Kōji (given name)

Kōji

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Kōji, Koji, Kohji or Kouji is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Koji Abe (あべ こうじ, born 1975), Japanese comedian
• Koji Ezumi (江角 浩司, born 1978), Japanese footballer
• Kōji Fukada (深田 晃司, born 1980), Japanese film director
• Kōji Hanada (花田 光司) (born 1972), birth name of Takanohana Kōji (貴乃花 光司), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Koji Haramaki (服巻 浩司, born 1971), Japanese voice actor
• Koji Higashino (東野 幸治, born 1967), Japanese comedian and TV presenter
• Koji Igarashi (五十嵐 孝司, born 1968), Japanese video game producer and director
• Koji Imada (今田 耕司, born 1966), Japanese comedian, tarento and TV presenter
• Koji Inada (disambiguation), multiple people
• Kouji Ishii (石井 康嗣, born 1960), Japanese voice actor
• Kōji Ishikawa (illustrator) (いしかわこうじ, born 1963), picture-book author and illustrator
• Koji Ishikawa (artist) (born 1968), Japanese painter
• Koji Iwamoto (岩本 煌史, born 1990), Japanese professional wrestler
• Koji Iwamoto (ice hockey) (岩本 宏二, born 1942), Japanese ice hockey player
• Koji Kakuta (角田 幸司, born 1951), Japanese ski jumper
• Koji Kimura (木村 興治, born 1940), Japanese table tennis player
• Koji Kishio (岸尾 光二, born 1951), Japanese scientist
• Koji Kominami (小南 光司, born 1994), Japanese actor and model
• Koji Kondo (近藤 浩治, born 1960), composer of video game music
• Koji Masuda (益田 弘二, born 1944), Japanese boxer
• Koji Masunari (舛成孝二, born 1965), Japanese director
• Koji Matoba (的場 浩司, born 1969), Japanese actor and television personality
• Koji Matsui (politician) (松井 孝治, born 1960), Japanese politician
• Koji Matsui (handballer) (松井 幸嗣, born 1957), Japanese handball player
• Kōji Mitsui (三井 弘次, 1910–1979), Japanese actor
• Kouji Miura (三浦 糀, born 1995), Japanese manga artist
• Koji Miyamoto (流 智美, born 1957), Japanese professional wrestling historian
• Koji Miyoshi (三好 康児, born 1997), Japanese footballer
• Koji Nagai (永井 浩二, born 1959), Japanese businessman, CEO of Nomura Holdings
• Kōji Nakamoto (仲本 工事, 1941–2022), Japanese comedian
• Koji Nakamura (中村 弘二, born 1977), Japanese musician, and former guitarist and lead singer for the Japanese rock band Supercar
• Koji Nakano (disambiguation), multiple people
• Kōji Nanbara (南原 宏治, 1927–2001), Japanese actor
• Koji Nisato (似里 浩志, born 1980), Japanese curler
• Koji Noda (野田 紘史, born 1986), Japanese footballer
• Kōji Omi (尾身 幸次, born 1932), Japanese politician
• Koji Sakurai (桜井 孝次, born 1936), Japanese triple jumper
• Koji Sakurama (桜間 幸次, born 1938), Japanese sport wrestler
• Koji Sasaki (佐々木 康治, born 1936), Japanese footballer
• Kōji Satō (photographer) (佐藤 虹ニ, 1911–1955), Japanese photographer
• Koji Sato (politician) (佐藤 公治, born 1959), Japanese politician
• Kōji Sawai (澤井 幸次, born 1952), anime director
• Koji Seki (関 浩二, born 1972), former Japanese football player
• Kōji Seki (関孝二, born 1911), Japanese film director
• Kōji Seto (瀬戸 康史, born 1988), Japanese actor
• Koji Shima (島 耕二, 1901–1986), Japanese film director, actor and screenwriter
• Koji Shimizu (清水 康次, born 1969), Japanese long-distance runner
• Koji Sotomura (外村 康二, born 1958), Japanese gymnast
• Koji Suzuki (鈴木 光司, born 1957), Japanese writer
• Koji Suzuki (footballer) (鈴木 孝司, born 1989), Japanese footballer
• Kōji Takahashi (高橋幸治, born 1936), Japanese actor
• Kōji Tamaki (玉置 浩二, born 1958), lead singer of Anzen Chitai (安全地帯)
• Kōji Tanigawa (谷川 浩司, born 1962), Japanese shogi player
• Kōji Tosa (土佐 浩司, born 1955), Japanese shogi player
• Kōji Totani (戸谷 公次, 1948–2006), Japanese voice actor
• Kōji Tsuruta (鶴田 浩二, 1924–1987), singer and actor
• Koji Uehara (上原 浩治, born 1975), Japanese baseball player
• Kōji Wada (和田 光司, 1974–2016), Japanese rock singer
• Koji Wakasa (若狭 浩嗣, born 1953), Japanese ice hockey player
• Koji Wakayoshi (若吉 浩二, born 1961), Japanese water polo player
• Koji Watanabe (渡邊 康二, born 1942), Japanese tennis player
• Koji Yamamoto (disambiguation), multiple people
• Kōji Yamazaki (山崎 幸二, born 1961), Japanese general
• Kōji Yusa (遊佐 浩二, born 1968), Japanese voice actor

Fictional characters

• Koji, character from Brawlhalla
• Kouji (Kenny), character from Stitch!
• Kohji Haneda, character from Case Closed
• Koji Haruta, character from Toradora!
• Koji Kabuto, character from Mazinger Z
• Kouji Kasuga, character from Silver Kamen
• Koji Koda, character from My Hero Academia
• Kouji Minamoto, character from Digimon Frontier
• Koji Nakaoka, character from Barefoot Gen
• Koji Nakano, character from Captain Tsubasa
• Koji (Ōban), character from Ōban Star-Racers
• Kouji Sekimukai, character from Haikyū!!
• Koji Senoo, character from Ojamajo Doremi
• Koji Tanaka, character from Ajin: Demi-Human
• Koji Tonoo (戸尾耕司), character from Saya no Uta