Ken'ichi
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is a very common masculine Japanese given name. This is pronounced as "Ken-ichi", not "Ke-ni-chi".
characters and can mean:
The name can also be written in hiragana
or katakana
.
Possible writings
Ken'ichi can be written using different kanjiKanji
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
characters and can mean:
- 健一, "healthy, one"
- 賢一, "wise, one"
- 謙一, "humble, one"
- 憲一, "constitution, one"
- 建一, "build, one"
- 研一, "polish, one"
- 兼一, "concurrently, one"
The name can also be written in hiragana
Hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, one basic component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and the Latin alphabet . Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems, in which each character represents one mora...
or katakana
Katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet . The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana scripts are derived from components of more complex kanji. Each kana represents one mora...
.
People
- Ken'ichi ChenChen Kenichi, whose name is often romanized Chin Kenichi in Japanese sources, is a Han Chinese chef best known for his role as the Iron Chef Chinese on the television series Iron Chef. He wears a yellow outfit and rises into Kitchen Stadium holding a cleaver in his hand. He is the only Iron Chef to have held...
(建一, born 1956), Chinese chef - Kenichi Ego (賢一, born 1979), Japanese football player
- Kenichi EndouKenichi Endouis a Japanese actor.-Filmography:*Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger The Movie: Full Blast Action*Nobody Knows*Ninja Sentai Kakuranger*Visitor Q*Origin: Spirits of the Past*Lion-Maru G*Kikoku*Big Bang Love, Juvenile A*Kōshōnin...
(憲一, born 1961), Japanese actor - Kenichi EnomotoKenichi EnomotoKenichi Enomoto was a popular Japanese singing comedian, mostly known by his stage name Enoken ....
(健一, 1904–1970), Japanese singing comedian - Kenichi FukuiKenichi FukuiKenichi Fukui was a Japanese chemist.Kenichi Fukui was co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1981 with Roald Hoffmann, for their independent investigations into the mechanisms of chemical reactions...
(謙一, 1918–1998), Japanese chemist - Ken'ichi KasaiKen'ichi Kasaiis a Japanese anime director, born on 12 April 1970 in Gifu Prefecture.He is amongst J.C.Staff's most noted directors, having directed the highly-rated Honey and Clover series. Beginning his career as a production manager, using his birth name, he moved onto direction with J.C. Staff...
(ケンイチ, born 1970), Japanese anime director - Keni'chi KōbōKobo KenichiKōbō Kenichi is a former sumo wrestler from Kumage, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was maegashira 9.-Career:Kōbō made his professional debut in March 1989 at the age of 15...
(賢一, born 1973), former sumo wrestler - Kenichi KonishiKenichi KonishiKenichi Konishi was a Japanese field hockey player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In 1932 he was a member of the Japanese field hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played two matches as forward.He was born in Hamhung, Korea....
(健一, born 1909), Japanese field hockey player - Kenichi HagiwaraKenichi HagiwaraKenichi Hagiwara , also known as Sho-Ken, was the lead singer of The Tempters, the "bad boys" of the Group Sounds Japan pop scene in the mid and late 1960s...
(健一, born 1950), Japanese actor and lead singer - Kenichi HorieKenichi Horieis a Japanese solo yachtsman. Horie first rose to prominence when he became the first person to sail solo across the Pacific Ocean in 1962. He has made other significant solo voyages, usually involving boats exhibiting some sort of environmentally friendly theme, including his 2008 voyage across...
(謙一, born 1938), Japanese solo yachtsman - Kenichi KuboyaKenichi KuboyaKenichi Kuboya is a Japanese professional golfer.Kuboya won four events on the Japan Golf Tour between 1997 and 2002, picking up two wins in each of those seasons....
(健一, born 1972), Japanese golfer - Kenichi Matsuyama (ケンイチ, born 1985), Japanese actor
- Kenichi MikawaKenichi Mikawais a Japanese singer and TV personality, known for his outspoken views and style.Mikawa was born in Suwa, Nagano as . He recorded a number of hit songs as a male enka singer in the 1960s and 1970s. The most well-known of his songs include "Sasoriza no Onna" and "Yanagase Blues"...
(憲一, born 1946), Japanese singer - Kenichi MizunoKenichi Mizunois a Japanese politician of Your Party, formerly of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors, formerly of the House of Representatives in the Diet...
(賢一, born 1966), Japanese politician - Kenichi MomoyamaKenichi MomoyamaColonel Yi Geon, known by his Japanese names Ri Ken and was a cavalry officer in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second World War. The first son of Prince Ui of Korea by Lady Jeong, he was a grandson of Emperor Gwangmu...
