Surname

Fuji

Fuji (藤) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean wisteria, and Wikidata lists 48 notable people with this family name.

ふ · じ · ふじ
Written藤ふじwisteria

What Fuji means

藤
wisteria

Where the name comes from

The ending 藤 (wisteria), read tō, links Fuji to the Fujiwara clan, the court family that dominated Japan for centuries. Surnames such as Satō, Itō, Katō and Saitō are traditionally explained as branches of the Fujiwara, with the first kanji marking a place or office.

Famous people named Fuji

Naoya Fuji 藤 直也Japanese association football player
Takako Fuji 藤 貴子Japanese actress

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji