Ken'ichi

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Ken'ichi


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caption= Ken'ichi Enomoto, a singing comedian
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gender = Male
meaning = It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
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origin = Japanese
related names = Ken
Kenji
Kenzo
Jun'ichi
Shin'ichi
footnotes = nihongo|Ken'ichi or Kenichi |けんいち, ケンイチ is a very common masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Ken'ichi can be written using different kanji 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 or katakana.

Real people

;with the given name Ken'ichi
*Ken'ichi Chen (建一), a Chinese chef
*Kenichi Ego (賢一), a Japanese football player
*Kenichi Endou (憲一), a Japanese actor
*Kenichi Enomoto (健一), a Japanese singing comedian
*Kenichi Fukui (謙一), a Japanese chemist
*Ken'ichi Kasai (ケンイチ), a Japanese anime director
*Keni'chi Kōbō (賢一), a former sumo wrestler
*Kenichi Konishi (健一), a Japanese field hockey player
*Kenichi Hagiwara (健一), a Japanese acter and former lead singer of the Japanese band "The Tempters"
*Kenichi Horie (謙一), a Japanese solo yachtsman
*Kenichi Ito (賢一), a Japanese guitarist
*Ken'ichi Matsuyama (ケンイチ), a Japanese actor
*Kenichi Mikawa (憲一), a Japanese singer
*Kenichi Mizuno (賢一), a Japanese politician
*Kenichi Momoyama (虔一), the first son of Prince Ui of Korea by Lady Jeong
*Ken'ichi Ogata (賢一), a Japanese voice actor
*Kenichi Ono (健一), a Japanese voice actor and actor
*Kenichi Ohmae (研一), a Japanese business and corporate strategist
*Kenichi Shimokawa (健一), a Japanese football goalkeeper
*Kenichi Shinoda (建市), a Japanese yakuza boss of "Yamaguchi-gumi"
*Kenichi Suzumura (健一), a Japanese voice actor
*Kenichi Sonoda (健一), a manga artist and anime character designer
*Kenichi Uemura (健一), a Japanese football player
*Kenichi Yamakawa (健一), a Japanese author and rock musician
*Kenichi Yamamoto (健一), the founder of the Yamaken-gumi yakuza gang
*Kenichi Yoshida (健一), a Japanese author and literary critic
*Kenichi Yumoto (健一), a Japanese freestyle wrestler

Fictional characters

;with the given name Ken'ichi
*Kenichi (ケンイチ), the main character of the 2001 anime movie "Metropolis"
*Kenichi Shirahama (兼一), the main character of the manga series "Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi"

ee also

*Chief Detective Kenichi, a manga series by Osamu Tezuka
*Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi, a manga series by Syun Matsuena