Kenichi
Kenichi , also Ken'ichi , is a masculine Japanese given name .
Origin and meaning
The name can be written with different Kanji for ken and therefore also has different meanings ( ichi means 'one, one' in the sense of 'first son'), e.g. B .:
- 健 'healthy'
- 賢 'wise'
- 謙 'polite'
- 憲 'just'
- 建 'build'
- 研 'shiny'
- 兼 'simultaneously'
All forms are pronounced "ken-ichi", not "ke-ni-chi".
variants
All forms can be shortened to Anglicized as Ken and are then written without 一 .
Well-known namesake
Note: The position is related to the change in Japanese name custom in the 20th century, but it is all about the individual name, whether in first or second position.
健 一
- Enomoto Ken'ichi (1904–1970), Japanese comedian and actor
- Kenichi Sonoda (* 1962), Japanese mangaka
- Ken'ichi Suzumura (* 1974), Japanese voice actor and singer
- Ken'ichi Takahashi (* 1973), Japanese long-distance runner
- Tanigawa Ken'ichi (1921-2013), Japanese cultural anthropologist
- Yoshida Ken'ichi (1912–1977), Japanese writer
- Ken'ichi Yoshida (* 1979), Shamisen musician with the Yoshida Brothers
- Ken'ichi Yumoto (* 1984), Japanese wrestler
- Ishikawa Ken'ichi (1875–1964), actually Ishikawa Toraji, Japanese painter
賢 一
- Ken'ichi Hayakawa (* 1986), Japanese badminton player
- Ken'ichi Ishikawa, or Ken Ishikawa for short (1948-2006), Japanese manga artist
謙 一
- Fukui Ken'ichi (1918-1998), Japanese chemist
- Kenichi Horie (* 1938), Japanese sailor and researcher
研 一
- Ken'ichi Matsuyama (* 1985), Japanese actor
- Kenichi Ohmae (* 1943), Japanese management consultant and author
swell
- ENAMDICT ( download , csse.monash.edu.au)
- View Name: Ken'ichi , Mike Campbell: Behind the Name - the etymology and history of first names (only two forms)