is a common

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. While it is a

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, it is more commonly used by women. It can also be used as a surname.

Possible writings

Natsuki can be written using different

kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...

characters and can mean: ;as a given name *夏稀, "summer, rare" *夏生, "summer, life" *夏紀, "summer, chronicle" *夏樹, "summer, wood" *夏姫, "summer, princess" *夏希, "summer, hope" *菜月, "greens, moon" *菜月, "

Rapeseed Rapeseed (''Brassica napus ''subsp.'' napus''), also known as rape, or oilseed rape, is a bright-yellow flowering member of the family Brassicaceae (mustard or cabbage family), cultivated mainly for its oil-rich seed, which naturally contains a ...

flower, moon" *那月, "rich/beautiful, moon" *夏妃, "summer, queen" *夏季, "summer, seasons" *懐季, "reminiscence, yearn, seasons" *懐希, "reminiscence, yearn, hope" *ナツキ,

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived f ...

for "Natsuki" *なつき,

hiragana is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ...

for "Natsuki" ;as a surname *夏木, "summer, tree" *夏樹, "summer, wood"

People

Given name

* Natsuki Ikezawa (池澤夏樹, born 1945), Japanese poet, novelist, essayist, and translator * Natsuki Katō (加藤夏希, born 1985), Japanese actress *

Natsuki Hanae is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He is affiliated with Across Entertainment. He is best known for voicing Tanjiro Kamado in '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', Ken Kaneki in '' Tokyo Ghoul'', Inaho Kaizuka in '' Aldnoah.Zero'', Takumi Al ...

(花江夏樹, born 1991), Japanese voice actor and singer *

Natsuki Harada is a Japanese actress. She played the lead female role in NHK's 2004 TV Asadora , colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in the mornings by Japanese public broadcast ...

(原田夏希, born 1984), a Japanese actress * Natsuki Mizu (水夏希, born 1972), a Japanese musical actress who was a member of the all-female musical troupe,

Takarazuka Revue The is a Japanese all-female musical theatre troupe based in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Women play all roles in lavish, Broadway-style productions of Western-style musicals and stories adapted from films, novels, manga, and Japa ...

from 2006 to 2010 *

Natsuki Nidaira is a Japanese badminton player. In the national event, she play for the Tonami Transportation. Career Nidaira came from the Mito, Ibaraki, and started playing badminton at aged five. Since the elementary school she has won several national ch ...

(仁平菜月, born 1998), Japanese badminton player * Natsuki Oie (大家夏稀, born 1998), Japanese badminton player *

Natsuki Okamoto is a Japanese fashion model and actress. She was born in the Mie prefecture. Her career began as a model for the magazine ''CANDy'' in 2002. She was also the face model for Miyako Kajiro, a video game character from the 2004 video game Siren. F ...

(岡本奈月, born 1989), a Japanese fashion model and actress * Natsuki Sumeragi (皇名月 or 皇なつき, born 1967), Japanese illustrator and manga artist who is famous for incorporating both

Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language ** ...

and

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...

history into her works *

Natsuki Takaya (born July 7, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the series ''Fruits Basket''. Takaya was born and raised in Tokyo, where she made her debut as a manga artist in 1992. Takaya is left handed and had wanted to be a manga art ...

(高屋奈月, born 1973), Japanese manga artist best known for creating the manga series,

Fruits Basket , sometimes abbreviated , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya. It was serialized in the semi-monthly Japanese manga magazine , published by Hakusensha, from 1998 to 2006. The series' title comes from ...

Natsuki Nishi Natsuki Nishi (born June 4, 1972) is a Japanese sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1990s. She was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 500 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous ...

(born 1972), Japanese Olympic sprint canoer *

Natsuki Sato The Japanese idol girl group AKB48 has many members who have left the group for various reasons such as focusing on solo careers. Some members have left to help launch AKB48's sister groups. The member lineup often changes as when girls get olde ...

(佐藤夏希, born 1990), J-pop singer and former member of the all-female Japanese idol group

AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with ...

Natsuki Taiyo is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name . Making her debut for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) in January 2004, Mizushima quickly affiliated herself with Nanae Takahashi, following her out of AJW in 200 ...

(水嶋なつみ, born 1984), Japanese professional wrestler *

Natsuki Ozawa ; born April 19, 1972) is a Japanese singer, actress and AV actress who has appeared in mainstream films and adult videos. Life and career As a teenager, Ozawa had roles in two 1987 films, the youth action comedy ''Be-Bop High School: Koko yotaro ...

