Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Mythology Scripts 風神(Japanese Kanji) ふうじん(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /ɸɯᵝː.ʑiɴ/(Japanese) Meaning & History From Japanese 風 (fū) meaning "wind" and 神 (jin) meaning "god, spirit". This is the name of the Japanese wind god, who carries the wind in a bag over his shoulders.