- Kaoru Orihara from Dear Brother is one of the three most popular students at Seiran Academy and has the nickname "Kaoru no Kimi" in reference to Kaoru Genji, Hikaru Genji's son, thanks to her masculine charm.
- Hikaru Sulu of Star Trek is named after Hikaru Genji.
- Cyber Ninja Genji of Overwatch is also named after the Genji of this story.
- In Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?, you meet Murasaki Shikibu while she is writing The Tale of Genji, and have to help her overcome her Writer's Block in order to Set Right What Once Went Wrong.
