Yumi (name)
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Yumi is a common feminine Japanese given name which is occasionally used as a surname.
characters and as a given name can mean:
The given name can also be written in hiragana
or katakana
.
with the surname Yumi
Possible writings
Yumi can be written using different kanjiKanji
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
characters and as a given name can mean:
- 由美, "reason/cause, beauty"
- 裕美, "abundant, beauty"
- 夕実, "evening, fruit"
- 優美, "tenderness, beauty"
- 裕未, "abundant, not yet"
- 悠美, "permanence, beauty"
- 祐美, "help, God's blessing, beauty"
- 由実, "reason/cause, fruit"
- 有美, "existing/possessing beauty"
- 夕美, "evening, beauty"
- 友美, "friend, beauty"
The given 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...
.
People
with the given name Yumi- Yumi AdachiYumi AdachiYumi Adachi is a Japanese actress, model and singer. Her artistic surname Adachi corresponds to her mother's maiden name. Yuri Adachi, born in 1957, had been a model and actress in her own right.Yumi was born in Taito, Tokyo, Japan...
(祐実, born 1981), Japanese actress - Yumi AsouYumi Asouis a Japanese actress. She is a niece of singer Chiyo Okumura. Her husband is Toshiya Nagasawa.She was born in Osaka Prefecture but grew up in Nagasaki Prefecture. She graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University.-Selected filmography:...
(born 1963), Japanese actress - Yumi HottaYumi Hottais a Japanese manga artist, born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan in 1957.Hotta is best known as the author of the best-selling manga and anime series Hikaru no Go, about the game of go that is widely credited for the recent boom of the game in Japan. The idea behind Hikaru no Go began when Yumi Hotta...
(由美, born 1957), Japanese manga artist - Yumi IwabuchiYumi Iwabuchiis a Japanese softball player who won a bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...
(born 1979), Japanese Olympic softball player - Yumi KakazuYumi Kakazuis a female seiyū from Kamifukuoka, Saitama . She is currently affiliated with Genki Project...
(ゆみ, born 1976), Japanese voice actress - Yumi KobayashiYumi Kobayashiis a female fashion model from Tokyo, Japan. She belongs to the show-business production Burning Production, K.K. and used to be belong to Platica Inc.Her show-business name from July 2007 to March 2008 was Yumi Uno ....
(優美, born 1988), Japanese fashion model- Yumi Uno, Yumi Kobayashi's former show-business name
- Yumi Kokamo (born 1971), retired female long-distance runner from Japan
- Yumi KumakuraYumi Kumakurais a Japanese volleyball player. She plays a V-Premier League team Takefuji Bamboo. She was born on September 5, 1978 in Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan...
(born 1978), Japanese volleyball player - Yumi MaruyamaYumi MaruyamaYumi Maruyama is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. She was born in Setagaya, and grew up in Higashimurayama, Tokyo. After she attended Shoin Junior and Senior High School, she joined Hitachi Ltd...
(born 1957), Japanese former Olympic volleyball player - Yumi MatsutoyaYumi Matsutoya', nicknamed , is an influential Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and pianist. She is renowned for her idiosyncratic voice, and live performances, and is an important figure in Japanese popular music....
(由実, born 1954), Japanese singer - Yumi MatsuzawaYumi Matsuzawais a Japanese singer from Saitama, Saitama Prefecture. She is best known for her debut release "YOU GET TO BURNING", the opening theme for Martian Successor Nadesico, as well as the movie version's theme song "Dearest"....
(由美, born 1974), Japanese singer - Yumi MorioYumi MorioYumi Morio Yumi Morio Yumi Morio (森尾由美 Morio Yumi, real name Yumi Kawai (河合由美 Kawai Yumi) is a seiyū, voice actress, born on June 8, 1966 in Soka, Saitama Prefecture, Japan...
(born 1966), Japanese voice actress - Yumi NakashimaYumi Nakashimais a Japanese vocalist, guitarist, singer-songwriter. She is a guitarist, vocalist and composer of Japanese rock band GO!GO!7188 under the name; . She is also a songwriter, composer, guitarist and vocalist of her side band Chirinuruwowaka. On March 1, 2004, she released solo album Ten no Mikaku...
(優美, born 1979), Japanese singer - Yumi ShirakawaYumi Shirakawais a former Japanese actress.-Filmography:Filmography of Yumi Shirakawa include:* The Badger Palace aka The Princess of Badger Palace *Kiganjo no Boken*Gorath*Wall-Eyed Nippon...
(born 1936), former Japanese actress - Yumi Shizukusa (由実), a Japanese singer
- Yumi StynesYumi StynesYumi Tasma Stynes is a television presenter for an Australian morning show The Circle and television channel Max.-Early life:...
(born 1975), Australian disc jockey for the Australian Channel V - Yumi SudōYumi Sudois a Japanese voice actress from Kanagawa Prefecture affiliated with Aoni Production. Yumi has been voice acting since she was 6 years old. She is best known as the official Japanese dub-over artist for Hilary Duff, Hayden Panettiere and Emma Watson...
