Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 昌二, 昭二, etc.(Japanese Kanji) しょうじ(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /ɕo̞ː.ʑi/ Meaning & History From Japanese 昌 (shō) meaning "flourish, prosper, good" or 昭 (shō) meaning "bright, luminous" combined with 二 (ji) meaning "two". Other combinations of kanji with the same pronunciation can also form this name.