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Gender
  
Male

Word/name
  
Japanese

Ken'ichi

Meaning
  
Different depending on the kanji

Related names
  
Ken, Kenji, Kenzo, Jun'ichi, Shin'ichi

Ken'ichi or Kenichi (けんいち, ケンイチ) is a very common masculine Japanese given name. This is pronounced as "Ken-ichi", not "Ke-ni-chi".

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Possible writings

Ken'ichi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

  • 賢一, "wise, one"
  • 健一, "healthy, one"
  • 憲一, "constitution, one"
  • 謙一, "humble, one"
  • 建一, "build, one"
  • 研一, "polish, one"
  • 兼一, "concurrently, one"

    • The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

    People

  • Ken'ichi Chen (建一, born 1956), Chinese chef
  • Kenichi Ego (賢一, born 1979), Japanese football player
  • Kenichi Endō (憲一, born 1961), Japanese actor
  • Kenichi Enomoto (健一, 1904–1970), Japanese singing comedian
  • Kenichi Fukui (謙一, 1918–1998), Japanese chemist
  • Ken'ichi Kasai (ケンイチ, born 1970), Japanese anime director
  • Keni'chi Kōbō (賢一, born 1973), former sumo wrestler
  • Kenichi Konishi (健一, born 1909), Japanese field hockey player
  • Kenichi Hagiwara (健一, born 1950), Japanese actor and lead singer
  • Kenichi Horie (謙一, born 1938), Japanese solo yachtsman
  • Kenichi Kaga (健一, born 1983), Japanese footballer for Júbilo Iwata
  • Kenichi Kuboya (健一, born 1972), Japanese golfer
  • Kenichi Matsuyama (ケンイチ, born 1985), Japanese actor
  • Kenichi Mikawa (憲一, born 1946), Japanese singer
  • Kenichi Mizuno (賢一, born 1966), Japanese politician
  • Kenichi Momoyama (虔一, 1909–1990), first son of Prince Ui of Korea by Lady Jeong
  • Kenichi Mori (賢一, born 1984), Japanese footballer for Mito HollyHock
  • Kenichi Nishi (健一, born 1967), Japanese video game designer
  • Kenichi Ogata (voice actor) (賢一, born 1942), Japanese voice actor
  • Kenichi Ono (健一, born 1958), Japanese voice actor and actor
  • Kenichi Ohmae (研一, born 1943), Japanese business and corporate strategist
  • Kenichi Okada (健一, born 1980), rhythm guitarist of Japanese band MERRY (previously CRESCENT and Syndrome)
  • Kenichi Shimokawa (健一, born 1970), Japanese football goalkeeper
  • Kenichi Shinoda (建市, born 1942), Japanese yakuza boss of Yamaguchi-gumi
  • Kenichi Suzumura (健一, born 1974), Japanese voice actor
  • Kenichi Sonoda (健一, born 1962), manga artist and anime character designer
  • Kenichi Suzuki (athlete) (健一, born 1967), Japanese long-distance runner
  • Kenichi Tago (健一, born 1989), Japanese professional badminton player
  • Kenichi Takahashi (健一, born 1973), Japanese long-distance runner
  • Kenichi Uemura (健一, born 1974), Japanese football player
  • Kenichi Yamakawa (健一, born 1953), Japanese author and rock musician
  • Kenichi Yamamoto (yakuza) (健一, 1925–1982), founder of the Yamaken-gumi yakuza gang
  • Ken'ichi Yoshida (literary scholar) (健一, 1912–1977), Japanese author and literary critic
  • Kenichi Yoshida (animator) (健一, born 1969), Japanese animator and character designer
  • Kenichi Yumoto (健一, born 1984), Japanese freestyle wrestler

    • Characters

  • Kenichi (ケンイチ), the main character of the 2001 anime film Metropolis
  • Kenichi Shirahama (兼一), the main character of the manga series Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple

    • References

    Ken'ichi Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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