List of Famous people named Shuji

Shuji Kira is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Oita, Oita and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he ran unsuccessfully for the governorship of Oita Prefecture in 2003. In the same year, he ran for the House of Representatives as an independent and was elected for the first time.

Shuji Nakamura is a Japanese-born American electronic engineer and prolific inventor specializing in the field of semiconductor technology, professor at the Materials Department of the College of Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and is regarded as the inventor of the blue LED, a major breakthrough in lighting technology. Together with Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano, he is one of the three recipients of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources". In 2015, his input into commercialization and development of energy-efficient white LED lighting technology was recognized by the Global Energy Prize. In 2021, Nakamura, along with Akasaki, Nick Holonyak, M. George Craford and Russell D. Dupuis were awarded the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering "for the creation and development of LED lighting, which forms the basis of all solid state lighting technology".

Shuji Kashiwabara is a Japanese actor.

Shūji Terayama was an Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer. His works range from radio drama, experimental television, underground (Angura) theatre, countercultural essays, to Japanese New Wave and "expanded" cinema.

Shūji Iuchi was a director of anime series. Iuchi directed Crush Gear Turbo, Mashin Hero Wataru, Mashin Hero Wataru 2, Cho Mashin Hero Wataru and several other series.

Shūji Sano was a Japanese actor active from 1936 to 1977. He is best known for his appearances in the films of Yasujirō Ozu, Heinosuke Gosho and Hiroshi Shimizu.

Shuji Ono is the former head coach for Toyota Alvark, Hitachi SunRockers and Earth Friends Tokyo Z in Japan.