Yōji, Yoji, Youji, or Yohji is a common masculine Japanese given name
Possible writings
Yōji can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
洋二, "ocean, second" 洋次, "ocean, next" 洋司, "ocean, rule" 洋治, "ocean, govern" 陽二, "sunshine, second" 陽次, "sunshine, next" 陽司, "sunshine, rule" 陽治, "sunshine, govern"
The name can also be written in hiragana ようじ or katakana ヨウジ.
People
with the given name Yōji
Yoji Akao (赤尾 洋二, born 1928), Japanese planning specialist
Yoji Anjo (安生 洋二, born 1967), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter Yoji (DJ), a Japanese trance/hard trance DJ Yoji Enokido (榎戸 洋司, born 1963), Japanese screenwriter and voice actor Yoji Mizuguchi (水口 洋次, born 1944), Japanese football player and manager Yōji Matsuda (松田 洋治, born 1967), Japanese actor Yoji Muto (武藤 容治, born 1955), Japanese politician , Japanese playwright , Japanese footballer Yoji Shinkawa (新川 洋司, born 1971), Japanese illustrator and conceptual artist Yoji Tanaka (田中 要次, born 1963), Japanese actor Yoji Totsuka (戸塚 洋二, 1942–2008), Japanese physicist Yoji Ueda (上田 燿司, born 1971), Japanese voice actor Yoji Yamada (山田 洋次, born 1931), Japanese film director
Fictional characters
Yoji Kudou (工藤 耀爾), a character in the anime series Weiß Kreuz
Yoji Kuramoto (倉元 洋二), a character in Battle Royale
Yoji/Yo-Yoji (alias, not known true name), a character from The Secret Series, friend of Cass and Max-Ernest.