(born 1988) - Yumi SugimotoYumi Sugimotois a Japanese model, actress, gravure idol and singer.-Modeling career:Sugimoto began her career in modeling during elementary school, when she was chosen in a Grand-Prix semi-audition for the girls manga magazine Ribon.-Acting career:...
(有美, born 1989), Japanese actress - Yumi TakadaYumi Takadais a Japanese voice actress employed by 81 Produce.-Notable voice roles:*Yoshinaga-sensei in Crayon Shin-chan*Etsuko in Hanappe Bazooka*Ayeka Masaki Jurai in Tenchi Muyo!*Ayeka Takada /Romio , Ghost Girl in Pretty Sammy...
(由美, born 1961), Japanese voice actress - Yumi TōmaYumi Tomais a Japanese singer and voice actresss from Chiba. She has been part of the singing group Goddess Family Club. Tōma also works for Aoni Production. Because of her mature voice, she often plays strong, beautiful women....
(由美, born 1966), Japanese voice actress and singer - Yumi Unita (ゆみ, born 1972), Japanese manga artist
- Yumi YoshimuraYumi Yoshimurais a member of the Japanese pop duo PUFFY, along with Ami Onuki.She was born in Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan. In 1995, she learned that there was a talent search underway in Tokyo. She successfully tried out and was paired with Ami Onuki to form the group PUFFY.From 1999 to 2003 she was married to singer...
(由美), the second half of the singing duo Puffy AmiYumiPuffy AmiYumior Puffy AmiYumi is a Japanese rock duo that is currently signed with Sony Music Japan. The group continues to go by the moniker of PUFFY in Japan, but in order to avoid legal naming conflicts with Sean Combs, it has adopted the name Puffy AmiYumi outside of Japan... - Yumi YoshiyukiYumi Yoshiyukiis a Japanese film director, actress, and screenwriter best known for her work in the pink film genre.-Life and career:While studying economics at Dokkyo University, Yoshiyuki developed a love of film. She debuted as an actress in the pink film genre in 1993 in director Toshiki Satō's...
(born 1965), Japanese film director, actress, and screenwriter
with the surname Yumi
- Kaoru YumiKaoru Yumiis a Japanese actress.-Biography:In junior high school, Kaoru joined the Nishino ballet group. She gained popularity with her appearance in the 1967 program Re Gaaruzu with Katsuko Kanai and Etsuko Nami in a mini-skirt number. In 1973, she did her first nude scene in the movie . In the same...
(由美, born 1950), Japanese actress
Characters
- Yumi (Ape Escape), a character in the video game Ape Escape
- Yumi Yoshimura, a character in the American animated television series Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumiHi Hi Puffy AmiYumiis an American-Japanese animated series from Cartoon Network, produced by Renegade Animation. The show was created by Sam Register, who also serves as the series' executive producer....
- Yumi Fukuzawa (祐巳), the main character from the novel, manga, and anime series Maria-sama ga Miteru
- Yumi Ishiyama, a character in the French animated television series Code Lyoko
- Yumi Tsoi, an inconsistently-minded, non-carbon alien character. Lives entirely in Artem Syrmolotov's imagination
- Yumi Nakamura (由美), the protagonist of the J-horrorJ-HorrorJapanese horror, or J-Horror, is Japanese horror fiction in popular culture, noted for its unique thematic and conventional treatment of the horror genre in light of western treatments...
Chakushin AriChakushin Ariis a 2003 Japanese horror film directed by Takashi Miike.-Plot:During an evening get-together with friends, Okazaki Yoko's cell phone suddenly rings in an eerie, unusual tone. Not recognizing the tone, Yoko doesn't pick up soon enough and the call goes into "voice mail"... - Yumi Omura (裕美) and yumi the persocom, two characters in the manga and anime series Chobits
- Yumi Ozawa, a character from Persona 4Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4, originally released in Japan as simply , is a role-playing video game developed and published by Atlus for Sony's PlayStation 2, and chronologically the fifth installment in the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series. Persona 4 was released in Japan in July 2008, North...
- Yumi Sakata, a character in shōjoShojoThe term refers to manga marketed to a female audience roughly between the ages of 10-18. The name romanizes the Japanese 少女 , literally: "little female". Shōjo manga covers many subjects in a variety of narrative and graphic styles, from historical drama to science fiction — often with a strong...
manga series Doubt!!Doubt!!is a shōjo manga series by Kaneyoshi Izumi. Doubt!! is published in Japan by Shogakukan and in North America in English by VIZ Media.-Plot:... - Yumi Sawamura (由美), a character in the action-adventure video game Yakuza
- Sayaka YumiSayaka Yumiis one of the heroine of Go Nagai's manga and anime Mazinger Z. She was a bit hot-tempered and tomboyish, and had a habit of clashing with the story's hero, Kouji Kabuto even though she had a romantic interest in him....
(弓), a character from the Mazinger manga and anime series