Eiji (えいじ, エイジ) is a common masculine Japanese given name.
Eiji can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
栄治, "prosperity, peace"英治, "great, peace"英二, "great, second"永次, "eternity, next"The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
The Eiji (永治?, eternal peace) era was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, literally "year name") after Hōen and before Kōji. This period spanned the years from 1141 through 1142.
Eiji Aonuma (英二, born 1963), Japanese designer and director of video gamesEiji Ezaki (英治, born 1968), Japanese professional wrestlerEiji Kawashima (永嗣, born 1983), Japanese football goalkeeperEiji Mitooka (鋭治, born 1947), Japanese industrial designerEiji Mitsuoka (光岡映二, born January 1, 1976), Japanese professional mixed martial artistEiji Miyashita (宮下 栄治 born 1978), Japanese voice actorEiji Nakano (英治, 1904–1990), Japanese film actorEiji Oue (英次, born 1957), Japanese conductorEiji Toyoda (英二, 1913–2013), chairman of Toyota Motor CorporationEiji Tsuburaya (英二, 1901–1970), Japanese special effects directorEiji Wentz (瑛士, born 1985), Japanese singer and entertainerEiji Yanagisawa (栄治), Japanese voice actorEiji Yoshikawa (英治, 1892–1962), Japanese historical novelistEiji Hino (映司), a character in the tokusatsu Kamen Rider OOOEiji Kamiya (エイジ), a character in the anime and manga Wangan MidnightEiji Kikumaru (英二), a character in the anime and manga The Prince of TennisEiji Kisaragi (影二), a character in Art of Fighting and The King of Fighters seriesEiji Niizuma (エイジ-), a character in the anime and manga Bakuman.Eiji Sawakita (栄治), a character in the manga Slam Dunk