(小沢なつき, born 1972), Japanese singer, actress, and

AV idol An or is a type of pornographic film actress in Japan. It is a sub-category of the idol culture in Japanese pop entertainment. AV idols work in the pornographic business, often both as an actress as well as a model as the video performances ...

Surname

Yōko Natsuki is an actress, born 24 October 1952 in Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan. She started her career in the 1977 movie Karate for Life. One of her television roles was as Osono, a ninja in the jidaigeki series ''Yoshimune Hyōbanki: Abarenbō Shōgun.'' ...

(夏樹陽子, born 1952), Japanese actress *

Rio Natsuki is a Japanese voice actress and singer. Notable voice roles Anime *'' Angelic Layer'' (Tsubasa McEnzie) *''Battle Athletes series'' (Akari Kanzaki) *''Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040'' ( Linna Yamazaki) *'' Carnival Phantasm'' (Sion Eltnam Atlasi ...

(夏樹リオ, born 1969), Japanese voice actress *

Mari Natsuki , more commonly known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer, dancer and actress. Born in Tokyo, she started work as a singer from a young age. In 2007, Natsuki announced her engagement to percussionist Nobu Saitō, with their marriage taking ...

(中島淳子, born 1952), Japanese singer, dancer and actress

Fictional characters

*Natsuki, a character from the manga ''Bad Company'' *Natsuki, a character from the visual novel game ''

Doki Doki Literature Club! ''Doki Doki Literature Club!'' (''DDLC'') is a 2017 freeware visual novel developed by American independent game studio Team Salvato for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux. The game was initially distributed through itch.io, and later became ...

'' * Natsuki Kuga (なつき), a character from the anime series ''

My-HiME is a Japanese anime series, created by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, it premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo from September 2004 to March 2005. The series focuses on the lives of HiMEs—girls with the capa ...

'' *Natsuki Kruger (ナツキ), a character from the anime series ''

My-Otome is an anime series created by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, it is a spinoff of '' My-HiME'' anime series and as such ''My-Otome'' takes place in a new setting with new main characters. The series ori ...

'' *Natsuki Shinohara, a character from the animated movie '' Summer Wars'' *Natsuki Smith-Mizuki, a character from the manga ''

Shonan Junai Gumi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa. It was published in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from October 1990 to October 1996, compiled in 31 ''tankōbon'' volumes, and has been re-released in a delux ...

'' * Natsuki Mamiya (菜月), a main character from the 2006 Japanese

tokusatsu is a Japanese term for live action film or television drama that makes heavy use of practical special effects. ''Tokusatsu'' entertainment mainly refers to science fiction, war, fantasy, or horror media featuring such technology but is som ...

series, ''

GoGo Sentai Boukenger is the 30th series in Toei's Super Sentai series, a metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu programming. It was the first installment to be broadcast in the 16:9 aspect ratio. It premiered on February 19, 2006, at 7:30 JST on TV Asahi's 2006 ''Super ...

'' *Natsuki Kisumi, the title character of '' Natsuki Crisis'', a Japanese manga and 2 episode

OVA , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA s ...

*Musashi Natsuki (夏木六三四), the title character of ''

Musashi no Ken is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Motoka Murakami that focuses on kendo. It was serialized by Shogakukan in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' between April 1981 and October 1985. ''Musashi no Ken'' received the 1984 Shog ...

'' *Natsuki Shinomiya (那月), a character from the otome game series ''

Uta no Prince-sama is a Japanese multimedia franchise by Broccoli. The original game of the same name was first released on the PlayStation Portable on June 24, 2010, and since its release, the game has spawned multiple sequels and rhythm game spin-offs. The seri ...

'' *Natsuki Nakagawa (中川夏紀), a character from the anime ''

Sound! Euphonium is a Japanese novel series written by Ayano Takeda. The story is set in Uji, Kyoto and focuses on the Kitauji High School Music Club, whose concert band is steadily improving thanks to the newly appointed adviser's strict instructio ...

'' * Rin Natsuki, a character from the ''Pretty Cure'' franchise *

Subaru Natsuki is a fictional character from ''Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World'', a series of light novels written by Tappei Nagatsuki and illustrated by Shin'ichirō Ōtsuka. Subaru is a young ''hikikomori'' who suddenly finds himself transported t ...

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