Junichi (じゅんいち, ジュンイチ) is a very common masculine Japanese given name. In the Roman alphabet, it may also be spelled Jun-ichi, Jun'ichi, or Juniti.
Junichi can be written using different kanji characters. "Ichi" is nearly always written with the character 一 ("one") or its daiji (large numerals) form 壱, while "jun" might be written with a variety of characters, including:
純, "pure"
淳, "honest"
潤, "moisture"
準, "standard"
順, "obey"
准, "approve"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
Common form:
Junichi Hirokami (淳一, born 1958), Japanese conductor
Junichi Inagaki (潤一, born 1953), Japanese popular singer
Junichi Inamoto (潤一, born 1979), Japanese football player
Junichi Inoue (純一, born 1971), Japanese speed skater who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics and in the 1994 Winter Olympics
Junichi Ishii (born 1957), Japanese Liberal Democratic Party politician
Junichi Kakizaki (順一, born 1971), Japanese artist, sculptor, and installation artist
Karigane Junichi (準一, 1879–1959), Japanese Go player
Junichi Komori (純一, born 1941), Japanese three-cushion billiards player
Junichi Masuda (順一, born 1968), Japanese video game composer
Junichi Misawa (純一, born 1985), Japanese football player
Junichi Miyashita (純一, born 1983), Japanese Olympic swimmer
Junichi Nakatsuru (純一), Japanese video game composer
Junichi Okada (准一, born 1980), member of the Japanese boy group V6
Junichi Sasai (醇一, 1918–1942), Japanese naval aviator during World War II
Junichi Sato (順一, born 1960), Japanese anime director
Junichi Sawayashiki (純一, born 1984), Japanese professional kickboxer
Junichi P. Semitsu (淳一, born 1973), American professor of law
Junichi Suwabe (順一, born 1972), Japanese voice actor
Junichi Tazawa (順一, born 1986), Japanese baseball pitcher
Junichi Usui (淳一, born 1957), retired Japanese Olympic long jumper
Junichi Watanabe (淳一, 1933–2014), Japanese writer
Junichi Yamakawa, author of Kuso Miso Technique
Other forms:
Futatsuryū Jun'ichi (順一, born 1950), Japanese sumo wrestler
Jun-ichi Nishizawa (潤一, born 1926), Japanese engineer
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (淳一, born 1962), Japanese voice actor
Jun'ichi Sugawara (淳一, born 1959), Japanese voice actor
Juniti Saito (準一, born 1942), Brazilian military officer and the current commander of the Brazilian Air Force
Junichi Kawanaka (純一), a pitcher in the manga One Outs
Jun'ichi Tsubaki (純一), a character in the manga Rockin' Heaven
Jun'ichi Nagase, a main character in the anime Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka
