Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...

. Although the name can be given to both sexes, it is more commonly used by females.

Written forms

Harumi can be written using different

kanji are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, 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 and are ...

characters and can mean: *晴美, "sunny, beauty" *晴海, "sunny, sea" *晴実, "sunny, fruit" *春美, "spring, beauty" *春海, "spring, sea" *春実, "spring, fruit" *治美, "govern, beauty" 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'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...

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 fr ...

People

Edo Harumi is a Japanese comedian, actress and graduate student. Edo Harumi is represented with Yoshimoto Kogyo in Tokyo (also known as Tokyo Yoshimoto, a subsidiary of Yoshimoto Creative Agency). She spent her childhood in Ibaraki Prefecture, Chiba Prefe ...

(はるみ, born 1964), Japanese comedian *

Harumi Fujita is a Japanese composer best known for her work at the video game company Capcom is a Japanese video game company. It has created a number of critically acclaimed and List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game ...

(晴美; born 1961), Japanese composer * Harumi Fujita (archaeologist), (はるみ), Japanese archaeologist * Harumi Hanayagi (はるみ; 1896–1962), Japanese actress *

Harumi Honda Harumi Honda (born 12 November 1963) is a Japanese former track cyclist. Career Honda was the keirin – "racing track" – is a form of Motor-paced racing, motor-paced cycle racing in which track cycling, track cyclists sprint for victo ...

(born 1963), Japanese track cyclist *

Harumi Hiroyama Harumi Hiroyama (; born 2 September 1968 in Naruto, Tokushima) is a Japanese long-distance runner. In her early career she specialized in the 1500 and 3000 metres, but gradually she shifted to the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon race. ...

(晴美; born 1968), Japanese long-distance runner *

Harumi Ikoma is a Japanese voice actress that is best known for performing narration and character voices in popular fighting games for SNK. She is the standard voice for the characters Blue Mary, King, Charlotte, and Nakoruru who appear in the popular fran ...

(治美), a Japanese voice actress and narrator *, Japanese cross-country skier *

Harumi Inoue is an actress, model and accomplished swimmer. Career Inoue has released pop singles. She was the character "Hiromi Ueda" in the 1995 TV series ''Kimi To Deatte Kara''. She appeared in ''Asakusa Kid,'' a series based on a semi-autobiographic ...

(晴美; born 1974), Japanese actress *

Harumi Kohara Harumi Kohara (born 24 June 1965) is a Japanese badminton player. She competed in women's singles and women's doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capi ...

(born 1965), Japanese badminton player *

Harumi Kori is a former Japanese football player and manager. Coaching career Kori was born on August 17, 1953. In 1985, he became a manager for Regional Leagues club Kawasaki Steel (later ''Vissel Kobe'') based in Okayama Prefecture. The club won the cha ...

(晴己; born 1953), Japanese football player * Harumi Kurihara (はるみ; born 1947), Japanese celebrity homemaker and television personality *

Harumi Miyako , born Harumi Kitamura (, ''Kitamura Harumi'') in Kyoto, is a Japanese ''enka'' singer. She made her debut in 1964. Her popularity has lasted: she makes frequent appearances in the annual television spectacular ''Kōhaku Uta Gassen'' and has a ...

(はるみ; born 1948), Japanese enka singer *

Harumi Nakazato Harumi Nakazato (中里晴美 , ''Nakazato Harumi'', born June 2, 1962) is a Japanese sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital cit ...

(晴美; born 1962), Japanese sprint canoer *

Harumi Nemoto is a Japanese gravure (bikini) idol from Chiba Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Ch ...

(はるみ; born 1980), Japanese bikini model *

Harumi Sakurai is a Japanese voice actress and narrator. Some of her prominent roles are Saya Tokido in ''Little Busters!'', Yuri Nakamura in ''Angel Beats!'', Awaki Musujime in ''A Certain Magical Index'', Lisanna Strauss in ''Fairy Tail'' and Sylphie App ...

(浩美; born 1982), Japanese voice actress *

Harumi Sato is a Japanese dancer, model, and actress. She is a former member of J-Pop group E-girls and Flower and exclusive model for the Japanese fashion magazine ''Ray''. Sato is represented by LDH. Early life Harumi Sato was born on June 8, 1995, in ...

(晴美; born 1995), Japanese dancer, model and actress *, Japanese politician * Harumi Tsuyuzaki (born 1974), Japanese singer and songwriter * Harumi Yanagawa, Japanese Paralympic athlete

Places

* Harumi, district of Tokyo {{given name Japanese unisex given names