Kazumi

Not to be confused with Kasumi or Katsumi.

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

Kazumi

Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on which kanji is used
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Kasumi Kazue Kazuo Kazuya Kazuyo

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 Abe (阿部 一視, born 1947), Japanese bobsledder
• Kazumi Akedo (明戸 和巳), Japanese Go player
• Kazumi Fujita (藤田 一巳), Japanese mecha designer
• Kazumi Inamura (稲村 和美, born 1972), Japanese politician
• 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 Nakamura (中村 和美, born 1971), Japanese volleyball player
• Kazumi Onishi (大西 一美), Japanese figure skater
• Kazumi Ota (太田 和美), Japanese politician
• Kazumi Saito (斉藤 和巳), Japanese baseball player
• Kazumi Sekine (関根 和美), Japanese film director, producer and dramatist
• Kazumi Tabata (田畑 和美), Japanese karateka
• Kazumi Takahashi (高橋 和巳, 1931-1971), Japanese writer and scholar of Chinese literature
• Kazumi Takayama (高山一実), Japanese idol and writer
• Kazumi Totaka (戸高 一生), Japanese video game composer and voice actor
• Kazumi Watanabe (渡辺香津美), Japanese jazz and jazz fusion guitarist
• Kazumi Watanabe (athlete) (渡辺 和己, born 1935), Japanese long-distance runner
• Kazumi Watanabe (sport shooter) (渡辺 和三, 1947–1996), Japanese sport shooter
• Kazumi Yamashita (manga artist) (山下 和美), Japanese manga artist
• Kazumi Yumoto (湯本 香樹実, born 1959), Japanese screenwriter and novelist

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 Sawatari, a character from Kamen Rider Build
• 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 Gargoyle of Yoshinaga House.
• 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.
• Kazumi Mishima (三島 和己), a character from the game Your Turn To Die.
• Kazumi Alex * (行平 一己), a character from irl Alex M. Gavriloae

See also

• Kasumi (disambiguation)