is a common feminine

Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...

Possible writings

Eri can be written using different

kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subse ...

characters and can mean: *恵理, "blessing, reason" *絵里, "picture, hometown" *絵梨, "picture, pear" *絵理, "picture, reason" *江里, "inlet, hometown" *恵里, "blessing, hometown" *恵利, "blessing, profit" *江利, "inlet, profit" *恵梨, "blessing, pear" *枝里, "branch, hometown" *英梨, "excel, pear" *英里, "excel, hometown" *愛利, "love, clever" *愛理, “loving reason” The name can also be written in

hiragana is a Japanese language, 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" ori ...

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 ...

People with the name

* Eri Fukatsu (絵里, born 1973), Japanese actress * Eri Ishida (born 1960), Japanese actress * Eri Itō (恵里), Japanese vocalist * Eri Kamei (絵里, born 1988), member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume * Eri Kawai (英里, 1965–2008), Japanese singer * Eri Kikuchi (born 1965), 1980s Japanese AV idol *, Japanese swimmer * Eri Kitamura (英梨, born 1987), Japanese voice actress and singer * Eri Murakawa (絵梨, born 1987), Japanese actress *, Japanese speed skater * Eri Nitta (恵利, born 1968), Japanese idol and singer * Eri Nobuchika (エリ, born 1985), Japanese pop singer and songwriter * Eri Sendai (born 1981), Japanese voice actress *

Eri Shingyōji , born February 10, 1974, in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, is a Japanese rock singer. ''IN MY DREAM'', her first single, was featured as the opening theme of the anime '' Brain Powerd''. Discography Singles *05/21/1998 - ''IN MY DREAM'' *10/21 ...

(恵里, born 1974), Japanese rock singer * Eri Tokunaga (born 1962), Japanese politician and former TV reporter * Eri Tokunaga (actress) (born 1988), Japanese actress *Eri Uchinaga (内永枝利, born 2000) stage name Giselle, Japanese-Korean member of South Korean girl group Aespa *, Japanese softball player * Eri Yamaguchi (衛里, born 1973), Japanese long-distance runner * Eri Yamanoi (絵理, born 1978), Japanese former freestyle swimmer * Eri Yanetani (born 1984), Japanese snowboarder *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese voice actress

Fictional characters

*Eri (絵理), a character in the manga series ''

InuYasha is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from November 1996 to June 2008, with its chapters collected in fifty-six '' ...

'' * Eri (''My Hero Academia''), a character in the manga series ''My Hero Academia'' *Eri Minami, Yuuta's step-mother in the game ''

Persona 4 released outside of Japan as ''Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4'', is a 2008 role-playing video game by Atlus. It is chronologically the fifth installment in the '' Persona'' series, itself a part of the larger ''Megami Tensei'' franchise, and w ...

'' * Eri Kasamoto (エリ), a playable character in the game series ''Metal Slug'' *Eri Kasuga, a character from anime and manga Chimpui *

Eri Kisaki The manga series ''Case Closed'', known as in Japan, features a large number of recurring fictional characters created by Gosho Aoyama. The series takes place in modern-day Japan and follows an amateur detective Jimmy Kudo (Japanese name: Shini ...

, Ran's mother in the manga series ''Detective Conan'' * Eri Sawachika (愛理), in the anime and manga series ''School Rumble'' *Eri Miyanoshita (宮ノ下), a character in manga series '' Haikyū!!''. *

Eri Takigawa is a Japanese television drama which aired on Fuji TV at 10:00 pm every Thursday from April 10, 2008, until June 17, 2008. It stars Masami Nagasawa, Juri Ueno, Eita, Asami Mizukawa and Ryo Nishikido of japanese idol group Kanjani Eight. Th ...

(エリ), in the Japanese television drama ''Last Friends'' *Eri, in the manga adaptation of '' Candy Boy'' *Eri Ninamori, in the anime series ''

FLCL is an original video animation (OVA) anime series created and directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki, written by Yōji Enokido, and produced by the FLCL Production Committee, which consisted of Gainax, Production I.G, and King Records. ' ...

'' *Eri Asai, in Haruki Murakami's novel '' After Dark'' *Eri Shina, in the anime ''

Angel Beats! ''Angel Beats!'' is a 13-episode Japanese anime television series produced by P.A. Works and Aniplex and directed by Seiji Kishi. The story was originally conceived by Jun Maeda, who also wrote the screenplay and composed the music with ...

'' *Eri Ayase, one of the nine main characters from the anime Love Live! School Idol Project *Eri Karan, a character from '' Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters''

References

{{Reflist Japanese feminine given names