Kōichi

Kōichi
Pronunciation	[koː.itɕi]
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Other names
Alternative spelling	Kōichi; Kouichi; Kohichi
Related names	Hiroshi; Koji

Kōichi, Koichi, Kouichi or Kohichi is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Kōichi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

晃一, "clear, one"
幸一, "happiness, one"
光一, "light, one"
孝一, "filial piety, one"
弘一, "vast, one"
浩一, "abundance, one"
宏一, "wide, one"
恒一, "constancy, one"
耕一, "cultivate, one"
孝市, "filial piety, market"

The name can also be written in hiragana (こういち) or katakana (コウイチ).

People with the name

Kohichi Amano (天野浩一, born 1979), Japanese baseball player
Koichi Chigira (孝一, born 1959), Japanese anime director
Koichi Domoto (born 1979), Japanese performing artist
Kōichi Fukaura, Japanese shogi player
Koichi Fukuda (born 1975), Japanese musician
Koichi Hamada (浜田宏一, born 1936), Japanese economist
Kōichi Hamada (浜田幸一, 1928–2012), Japanese politician
Koichi Iida ((飯田鴻一, 1888–1973), Japanese businessman
Kouichi Inoue (井上幸一, born 1946), Japanese golfer
Koichi Ishii (浩一, born 1964), Japanese game designer
Koichi Kato (LDP) (born 1939), Japanese politician
Koichi Kato (DPJ) (born 1964), Japanese politician
Koichi Kawakita (born 1942), Japanese special effects artist
Kōichi Kido (1889–1977), Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan during World War II
Kōichi Kinoshita (木下浩一, born 1967), Japanese shogi player
Kōichi Kitamura (1931–2007), Japanese voice actor
Kōichi Mashimo (born 1952), Japanese anime director
Koichi Miyano (宮野洪一, born 1942), Japanese rower
Koichi Mizushima (born 1965), Japanese gymnast
Kōichi Morishita (森下広一, born 1967), Japanese long-distance runner
Koichi Morita (army officer)
Koichi Morita (songwriter)
Koichi Murata (村田航一, born 1996), Japanese footballer
Koichi Nakamura (中村光一, born 1964), Japanese video game designer
Koichi Nakano (中野浩一, born 1955), former professional racing cyclist and ten-consecutive-time world champion in track cycling sprint
Koichi Nishimura (born 1973), Japanese volleyball player
Koichi Omura (大村皓一, born 1938), Japanese computer animator
Koichi Ono (小野光一, 1919–2000), Japanese golfer
Kōichi Sakaguchi (坂口　候一, born 1968), Japanese voice actor
Kōichi Satō (actor) (佐藤浩市, born 1960), Japanese actor
Koichi Sato (biathlete) (佐藤幸一, born 1956), Japanese biathlete
Koichi Sato (footballer) (佐藤洸一, born 1986), Japanese footballer
Koichi Sato (philatelist) (佐藤浩一), Japanese philatelist
Koichi Sato (ski jumper) (佐藤耕一, born 1931), Japanese ski jumper
Koichi Shoji (庄司浩一, 1955–2019), Japanese murderer
Koichi Sugawara (菅原貢一, born 1950), Japanese bobsledder
Koichi Sugiyama (こういち; birth name 浩一, born 1931), Japanese video game composer
Kōichi Tabuchi (田淵幸一, born 1946), Japanese baseball player and manager
Koichi Tanaka (born 1959), Japanese Nobel Prize winner in chemistry
Koichi Togashi (冨樫剛一, born 1971), Japanese footballer and manager
Koichi Tohei (born 1920), Japanese aikido practitioner
Kōichi Tokita (born 1961), Japanese manga artist
Kōichi Tōchika (born 1971), Japanese voice actor
Koichi Wakata (born 1963), Japanese astronaut
Kōichi Yamadera (born 1961), Japanese voice actor
Koichi Kobayashi (born 1952), Japanese Go player
Koichi Morishita (born 1967), Japanese long-distance runner
Amakaze Kōichi (天風浩一, born 1991), Japanese sumo wrestler

Fictional characters

Kouichi Kimura, from the TV series Digimon Frontier
Koichi Shido, from manga/anime Highschool of the Dead
Kouichi Hayase, from manga/anime Linebarrels of Iron
Koichi Hirose (広瀬康一), a character from the manga and anime series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Koichi Zenigata, from Lupin III
Koichi Hayama, from adult anime/game Moonlight Lady
Koichi Hiramoto, from Wangan Midnight
Koichi Kijima, from Wangan Midnight
Kōichi Tanemura, a character from the anime/manga Hanasaku Iroha
Kōichi Sakakibara, the main protagonist of the series Another
Koichi Kizakura, a character from the anime Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School
Koichi Haimawari, a character from the manga Boku no Hero Academia
Koichi Adachi, a character and main party member from the videogame Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Koichi Nanase, a character from the anime Gundam Build Divers

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