Skip to main content
Evidence-led referenceJapanese names, readings and kanji
japanesenameatlas.infoJapanese name reference
Saved
ReferenceNamesShōichi
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name

Shōichi

像一

Given-name classification varies across source records.

しょういちショウイチShōichi
Compare spellings
Reference coverage

Extended source depth

This reading group has a comparatively broad dictionary footprint across source-recorded spellings or records. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.

Distinct recorded spellings55

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows55

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Shōichi

The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.

Source readingしょういち

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formショウイチ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationShōichi

Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Shouichi. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.

Mora segmentationしょ · う · い · ち

4 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.

Audio note: the play button uses Japanese text-to-speech provided by the visitor’s browser/device. It is a convenience preview, not a recorded native-speaker pronunciation or pitch-accent authority.

Meaning by written form

What can Shōichi mean?

A Japanese name can be written in more than one way, and its meaning can change with the kanji used. Rather than assigning one English meaning to “Shōichi”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings12

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings0

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kanji spelling

像一

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
像statue, picture, image一one, one radical (no.1)
Kanji spelling

勝一

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
勝victory, win, prevail一one, one radical (no.1)
Kanji spelling

匠一

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
匠artisan, workman, carpenter一one, one radical (no.1)
Kanji spelling

商一

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
商make a deal, selling, dealing in一one, one radical (no.1)
Kanji spelling

奨一

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
奨exhort, urge, encourage一one, one radical (no.1)
Kanji spelling

宵一

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
宵wee hours, evening, early night一one, one radical (no.1)
Kanji spelling

将一

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
将leader, commander, general一one, one radical (no.1)
Kanji spelling

將一

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
將commander, general, admiral一one, one radical (no.1)
Kanji spelling

小市

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
小little, small市market, city, town
Kanji spelling

少一

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
少few, little一one, one radical (no.1)
Kanji spelling

尚一

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
尚esteem, furthermore, still一one, one radical (no.1)
Kanji spelling

尚市

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
尚esteem, furthermore, still市market, city, town

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 55. The recorded-spellings section below retains the wider source set.

How to read these meanings

The English words shown here are dictionary meanings of individual kanji. They help explain what a spelling can suggest, but they are not a guaranteed translation of the full name and do not establish why a particular person was given that name.

Reading profile

How Shōichi is represented

These counts describe records in the imported name corpus. They are not a ranking of how popular a spelling is among people in Japan.

Recorded kana readings1

しょういち

Kanji-based spellings55

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters5

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae4

small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora

2-kanji forms53

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms2

recorded spellings

JMnedict classification evidence

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

This separates dictionary classification from popularity. The same exact kana reading can be recorded as a given name, a surname, or both, and given-name records can carry male, female or unspecified source labels.

Primary reading recorded asGiven name + surname

しょういち in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms66

66 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms7

7 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 6 · unspecified 60

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
しょういちShōichi6666 source rowsmale 6 · unspecified 60source rows · distinct forms: male 6 · unspecified 6077 source rows

Classification boundary: male/female/unspecified are labels attached to imported JMnedict name records. They are not population shares, probabilities, identity claims, or evidence that a spelling is currently common in Japan. A source row can also be repeated across different written forms, so row counts and distinct-writing counts are shown separately.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Shōichi

This section summarizes the exact source-recorded forms loaded for this reading group. Stroke and character-position statistics are descriptive corpus properties, not popularity or style scores.

Kanji forms with complete stroke data55

5–33 strokes observed span

Median total strokes13

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms44

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms11

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
しょういちShōichi455
Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

19 of 55 displayed written forms have more than one given-name reading somewhere in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.

Written forms checked55

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings19

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading36

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set8

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

A reading shown without a link is still source-recorded, but its destination group does not yet meet the reference-depth standard used for the main library. Limited records are not promoted merely to create extra internal links.

