Seiji

Seiji

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

For the older system of Japanese characters, see Kyūjitai.

Seiji (written: 誠二, 誠治, 誠史, 誠司, 誠次, 清二, 清治, 清次, 清志, 聖二, 聖治, 聖司, 征二, 征治, 征爾, 正慈, 成二, 精二, 菁児, 菁滋, 静児, 政二 or せいじ in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Seiji Aochi (青地 清二; 1942–2008), Japanese ski jumper
• Seiji Ara (荒 聖治; born 1974), Japanese racing driver
• Seiji Arikawa (有川 清次; 1929–2016), Japanese politician
• Seiji Chiba (千葉 誠治; born 1964), Japanese film director and producer
• Seiji Chihara (千原 誠治; born 1963), Japanese rower
• Seiji Ebihara (海老原 清治; born 1949), Japanese golfer
• Seiji Fujie (藤江 精二; born 1941), Japanese basketball player
• Seiji Fukushi (福士 誠治; born 1983), Japanese actor
• Seiji Hagiwara (萩原 誠司; born 1956), Japanese politician
• Seiji Hamada (浜田 省司; born 1963), Japanese politician
• Seiji Hayami (早速 整爾; 1868-1926), Japanese politician
• Seiji Hibino (日比野 正嗣; born 1950), Japanese archer
• Seiji Hirao (平尾 誠二; born 1963), Japanese rugby union player
• Seiji Hisamatsu (久松 静児; 1912–1990), Japanese film director
• Seiji Honda (本田 征治; born 1976), Japanese footballer
• Seiji Inagaki (稲垣 誠司; born 1973), Japanese hurdler
• Seiji Isobe (磯部 清次; born 1948), Japanese karate instructor
• Seiji Isotani (磯谷 セイジ; born 1979), Brazilian scientist
• Seiji Kameda (亀田 誠治; born 1964), Japanese musician and record producer
• Seiji Kameyama (亀山 晴児; born 1979), Japanese rapper better known as WISE
• Seiji Kaneko (金古 聖司; born 1980), Japanese footballer
• Seiji Kanō (叶 精二), Japanese animation scholar and critic
• Seiji Katagiri (片桐 清二; born 1946), Japanese aviator
• Seiji Kawagoe (川越 誠司; born 1993), Japanese professional baseball outfielder
• Seiji Kawakami (川上 盛司; born 1995), Japanese footballer
• Seiji Kihara (木原 誠二; born 1970), Japanese politician
• Seiji Kihara (field hockey) (木原 征治; born 1941), Japanese field hockey player
• Seiji Kimura (木村 誠二; born 2001), Japanese footballer
• Seiji Kishi (岸 誠二), Japanese anime director
• Seiji Kobayashi (小林 誠司; born 1989), Japanese professional baseball player
• Seiji Koga (古賀 誠史; born 1979), Japanese footballer
• Seiji Komatsu (小松 正治; born 1992), Japanese sprint canoeist
• Seiji Kudo (工藤 誠二; born 1945), Japanese cross-country skier
• Seiji Kumagai (熊谷 誠二; born 1967), Japanese voice actor
• Seiji Kurata (倉田 精二; 1945-2020), Japanese photographer
• Seiji Kurihara (栗原 誠治; born 1948), Japanese former rugby union player
• Seiji Maeda (前田 誠二; born 1993), Japanese voice actor
• Seiji Maehara (前原 誠司; born 1962), Japanese politician
• Seiji Mataichi (又市 征治; born 1944), Japanese politician
• Seiji Matsunaga (松永 清志; born 1954), Japanese sport wrestler
• Seiji Matsuyama (松山 せいじ; born 1975), Japanese manga artist
• Seiji Miyaguchi (宮口 精二; 1913–1985), Japanese actor
• Seiji Miyane (宮根 誠司; born 1963), Japanese announcer, television presenter and professional wrestling promoter
• Seiji Mizushima (水島 精二; born 1966), Japanese anime director
• Seiji Morita (森田 清次), Japanese film editor
• Seiji Naito (内藤 誠二; born 1949), Japanese urologist
• Seiji Nakamura (仲村 正治; born 1931), Japanese politician
• Seiji Narita (成田 静司), Japanese former international table tennis player
• Seiji Naruse (成瀬 正二; 1893–1960), Japanese rear-admiral and engineer
• Seiji Nemoto (根本 誠次; born 1961), Japanese sport wrestler
• Seiji Nishimura (西村 誠司; born 1956), Japanese karateka
• Seiji Nishino (西野 精治; born 1955), Japanese neuroscientist and writer
• Seiji Noma (野間 清治; 1878–1938), Japanese writer and publisher
• Seiji Ogawa (小川 誠二; born 1934), Japanese biologist
• Seiji Oko (大古 誠司; born 1948), Japanese volleyball player
• Seiji Ono (小野 誠治; born 1956), Japanese table tennis player
• Seiji Osaka (逢坂 誠二; born 1959), Japanese politician
• Seiji Ozawa (小澤 征爾; 1935–2024), Japanese conductor
• Seiji Rokkaku (六角 精児; born 1962), Japanese actor
• Seiji Saito (斉藤 誠司; born 1986), Japanese footballer
• Seiji Sakaguchi (坂口 征二; born 1942), Japanese professional wrestler
• Seiji Sasaki (佐々木 誠二; born 1965), Japanese voice actor
• Seiji Shibata (柴田 征二; born 1938), Japanese fencer
• Seiji Shimota (霜多 正次; 1913–2003), Japanese novelist
• Seiji Shindo (進藤 誠司; born 1992), Japanese football player
• Seiji Shinkai (新海 征治; born 1944), Japanese chemist
• Seiji Suzuki (鈴木 政二; born 1948), Japanese politician
• Seiji Tahara (田原 誠次; born 1989), Japanese professional baseball pitcher
• Seiji Takahashi (高橋 聖二; born 1993), Japanese ice hockey player
• Seiji Takaiwa (高岩 成二; born 1968), Japanese actor
• Seiji Takaku, Japanese psychologist
• Seiji Takeda (竹田 菁滋; born 1960), Japanese television producer
• Seiji Tōgō (東郷 青児; 1897–1978), Japanese painter and artist
• Seiji Tomashino (笘篠 誠治; born 1964), Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder/outfielder
• Seiji Tsutsumi (堤 清二; 1927−2013), Japanese businessperson, author and poet
• Seiji Uebayashi (上林 誠知; born 1995), Japanese profesisonal baseball outfielder
• Seiji Ueda (上田 清二; born 1952), Japanese astronomer
• Seiji Yamada (山田 誠司; born 1966), Japanese ski mountaineer
• Seiji Yamamoto (山本 征治; born 1970), Japanese chef
• Seiji Yokoyama (横山 菁児; born 1935), Japanese composer
• Seiji Yoshida (吉田 清治; 1913–2000), Japanese writer and communist

Fictional characters

• Seiji Matoba, the main antagonist of Natsume's Book of Friends
• Seiji Amasawa, one of the main characters of Whisper of the Heart
• Seiji Sagara, a supporting character in HappinessCharge PreCure!
• Seiji Nomi, one of antagonist of Accel World

See also

• Celadon, known in Japanese as seiji (青磁)