.S.-based Japanese professional golfer
*Ryuji Ito (竜二), a Japanese professional wrestler
*Ryuji Kamiyama (竜司) a Japanese vocalist and actor
*Ryuji Kawai (竜二), a Japanese football player
*Ryuji Masuda (龍治), a Japanese CGI animation director
*Ryuji Matsumura (龍二), a Japanese politician
*Ryuji Michiki (龍次), a Japanese football player
*Ryuji Miki (竜二), a Japanese racing and drifting driver
*Ryūji Miyamoto (隆司), a Japanese photographer
*Ryuji Sainei (龍二), a Japanese actor
*Ryūji Saikachi (柳二) a Japanese voice actor
*Ryuji Sasai (隆司), a video game music composer
*Ryuji Yamane (隆治), a Japanese politician

Fictional characters

;with the given name Ryūji
*Ryuji Danma (龍二), a character in the manga series "Great Teacher Onizuka"
*Ryuji "The Blade" Hanada, a character in the manga series "Crying Freeman"
*Ryuuji Otogi (龍児), a character in the anime and manga series "Yu-Gi-Oh!"
*Ryuji Sugashita (竜二), a character in the manga series "DNA²"
*Ryūji Takane (竜児), the main character of the manga and anime series "Ring ni Kakero"
*Ryuji Takayama (竜司), a central character in the "Ringu Trilogy"
*Ryuji Toramaru (龍次), a character in the manga series "Sakigake!! Otokojuku"
*Ryuji Yamazaki (竜二), a video game character from both the "Fatal Fury" and "King of Fighters" series