Kanji role reference

How recurring characters function across Shōichi spellings

Position counts are calculated only from the distinct written forms analyzed for this page. KANJIDIC2 nanori are character-level name-reading references; they are not used here to decompose or assert the reading of a specific multi-kanji name.

KanjiCharacter glossesFormsFirstFinalInternalSoloStrokesKANJIDIC2 nanoriLoaded class
一one, one radical (no.1)44044001かず, い, いっ, いる +7Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
市market, city, town808005い, ちJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
昇rise up330008しゅう, のりJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
正correct, justice, righteous330005おお, くに, ま, まさし +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
尚esteem, furthermore, still220008たか, たかし, ないし, なり +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
庄level, in the country, manor220006まさJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
昌prosperous, bright, clear220008まさ, まさし, よし, あき +4Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
昭shining, bright220009あき, あきら, かず, かずみ +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
祥good luck2200011—Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
章badge, chapter, composition2200011あき, あきら, あや, ふみJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
像statue, picture, image1100014かたJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
勝victory, win, prevail1100012かち, と, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3

Counts describe this source-recorded spelling set, not population use. A repeated kanji can contribute to more than one position role across different spellings.

Exact writing research map

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

These relationships are exact and source-backed. Whole-name readings shown in each card come from JMnedict within the current name class; exact-writing search can surface records from other name classes. Character links open KANJIDIC2-backed kanji pages. Sequence context means the same kanji string occurs contiguously in another recorded written form—it does not prove shared origin or meaning.

Exact written form

勝一

Search exact writing →Research this pair →
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
KatsuichiかついちShōichiしょういち · this pageMasakazuまさかず
Characters in order
勝victory, win一one, one radical (no.1)
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
勝一郎Given name · Katsuichirō · かついちろう勝一郎Given name · Shōichirō · しょういちろう

The exact sequence 勝一 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 55. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Shōichi spellings

Only characters appearing in at least two distinct analyzed spellings are shown here. Frequency describes this source-recorded spelling set, not real-world baby-name popularity.

一one, one radical (no.1)44 of 55 analyzed forms市market, city, town8 of 55 analyzed forms昇rise up3 of 55 analyzed forms正correct, justice, righteous3 of 55 analyzed forms尚esteem, furthermore, still2 of 55 analyzed forms庄level, in the country, manor2 of 55 analyzed forms昌prosperous, bright, clear2 of 55 analyzed forms昭shining, bright2 of 55 analyzed forms祥good luck2 of 55 analyzed forms章badge, chapter, composition2 of 55 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Shōichi

55 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading しょういち. Other source readings can appear in this romanized group when the imported records converge on the same index form. Use Compare to inspect exact spellings side by side.

Spelling comparator

Compare Shōichi forms side by side

Each exact written spelling appears once in this table even when JMnedict records more than one reading for that writing. Stroke totals and character glosses come from KANJIDIC2 when all component kanji are available.

SpellingOne source readingCharacter-level glossesTotal strokesLoaded character class
像一しょういち像 — statue, picture · 一 — one, one radical (no.1)15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
勝一しょういち勝 — victory, win · 一 — one, one radical (no.1)13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
匠一しょういち匠 — artisan, workman · 一 — one, one radical (no.1)7All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
商一しょういち商 — make a deal, selling · 一 — one, one radical (no.1)12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
奨一しょういち奨 — exhort, urge · 一 — one, one radical (no.1)14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
宵一しょういち宵 — wee hours, evening · 一 — one, one radical (no.1)11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
将一しょういち将 — leader, commander · 一 — one, one radical (no.1)11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
將一しょういち將 — commander, general · 一 — one, one radical (no.1)12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
小市しょういち小 — little, small · 市 — market, city8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
少一しょういち少 — few, little · 一 — one, one radical (no.1)5All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
尚一しょういち尚 — esteem, furthermore · 一 — one, one radical (no.1)9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
尚市しょういち尚 — esteem, furthermore · 市 — market, city13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
庄一しょういち庄 — level, in the country · 一 — one, one radical (no.1)7All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
庄市しょういち庄 — level, in the country · 市 — market, city11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
彰一しょういち彰 — patent, clear · 一 — one, one radical (no.1)15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
捷一しょういち捷 — victory, fast · 一 — one, one radical (no.1)12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

The comparison table shows the first 16 distinct written forms; the detailed cards above show up to 80 spelling/reading records.

