Eiichi
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (えいいち)
Eiichi (written: 暎一, 栄一, 英一, 詠一 or 映一) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
Eiichi Fukui (福井 英一; 1921–1954), Japanese manga artist
Eiichi Goto (後藤 英一; 1931–2005), Japanese computer scientist
Eiichi Itai (born 1951), Japanese golfer
Iwashita Eiichi (岩下 栄一; 1955–1999), Japanese sumo wrestler
Eiichi Kazama (風間 栄一; 1916–2001), Japanese sport wrestler
Eiichi Kikuchi (菊池 英一; born 1942), Japanese actor
Eiichi Koyano (小谷野 栄一; born 1980), Japanese baseball player
Eiichi Kudo (工藤 栄一; 1929–2000), Japanese film director
Eiichi Matsumoto (松本 栄一; 1915–2004), Japanese photographer
Eiichi Moriwaki (森脇 英一), Japanese photographer
Eiichi Miyazato (宮里 栄一; 1922–1999), Japanese karateka and judoka
Eiichi Nakamura (chemist) (中村 栄一; born 1951), Japanese chemist and academic
Eiichi Nakamura (field hockey) (中村 栄一; 1909–1945), Japanese field hockey player
Eiichi Nakao (中尾 栄一; born 1930), Japanese politician
Ei-ichi Negishi (根岸 英一; born 1935), Japanese chemist
Eiichi Ohtaki (大瀧 詠一; born 1948–2013), Japanese musician
Eiichi Sakurai (桜井 栄一; 1909–1998), Japanese photographer
Eiichi Sato (佐藤 栄一; born 1961), Japanese politician
Shibusawa Eiichi (渋沢 栄一; 1840–1931), Japanese businessman
Eiichi Sugimoto (杉本 栄一; 1901–1952), Japanese economist and academic
Eiichi Tanaka (田中 英一; born 1941), Japanese Nordic combined skier
Eiichi Uemura (植村 映一; born 1975), Japanese footballer
Eiichi Yamamoto (山本 暎一; born 1940), Japanese film director and screenwriter
Eiichi Yamashita (山下 栄一; born 1947), Japanese politician
Fictional characters
Eiichi Kite, fictional character from Kiteretsu Daihyakka
Eichi Tenshouin, fictional character from Ensemble Stars!
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Eiichi” as undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (えいいち). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (えいいち). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5349183. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1921, 1954, 1931 and 2005.
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