indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 勝一, 償一, 匠一, 匠市, 召一, 奨壱, 小一, 小市, 庄一, 彰一, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Other Forms FormsShoichi, Shōichi
Meaning & History
From Japanese 勝 (shou) meaning "wins, victories" combined with 一 (ichi) meaning "one". Other kanji combinations are possible. Famous bearers are Shoichi Funaki, a Japanese–American professional wrestler and color commentator signed by WWE, where he is a former one-time Cruiserweight Champion and a one-time Hardcore Champion and Shōichi Watanabe, an English scholar and one of Japan’s foremost cultural critics. He was born in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture. A graduate of Sophia University, where he obtained his Master’s degree, he completed his doctorate at University of Münster in 1958.