What does Shōichi mean?

There is not necessarily one fixed English meaning. The reading identifies the spoken name; different written forms can use different kanji. Character glosses describe individual kanji and should not be treated as proof of the intention behind a particular person’s name.

Related readings

More names beginning with しょ

Related by the opening kana of the dictionary reading. This is a deterministic browsing relationship, not a claim that the names share the same meaning.

Given name · male · limited reference

Shōji

149 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Shōko

129 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · male · limited reference

Shōichirō

114 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · male · limited reference

Jōnosuke

107 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · male · limited reference

Shōnosuke

101 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · male · limited reference

Shōgorō

95 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · male · limited reference

Shōjirō

90 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · male · limited reference

Shōtarō

84 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · male · limited reference

Jōji

75 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · male · limited reference

Shōzō

74 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · male · limited reference

Jōtarō

58 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · male · limited reference

Shōsuke

54 recorded spellings

Explore →
Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Shōichi

These links are calculated from exact characters appearing in source-recorded spellings on this page. Sharing a kanji does not mean two names have the same reading, origin, gender or intended meaning.

Given-name relationship

Shōichirō

一尚市庄昇昌昭正祥章

10 shared kanji · 98 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Shōji

尚庄昇昌昭正祥章

8 shared kanji · 64 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Shōjirō

尚庄昇昌昭正祥章

8 shared kanji · 43 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Shōgorō

尚庄昇昌昭正祥章

8 shared kanji · 38 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Shōsuke

尚庄昇昌昭正祥章

8 shared kanji · 31 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Shōtarō

尚庄昇昌昭正祥章

8 shared kanji · 27 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Shōgo

尚庄昇昌昭正祥章

8 shared kanji · 25 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Shōzō

尚庄昇昌昭正祥章

8 shared kanji · 24 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Shōsaku

尚庄昇昌昭正祥章

8 shared kanji · 18 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Shōko

尚庄昇昌昭正祥章

8 shared kanji · 15 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Shōzaburō

尚庄昇昌昭正祥章

8 shared kanji · 15 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Shōsaburō

尚庄昇昌昭正祥章

8 shared kanji · 15 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →
Continue research

Where to go next from Shōichi

Use literal reading, character and corpus relationships to continue without treating nearby records as automatically related.

Exact reading

Search しょういち

See source records matching this kana reading or beginning with it.

Continue →Reading family

Shi / し

Browse other public given names with the same opening reading family.

Continue →Character reference

一 — one, one radical (no.1)

Open the kanji page for readings, classifications and literal name-use context.

Continue →Character reference

市 — market, city

Open the kanji page for readings, classifications and literal name-use context.

Continue →Interactive discovery

Open Name Explorer

Use the same name type and 4-mora reading length as a starting point.

Continue →
Evidence on this page

What each source establishes

JMnedict establishes recorded written forms, readings and name classifications; where safely associated, this page can also show JMnedict-supplied trans_det source text without treating it as a whole-name meaning. KANJIDIC2 supplies character readings, nanori, stroke counts, grade classes and English character glosses. The Ministry of Justice remains the official reference for Japanese child-name character rules. The Agency for Cultural Affairs romanization guidance is the reference for generated Latin-script reading aids.

Source boundary

The spelling-frequency and structural counts on this page are calculated from imported JMnedict records. They are corpus counts, not population-frequency claims. KANJIDIC2 supplies the kanji metadata used in character and stroke comparisons.

Review sources →