Mayumi
Encyclopedia
Possible writings
Mayumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:- 真弓, "truth, bow"
- 真由美, "truth, reason, beauty"
- 眞由美, "truth, reason, beauty"
- 麻由美, "linen, reason, beauty"
- 真有美, "truth, exist, beauty"
- 真優美, "truth, gentle, beauty"
The name can also be written in hiragana
Hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, one basic component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and the Latin alphabet . Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems, in which each character represents one mora...
or katakana
Katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet . The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana scripts are derived from components of more complex kanji. Each kana represents one mora...
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People
- Mayumi AokiMayumi Aokiis a Japanese swimmer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, where she received a gold medal in 100 m butterfly...
(まゆみ) a Japanese swimmer - Mayumi Asaka (真由美), a Japanese actress
- Mayumi AsanoMayumi Asanois a Japanese voice actress who was formerly part of Production Baobab.-Television animation:*Angel Sanctuary OVA *Angelic Layer *Armored Core: Last Raven *Bleach *Blood+...
(まゆみ), a Japanese voice actress - Mayumi AzumaMayumi Azumais a Japanese manga artist who is the creator of the now completed manga Elemental Gelade, which finished with eighteen volumes and was adapted into a 26-episode television anime series, and its ongoing spinoff manga Elemental Gelade: Flag of Blue Sky...
(まゆみ), a Japanese manga artistMangakais the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese... - Mayumi Heene, see Balloon boy hoax
- Mayumi HorikawaMayumi Horikawais a model and singer-songwriter born on 2 May 1958 in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan of a Filipino father and a Ryukyuan mother. Her younger sister is singer Reimy. Horikawa was selected as the fourth Clarion Girl in 1978, and made her debut as a singer that same year under producer Masataka Matsutōya....
(まゆみ), a Japanese model and singer-songwriter - Mayumi IizukaMayumi Iizukais a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer who was born in Tokyo and grew up in Taiwan and Yokohama. Iizuka is a member of Gekidan Wakakusa and Tokuma Japan Communications....
(雅弓), a Japanese voice actress and J-popJ-pop, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...
singer - Mayumi IchikawaMayumi IchikawaMayumi Ichikawa is a female long-distance runner from Japan. She set her personal best in the women's marathon on March 11, 2001 in Nagoya, clocking 2:27:22.-Achievements:-References:...
(真弓市川), a Japanese long-distance runner - Mayumi MoriyamaMayumi Moriyamais a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo she worked at the Ministry of Labor from 1950 to 1980...
(真弓), a Japanese politician - Mayumi NaritaMayumi Naritais a Japanese swimmer, described as "one of the world’s best Paralympic athletes" by the International Paralympic Committee. Japan Today has described her as a "swimming sensation perhaps as great as the Thorpedo but whose name few know"...
(真由美), a Japanese swimmer - Mayumi OzakiMayumi Ozakiis a Japanese female professional wrestler.-Career:Ozaki debuted in a tag match in August, 1986. In her career, she held the WWWA tag titles with Dynamite Kansai from April 11, 1993 to December 6, 1993 (born October 28, 1968) is a Japanese female professional wrestler.-Career:Ozaki debuted in a...
(魔弓), a Japanese female professional wrestler - Mayumi Ōzora (眞弓), a Japanese actress
- Mayumi RaheemMayumi RaheemMayumi Raheem is a swimmer from Sri Lanka who won 3 gold medals at the 2006 South Asian Games in the Women's 50 metres, 100 meters and 200 metres breaststroke...
, a Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
n swimmer - Mayumi Sada (真由美), a Japanese actress
- Mayumi ShintaniMayumi Shintaniis a Japanese voice actress and actress.-Notable Voice Roles:*Lolo in Brigadoon: Marin & Melan*Angel in The King of Fighters 2002*Shibahime Tsubasa in Kare Kano *Haruhara Haruko in FLCL*Daisy in Guardian Hearts...
(真弓), a Japanese voice actress and actress - Mayumi Shingaki (真由美) Santo Amaro ETEC Student and vice president of seinenkai Autodromo
- Mayumi SuzukiMayumi Suzukiis a Japanese voice actor who graduated from the Tokyo College of Music as a vocalist. She is best known for dubbing over a number of Disney heroines.-Roles:-OVA:*The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea...
, A Japanese voice actress - Mayumi TanakaMayumi Tanakais a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo currently affiliated with Aoni Production.She is best known for the roles of Ryuunosuke Fujinami in Urusei Yatsura, Pazu in Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Monkey D. Luffy in One Piece, Krillin, Yajirobe and Uranai Baba in Dragon Ball...
(真弓), a Japanese voice actressSeiyuVoice acting in Japan has far greater prominence than in most other countries. Japan's large animation industry produces 60% of the animated series in the world; as a result, Japanese voice actors, or , are able to achieve fame on a national and international level.Besides acting as narrators and... - Mayumi WakamuraMayumi WakamuraMayumi Wakamura is a Japanese actress. She decide to be an actress at age sixteen when she saw a stage show which was made by a famous professional actor's stage production. Later she joined his stage production to be an actress...
(麻由美), a Japanese actress - Mayumi YamamotoMayumi Yamamoto-Television:*Kanjani Knight *幽霊ママ *新・京都迷宮案内*てるてる家族 *GET01 *エンタメニュースショー GET *おしえて -External links:*...
(真由美) a Japanese actress
Fictional characters
- Mayumi Tendo (真弓), a character in the novel, comic and film Battle Royale
- Mayumi Burgos, a character in the weekday daytime Philippine drama Prinsesa ng BanyeraPrinsesa ng BanyeraPrinsesa ng Banyera is a weekday daytime telenovela of ABS-CBN, which airs 3:00-3:45 p.m. after Wowowee...
- Mayumi KinnikuMayumi Kinniku' is a character in Yudetamago's manga and anime series Kinnikuman and its sequel Ultimate Muscle . He is typically referred to as '. He is known as Mayumi Kinnikuman in the English-language version of Ultimate Muscle...
(真弓), a character in the comic Kinnikuman and its sequel Ultimate Muscle - Mayumi Thyme (真弓), a character in the visual novel SHUFFLE!
- Mayumi (マユミ), a character in the Psychiatrist Irabu series of short stories
Films
- Mayumi (film)Mayumi (film)Mayumi is a 1990 South Korean film directed by Shin Sang-ok.-Plot:Two North Koreans carrying Japanese passports bearing the names "Shin Ichi" and "Ma Yumi" plan to explode a Seoul-bound plane in mid-air. They are diverted to another plane after they have planted the bomb. When the plane crashes,...
, a 1990 South Korean film directed by Shin Sang-ok