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Throughout the world, 永吉 (永吉 , Eikichi , Nagayoshi ) is a common predominantly masculine, but scarcely feminine forename. The given name 永吉 is characteristic of Eastern Asia, particularly China, where it is quite a rare primarily masculine, but very infrequently feminine name. Much less frequently, 永吉 is the last name as well as the forename.
永吉 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Eikichi Nebuya , the character from Kuroko's Basketball and Eikichi Onizuka , character in Great Teacher Onizuka.