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 is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 18th Yokohama Film Festival for '' Haru'' and the best actress award at the 2010 Montreal World Film Festival for her performance in ''Villain''. She also received acclaim for her r ...

(絵里, born 1973), Japanese actress *

Eri Ishida is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 9th Yokohama Film Festival for '' Chōchin'' and at the 13th Hochi Film Award for '' A Chaos of Flowers'', '' Hope and Pain'' and ''Wuthering Heights''. Filmography Fil ...

(born 1960), Japanese actress * Eri Itō (恵里), Japanese vocalist *

Eri Kamei is a Japanese pop singer and model. She is a former member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. She joined in late 2003 as a sixth generation member along with Miki Fujimoto, Sayumi Michishige, and Reina Tanaka. She graduated on December 1 ...

(絵里, born 1988), member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume *

Eri Kawai was a Japanese singer from Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and both composed and sang not only classic but also pop and world music. She was also friends with well-known video game composer Y ...

(英里, 1965–2008), Japanese singer *

Eri Kikuchi is a pink film actress and an early Japanese AV idol of the 1980s. Life and career Kikuchi was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan on April 5, 1965. She started as a ''fuzoku'' (sex industry) girl in hotels and soaplands and also made app ...

(born 1965), 1980s Japanese AV idol *, Japanese swimmer *

Eri Kitamura is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She was previously affiliated with Early Wing, but is now a freelancer. She is known for voicing prominent roles in anime such as and Sayaka Miki in '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica'', Saya Otonashi in ''Bloo ...

(英梨, born 1987), Japanese voice actress and singer *

Eri Murakawa is a Japanese actress associated with Amuse, Inc. She attended Omiya Junior High School and Hinode High School. Filmography Drama *'' Kaze no Haruka'' (2005) *''My Boss My Hero'' (2006) *''Sexy Voice and Robo'' (2007) *''Good Job'' (2007) *'' ...

(絵梨, born 1987), Japanese actress *, Japanese speed skater *

Eri Nitta is a Japanese singer, actress, lyricist, and tarento. She made her professional debut as the fourth member of the all-female singing group Onyanko Club in 1985. She made her solo debut with the hit song on January 1, 1986. Nitta performed the o ...

(恵利, born 1968), Japanese idol and singer *

Eri Nobuchika is a Japanese singer-songwriter, under the Fearless Records label on Sony Music Associated Records. She currently resides in Tokyo. Biography Early years Nobuchika'ss professional career began at an open Sony Music audition. She sent in her ...

(エリ, born 1985), Japanese pop singer and songwriter *

Eri Sendai is a Japanese actress and voice-actress from Japan. Her major roles in anime include Mimino Kurumi/Milky Rose in ''Yes! Precure 5'', Saotome Rei in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'', Sa Kōrin in ''The Story of Saiunkoku'', Morita Yukari in ''Rocket Girls'', Shi ...

(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 is a Japanese politician and former television reporter from the Democratic Party of Japan. She currently serves as member of the House of Councillors for the Hokkaido At-large district. Before entering in politics she worked as reporter for ...

(born 1962), Japanese politician and former TV reporter *

Eri Tokunaga (actress) is a Japanese actress. Filmography Film * ''Hula Girls'' (2006), Sanae Kimura * '' Achilles and the Tortoise'' (2008), Mari Kuramochi * ''Haru's Journey'' (2010), Haru Nakai * ''Hanamizuki'' (2010), Minami Nakamura * ''Arakawa Under the Bridge ...

(born 1988), Japanese actress *Eri Uchinaga (内永枝利, born 2000) stage name Giselle, Japanese-Korean member of South Korean girl group

Aespa Aespa ( ; , commonly stylized in all lowercase or æspa) is a South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment. The group consists of four members: Karina, Giselle, Winter, and Ningning. They debuted on November 17, 2020, with the single "Bl ...

*, 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 is a Japanese manga created by Fujiko F. Fujio in 1985. It tells the story of two cute aliens that come to Earth to find the girl who will marry their prince of planet Mahl and find one in a sixth grade girl named Eri. It was subsequently ad ...

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!! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2012 to July 2020, with its chapters collected in 45 ''tankōbo ...

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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 is an eight-minute original net animation produced by Anime International Company, and directed by Takafumi Hoshikawa. Since November 22, 2007, the ONA is available through streaming on the Cho! animelo audiovisual website and the Nico Ni ...

'' *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 is a Japanese multimedia project co-developed by ASCII Media Works' '' Dengeki G's Magazine'', music label Lantis, and animation studio Sunrise. It is the first multimedia project in the '' Love Live!'' franchise. The project revolve ...

*Eri Karan, a character from '' Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters''

References

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