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Reiji

Pronunciation	Rējí
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japanese
Other names
Related names	Rei Reiichi

Reiji (れいじ, レイジ) is a common masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Reiji can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 礼二, "salute, two"
• 礼司, "salute, rule"
• 礼治, "salute, govern"
• 玲次, "sound of jewels, next"
• 怜児, "wise, child"
• 麗司, "lovely, rule"
• 零児, "zero, child"
• 零司, "zero, rule"
• 零時, "zero, time" (midnight)
• 伶史, "actor, history"
• 令治, "orders, govern"
• 澪士, "waterway, scholar"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

• Reiji Esaki (江崎 礼二; 1845–1910), Japanese photographer
• Reiji Hiraki (平木 玲次; born 1998), Japanese racing driver
• Reiji Hiramatsu (平松 礼二; born 1941), Japanese Nihonga painter
• Reiji Hirata (平田 礼次; born 1975), Japanese football manager
• Reiji Kawashima (川島 零士; born 1995), Japanese voice actor
• Reiji Kozawa (小澤 怜史; born 1998), Japanese professional baseball pitcher
• Leiji Matsumoto (松本 零士; 1938–2023), Japanese manga artist
• Reiji Miyajima (宮島 礼吏; born 1985), Japanese manga artist
• Reiji Nagakawa (永川 玲二; 1928–2000), Japanese translator
• Reiji Okazaki (岡崎 令治; 1930–1975), Japanese molecular biologist
• Reiji Oyama (pastor) (尾山 令仁; 1927–2023), Japanese pastor, founder and chancellor
• Reiji Sato (佐藤 令治; born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Reiji Suzuki (鈴木 礼治; 1928–2022), Japanese politician
• Reiji Yamada (山田 玲司; born 1966), Japanese manga artist

Fictional characters

• Azuma Reiji, a character from Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~
• Takigawa Reiji (レイジ), a character from the fighting game series Bloody Roar
• Reiji (also known as "Rage"), a character in the manga Gravitation
• Reiji Arisu (零児), the original character in the action RPG/tactical RPG hybrid Namco × Capcom
• Reiji Akaba, called Declan Akaba in the English dub, the rival character in the anime and manga series Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V
• Reiji Fujita (玲司), the main character in the manga and anime series Gallery Fake
• Reiji Kageyama, antagonist of sci-fi/action manga and anime series Gate Keepers
• Reiji Kokonoe of Kodomo no Jikan
• Reiji Mitsurugi (怜侍), a character from the Japanese version of the Ace Attorney video game
• Reiji Mizuchi is from an anime called Beyblade: Metal Fusion series
• Reiji Namikawa (零司), a minor character in the manga and anime series Death Note
• Reiji Nogi (怜治), a villain in the Japanese tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Kabuto
• Reiji Oozora (レイジ), a character in the manga and anime series Dragon Drive character
• Reiji Oyama (礼児), a character in the fighting game series Power Instinct
• Reiji Takayama (澪士), a character in the anime series based on the American comic book Witchblade
• Reiji Sakamaki (レイジ), a character in the visual novel and anime series Diabolik Lovers
• Reiji (レイジ), known as Reggie in the English dub, is a minor recurring character in the Diamond & Pearl Pokémon anime series and the older brother of Shinji (Paul).
• Reiji Suwa (怜治 ), a character from Prince of Stride.
• Reiji Kotobuki, a character from Uta no Prince-sama.
• Reiji Kido (城戸玲司 ), the Death arcana user from Megami Ibunroku Persona. he is renamed to Chris in the US English localization of Persona 1; Revelations: Persona.

See also

• 6565 Reiji, a Main-belt Asteroid