Junpei Explained

Chinese Given Name

In Chinese, Junpei is a name composed of two Chinese characters, where jun could be 君, 军, 俊, 骏, 峻, 筠, 珺, 均, 郡, 钧, 竣, 浚, 麇 or 隽, while pei could be 沛,^[1] 佩, 培, 裴,^[2] 霈,^[3] 旆 or 珮. Given a Chinese given name Junpei, it is usually difficult to tell whether it is a masculine or feminine given name. For example, 军佩^[4] is more like a masculine given name, while 珺珮^[5] is more like a feminine given name.

Japanese Given Name

In Japanese, Junpei or Jumpei (written: 淳平, 純平, 順平, 隼平 or 潤平) is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

• , Japanese music arranger and composer
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese judoka
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese painter
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese journalist
• , Japanese speed skater

Fictional characters

• Junpei Ryuzouji, a main character in Those Who Hunt Elves
• Junpei (Megatokyo), a character from the web comic Megatokyo
• Junpei Iori (伊織 順平), a character from Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3
• Junpei Shibayama (J.P. Shibayama in English dub), a character from Digimon Frontier
• Junpei Tenmyouji, a major character and protagonist from the video game series Zero Escape
• Junpei Hyuuga, a side character from Kuroko's Basketball
• Junpei Kōsaka, the protagonist of Nyan Koi!
• Junpei Manaka, a character from Ichigo 100%
• Junpei Yoshino, a character from Jujutsu Kaisen

Notes and References

1. Web site: 沛 - Wiktionary .
2. Web site: 裴 - Wiktionary .
3. Web site: 左霈 - 维基百科 .
4. Web site: 常见佩字的姓名及性别 - 在线汉语字典 .
5. Web site: 常见珮字的姓名及性别 - 在线汉语字典 .