Kazumi

Kazumi (Japanese: カズミ, かずみ) is a Japanese given name that can be given to either sex.

Possible writings

• 和美, "peace, beauty"
• 一巳, "one, sign of the snake"
• 一美, "one, beauty"
• 一実, "one, truth"
• 和海, "peace, sea"
• 数魅, "number, fascination"
• 数巳, "number, sign of the snake"
• 和満, "peace, satisfy, full"

The name Kazumi can be written with kanji characters (as listed above), or it can be written using the katakana and hiragana writing systems. In hiragana, Kazumi is written as かずみ, while in katakana, it is written as カズミ.

People with the given name

• Kazumi Akedo (明戸和巳), a Japanese professional Go player
• Kazumi Amemiya (雨宮 かずみ), a Japanese voice actress
• Kazumi Fujita (藤田 一巳), Japanese mecha designer
• Kazumi Kazui (一井 かずみ), Japanese manga artist
• Kazumi Kishimoto (岸本 一美), Japanese figure skater
• Kazumi Kurigami (操上 和美), Japanese photographer
• Kazumi Matsuo (松尾和美), Japanese marathon runner
• Kazumi Murata (村田和美), Japanese actress and model
• Kazumi Okushima (奥島 和美), Japanese voice actress
• Kazumi Onishi (大西 一美), Japanese figure skater who placed competed in both the 1968, and the 1972 Winter Olympic Games
• Kazumi Ota (太田 和美), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan
• Kazumi Saito (斉藤 和巳), retired Japanese professional baseball player
• Kazumi Sekine (関根和美), Japanese film director, dramatist, movie producer, and the president of the Sekine production company
• Kazumi Tabata (田畑 和美), 8th degree Grand Master in Shotokan karate
• Kazumi Takahashi (高橋 和巳, 1931-1971), Japanese writer and scholar of Chinese literature in the Shōwa period. he was the husband of writer Takako Takahashi.
• Kazumi Tanaka (田中 和実, 1951-2007), Japanese voice actor from Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
• Kazumi Totaka (戸高 一生), Japanese video game composer and voice actor who composed many major Nintendo games, such as Mario Paint, Animal Crossing, and Wii Music.
• Kazumi Watanabe (渡辺香津美), Japanese jazz and jazz fusion guitarist, from Tokyo, Japan
• Kazumi Yamashita (manga artist) (山下和美), Japanese manga artist from Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan

Fictional characters

• Kazumi Akiyama (秋山 和美), a character from the manga series Initial D
• Kazumi Amano (アマノ・カズミ), a character from the OVA series Gunbuster
• Kazumi Asakura (朝倉 和美), a character from the Negima! Magister Negi Magi manga series and its anime adaption
• Kazumi Iwase, one of the main characters from the visual novel Memo
• Kazumi Kato, a character from the webcomic series The Order of the Stick
• Kazumi, the main character from the spinoff manga of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Puella Magi Kazumi Magica
• Kazumi Mishima, a character from the Tekken series
• Kazumi Satou, character from Mayoi Neko Overrun!.
• Kazumi Yokokawa, from Strike Witches
• Kazumi Yoshida, main character from the Shakugan no Shana series.
• Kazumi Yoshinaga, main character from the light novel series Yoshinaga-san'chi no Gargoyle.
• Kazumi Yukihira (行平 一己), a side character from the manga series Gakuen Alice.
• Kazumi Schlierenzauer, a character from the manga Brynhildr in the Darkness.

References

1. ↑ Kazumi - Meaning and origin of the name Kazumi
2. ↑ http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Kazumi.html

See also

• Kasumi (disambiguation)