Honami (name)

Honami (written: 穂南, 保奈美 or 穂奈美) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Honami Maeda (前田 穂南, born 1996), Japanese long-distance runner
• Honami Mizuochi (水落 穂南, born 1993), Japanese weightlifter
• Honami Suzuki (鈴木 保奈美, born 1966), Japanese actress
• Honami Tajima (田島 穂奈美, born 1988), Japanese actress
• Honami Tsukiji (築地 保奈美, born 1989), Japanese volleyball player

Honami (written: 穂波 or 本阿弥) is also a Japanese surname. The two versions shown here are quite distinct and have different pronunciations: the second is more normally romanized Hon'ami. Notable people with the surname include:

• Hon'ami Kōetsu (本阿弥 光悦, 1558–1637), Japanese craftsman, potter, lacquerer, and calligrapher
• Shūko Honami (本阿弥 周子, born 1950), Japanese actress
• Yukine Honami (穂波 ゆきね), Japanese manga artist

Honami is also a name for feminine fictional characters. Names like Honami appear in Japanese video games, manga, anime, etc. Notable characters include:

• Honami Mochizuki from the mobile rhythm game, Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!
• Honami Ichinose from the light novel series, Classroom of the Elite
• Honami Sakurai from the web novel series, The Irregular at Magic High School
• Honami Hodoshima from the game, Yandere Simulator
• Honami Yamamoto (formerly), a Japanese artificial intelligence, scientist, guide and instructor in the survival racing game Distance, from Muhammad's OC