(虔一, 1909–1990), first son of Prince Ui of Korea by Lady Jeong - Kenichi NishiKenichi Nishiis a Japanese video game designer. He was born June 20, 1967 in Tokyo, Japan. Over the years, he has helped found a number of notable video game companies and currently develops games at Route24, his own private limited company...
(健一, born 1967), Japanese video game designer - Kenichi Ogata (voice actor) (賢一, born 1942), Japanese voice actor
- Kenichi OnoKenichi Onois a seiyuu, tarento, and actor from Tokyo. His birth name is .-TV anime:* Super Pig * Zillion * Martian Successor Nadesico * Kindaichi Case Files...
(健一, born 1958), Japanese voice actor and actor - Kenichi OhmaeKenichi Ohmaeis a business and corporate strategist who developed the 3C's Model.For twenty-three years, Dr. Ohmae was a senior partner in McKinsey & Company, the international management consulting firm...
(研一, born 1943), Japanese business and corporate strategist - Kenichi Shimokawa (健一, born 1970), Japanese football goalkeeper
- Kenichi ShinodaKenichi Shinoda, also known as , is a yakuza, the sixth and current kumicho of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest yakuza organization. He was released from prison on April 9, 2011, after serving a six-year sentence for firearms possession....
(建市, born 1942), Japanese yakuza boss of Yamaguchi-gumi - Kenichi SuzumuraKenichi Suzumurais a Japanese voice actor who was born in Niigata Prefecture, but raised in Osaka Prefecture. He is currently affiliated with Arts Vision. He made his television animation debut on Macross 7 in 1994...
(健一, born 1974), Japanese voice actor - Kenichi SonodaKenichi Sonodais a comic book artist and animation character designer.-Professional career:Sonoda moved to Tokyo in 1984, at the age of 21, and began work at Artmic, an anime studio. During this time, he worked on Bubblegum Crisis, producing the original Knight Saber character designs...
(健一, born 1962), manga artist and anime character designer - Kenichi Suzuki (athlete)Kenichi Suzuki (athlete)is a retired male long-distance runner from Japan, who won the 1993 edition of Amsterdam Marathon, clocking 2:11:56 on September 26, 1993.-Achievements:-References:...
(健一鈴木, born 1967), Japanese long-distance runner - Kenichi TagoKenichi TagoKenichi Tago is a male badminton player from Japan. In 2010, he surprisingly reached the final of the prestigious All England Open Badminton Championships final. En route to the final he beats three seeded players including Joachim Persson, Chen Jin and Bao Chunlai. In the final, Tago lost to...
(健一, born 1989), Japanese professional badminton player - Kenichi TakahashiKenichi Takahashiis a male long-distance runner from Japan. He set his personal best in the men's marathon event on February 18, 2001, winning the Tokyo International Marathon.-Achievements:-References:...
(born 1973), Japanese long-distance runner - Kenichi UemuraKenichi Uemurais a former Japanese football player. He is a defender and was capped 4 times for Japan national football team.-Playing career:After graduating from Matsunaga High Schook, he joined J. League Division 1 side Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 1993. He broke into the first team in the first season. His first...
(健一, born 1974), Japanese football player - Kenichi Yamakawa (健一, born 1953), Japanese author and rock musician
- Kenichi Yamamoto (yakuza)Kenichi Yamamoto (yakuza)was the founder of the Yamaken-gumi yakuza gang, who were based in Kobe, Japan. It is the largest affiliate of the Yamaguchi-gumi.Yamamoto was the eldest son in his family. His father was an engineer working for Kawasaki Heavy Industries...
(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 YumotoKenichi YumotoKenichi Yumoto is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he won bronze in his category .- References :...
(健一, born 1984), Japanese freestyle wrestler - Kenichi Kaga (born 1983), Japanese footballer for Júbilo Iwata
- Kenichi Mori (born 1984), Japanese footballer for Mito HollyHock
Characters
- Kenichi (ケンイチ), the main character of the 2001 anime film MetropolisMetropolis (anime)Metropolis is a 2001 [anime] film and loosely based on the 1949 Metropolis manga created by the late Osamu Tezuka, itself inspired by the 1927 German silent film of the same name, though the two do not share plot elements. The anime, however, does draw aspects of its storyline directly from the...
- Kenichi Shirahama (兼一), the main character of the manga series Kenichi: The Mightiest DiscipleKenichi: The Mightiest Discipleis a Japanese manga by Syun Matsuena serialized in the weekly manga magazine Shōnen Sunday.The first tankōbon was published on August 9, 2002...
See also
- Chief Detective KenichiChief Detective Kenichiis a manga series by Osamu Tezuka published in Kodansha's Shōnen Club from June 1954 to December 1956.- Plot :The manga follows Kenichi, the chief detective of the national Boy Detectives' Street Society. He is joined by Donguri, a talking bird...
, a manga series by Osamu Tezuka - Kenichi Yamamoto (disambiguation)