Shūji, Shuji or Shuuji is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Shuji Arinaga , Japanese handball player Shuji Fujimoto , Japanese footballer Shūji Hayashi , Japanese actor Shuji Ikeguchi , Japanese politician Shuji Imamoto , Japanese environmentalist Isawa Shūji , Japanese educator Shūji Iuchi , Japanese anime director Shuji Kataoka , Japanese film director and screenwriter Shuji Kashiwabara , Japanese actor Shuji Kondo , Japanese professional wrestler Shuji Kira , Japanese politician Shuji Kusano, Japanese footballer Shuji Matsuno , Japanese badminton player Shūji Muranaka , Japanese shogi player Shuji Nakamura , Japanese academic Shuji Satoh , Japanese shogi player Shūji Terayama , Japanese poet, writer, film director and photographer Shuji Tsurumi , Japanese gymnast Shuji Yamada , Japanese volleyball player Shuji Yoshida , Japanese baseball player and coach