# Reiji

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**Reiji** (れいじ, レイジ) is a common masculine [Japanese given name](/source/Japanese_given_name).

## Written forms

Reiji can be written using different [kanji](/source/Kanji) characters and can mean:

- 礼二, "salute, two"
- 礼司, "salute, rule"
- 礼治, "salute, govern"
- 玲次, "sound of jewels, next"
- 怜児, "wise, child"
- 麗司, "lovely, rule"
- 零児, "zero, child"
- 零司, "zero, rule"
- 零時, "zero, time" (midnight)
- 伶史, "actor, history"
- 令治, "orders, govern"
- 澪士, "waterway, scholar"

The name can also be written in [hiragana](/source/Hiragana) or [katakana](/source/Katakana).

## People with the name

- [Reiji Esaki](/source/Esaki_Reiji) (江崎 礼二, 1845–1910), Japanese photographer
- [Reiji Hiraki](/source/Reiji_Hiraki) (平木 玲次, born 1998), Japanese racing driver
- [Reiji Hiramatsu](/source/Reiji_Hiramatsu) (平松 礼二, born 1941), Japanese Nihonga painter
- [Reiji Hirata](/source/Reiji_Hirata) (平田 礼次, born 1975), Japanese football manager
- [Reiji Kawashima](/source/Reiji_Kawashima) (川島 零士, born 1995), Japanese voice actor
- [Reiji Kozawa](/source/Reiji_Kozawa) (小澤 怜史, born 1998), Japanese professional baseball pitcher
- [Leiji Matsumoto](/source/Leiji_Matsumoto) (松本 零士, 1938–2023), Japanese manga artist
- [Reiji Miyajima](/source/Reiji_Miyajima) (宮島 礼吏, born 1985), Japanese manga artist
- Reiji Nagakawa (永川 玲二; 1928–2000), Japanese translator
- [Reiji Okazaki](/source/Reiji_Okazaki) (岡崎 令治, 1930–1975), Japanese molecular biologist
- [Reiji Oyama (pastor)](/source/Reiji_Oyama_(pastor)) (尾山 令仁, 1927–2023), Japanese pastor, founder and chancellor
- [Reiji Sato](/source/Reiji_Sato) (佐藤 令治, born 1993), Japanese footballer
- [Reiji Suzuki](/source/Reiji_Suzuki) (鈴木 礼治, 1928–2022), Japanese politician
- [Reiji Yamada](/source/Reiji_Yamada) (山田 玲司, born 1966), Japanese manga artist

## Fictional characters

- [Azuma Reiji](/source/Azuma_Reiji), a character from [Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~](/source/Phantom_~Requiem_for_the_Phantom~)
- [Takigawa Reiji](/source/Reiji_(Bloody_Roar)) (レイジ), a character from the fighting game series *Bloody Roar*
- [Reiji](/source/Reiji_(Gravitation)) (also known as "Rage"), a character in the manga *Gravitation*
- [Reiji Arisu](/source/Reiji_Arisu) (零児), the original character in the action RPG/tactical RPG hybrid *[Namco × Capcom](/source/Namco_%C3%97_Capcom)*
- [Reiji Akaba](/source/Reiji_Akaba), called Declan Akaba in the English dub, the rival character in the anime and manga series *[Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V](/source/Yu-Gi-Oh!_Arc-V)*
- [Reiji Fujita](/source/Reiji_Fujita) (玲司), the main character in the manga and anime series *[Gallery Fake](/source/Gallery_Fake)*
- [Reiji Kageyama](/source/Reiji_Kageyama), antagonist of sci-fi/action manga and anime series [Gate Keepers](/source/Gate_Keepers)
- [Reiji Kokonoe](/source/Reiji_Kokonoe) of Kodomo no Jikan
- [Reiji Mitsurugi](/source/List_of_characters_in_the_Ace_Attorney_series#Miles_Edgeworth) (怜侍), a character from the Japanese version of the *Ace Attorney* video game
- Reiji Mizuchi is from an anime called [Beyblade: Metal Fusion](/source/Beyblade:_Metal_Fusion) series
- [Reiji Namikawa](/source/List_of_Death_Note_characters#Yotsuba_Group) (零司), a minor character in the manga and anime series *Death Note*
- [Reiji Nogi](/source/List_of_Kamen_Rider_Kabuto_characters#Reiji_Nogi) (怜治), a villain in the Japanese [tokusatsu](/source/Tokusatsu) series *Kamen Rider Kabuto*
- [Reiji Oozora](/source/Reiji_Oozora) (レイジ), a character in the manga and anime series *[Dragon Drive character](/source/Dragon_Drive#Characters)*
- [Reiji Oyama](/source/Power_Instinct#Reiji_Oyama) (礼児), a character in the fighting game series *Power Instinct*
- [Reiji Takayama](/source/Reiji_Takayama) (澪士), a character in the anime series based on the American comic book *[Witchblade](/source/Witchblade_(anime))*
- [Reiji Sakamaki](/source/Reiji_Sakamaki) (レイジ), a character in the visual novel and anime series *[Diabolik Lovers](/source/Diabolik_Lovers)*
- [Reiji](/source/Reiji_(Pokemon)) (レイジ), known as Reggie in the English dub, is a minor recurring character in the Diamond & Pearl [Pokémon anime series](/source/Pok%C3%A9mon_(anime)) and the older brother of [Shinji](/source/Paul_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) (Paul).
- [Reiji Suwa](/source/Reiji_Suwa) (怜治 ), a character from *[Prince of Stride](/source/Prince_of_Stride)*.
- Reiji Kotobuki, a character from *[Uta no Prince-sama](/source/Uta_no_Prince-sama)*.
- Reiji Kido (城戸玲司 ), the Death arcana user from [Megami Ibunroku Persona](/source/Megami_Ibunroku_Persona). he is renamed to Chris in the US English localization of Persona 1; [Revelations: Persona](/source/Revelations:_Persona).

## See also

- [6565 Reiji](/source/6565_Reiji), a Main-belt Asteroid

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