Kazumi () is a

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that can be given to either sex.

Written forms

Forms in

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 ...

can include: *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

characters (as listed above), or it can be written using the

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 ...

and

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", ...

writing systems. In

, Kazumi is written as かずみ, while in

, it is written as カズミ.

People with the given name

*, Japanese bobsledder * Kazumi Akedo (明戸和巳), Japanese Go player *

Kazumi Fujita is a Japanese mecha designer, who has worked on several noted anime series and video games, notably ''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam'', ''The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final'', and ''Quo Vadis 2''. He designed the Zeta Gundam, winning heated competition ...

(藤田一巳), Japanese mecha designer *, Japanese politician * Kazumi Kazui (一井かずみ), Japanese manga artist *

Kazumi Kishimoto is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. He won two medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international figure skating comp ...

(岸本一美), Japanese figure skater *

Kazumi Kurigami is a commercial and fine art Japanese photographer A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who uses a camera ...

(操上和美), Japanese photographer *

Kazumi Matsuo is a female marathon runner from Japan, who won the Nagoya Marathon on March 11, 2001 in a personal best time of 2:26:01 hours after having triumphed in the Berlin Marathon seven months earlier. She finished ninth at the 2001 World Championships i ...

(松尾和美), Japanese marathon runner *, Japanese volleyball player * Kazumi Onishi (大西一美), Japanese figure skater *

Kazumi Ota is a Japanese politician who is the current mayor of Kashiwa. She has previously served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) from 2006 to 2012, and again from 2014 to 2017. Political career Kazumi Ota ...

(太田和美), Japanese politician *

Kazumi Saito is a Japanese former professional baseball starting pitcher, and current fourth squad manager for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. He was a two-time winner of the Eiji Sawamura Award (, ), but did not pitch in a regular season game after October 200 ...

(斉藤和巳), Japanese baseball player *

Kazumi Sekine Kazuyoshi Sekine (関根和美 ''Sekine Kazuyoshi''), also known as Kazumi Sekine, was a Japanese film director, a dramatist, and a movie producer and the president of Sekine Production production company (関根プロ). He was born in Tokyo in ...

(関根和美), Japanese film director, producer and dramatist *

Kazumi Tabata was an 8th degree Grand Master in Shotokan karate. Born in Japan in 1943, Master Tabata started karate at age 13 and received the rank of ''nidan'' in Shorinji-ryu Renshinkan as a freshman in high school. Master Tabata went to Waseda University ...

(田畑和美), Japanese karateka *

Kazumi Takahashi was a Japanese novelist and scholar of Chinese literature in Shōwa-era Japan. His wife was fellow writer Takako Takahashi. Biography Takahashi was born in Naniwa-ku, Osaka, and was a graduate of Kyoto University. While still a student, he co ...

(高橋和巳, 1931–1971), Japanese writer and scholar of Chinese literature *

Kazumi Takayama is a Japanese actress, writer, and ''tarento''. She is a former first generation member of the Japanese idol group Nogizaka46, a co-author of the self-help book ''Investment Methods that Keep My Money Growing Even Though I'm An Idol'', and autho ...

(高山一実), Japanese and writer *

Kazumi Totaka is a Japanese video game composer and sound director who is best known for his various compositions in many Nintendo games. He occasionally does voice acting as well, most notably voicing Yoshi from the ''Mario'' series. He also directed the ...

(戸高一生), Japanese video game composer and voice actor *

Kazumi Watanabe is a Japanese guitarist. Other guitarists such as Luke Takamura and Sugizo have cited him as an influence. Career Watanabe learned guitar at the age of 12 from Sadanori Nakamure at the Yamaha Music School in Tokyo. He released his first album ...

(渡辺香津美), Japanese jazz and jazz fusion guitarist *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese sport shooter *

Kazumi Yamashita (manga artist) is a Japanese manga artist. Yamashita started her career as a shōjo manga artist. She made her debut as a professional artist in 1980 in the magazine Margaret. In her early years, she was inspired by the style of Mariko Iwadate. She is best ...

(山下和美), Japanese manga artist *, Japanese screenwriter and novelist

Fictional characters

*Kazumi Akiyama (秋山和美), a character from the manga series ''

Initial D is a Japanese street racing manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1995 to 2013, with the chapters collected into 48 volumes. The ...

''. *Kazumi Amano (アマノ・カズミ), a character from the

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

series ''

Gunbuster ''Gunbuster'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese original video animation (OVA) series produced by Bandai Visual, Victor Entertainment, and Gainax and released from October 1988 to July 1989. It was the directorial debut of Hideaki Anno, b ...

''. * Kazumi Asakura (朝倉和美), a character from the ''

Negima! Magister Negi Magi ''Negima! Magister Negi Magi'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. It was serialized in Kodansha's Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from Febru ...

'' manga series and its anime adaption. * Kazumi Kato, a character from the

webcomic Webcomics (also known as online comics or Internet comics) are comics published on the internet, such as on a website or a mobile app. While many webcomics are published exclusively online, others are also published in magazines, newspapers, or ...

series

The Order of the Stick ''The Order of the Stick'' (''OOTS'') is a comedic webcomic that satirizes tabletop role-playing games and medieval fantasy. The comic is written and drawn by Rich Burlew, who illustrates the comic in a stick figure style. Taking place in a mag ...

. *Kazumi, the main character from the spinoff manga of ''

Puella Magi Madoka Magica , also known simply as ''Madoka Magica'', is a Japanese anime television series created by Magica Quartet, and animated by Shaft. The story follows a group of middle school girls, led by protagonist Madoka Kaname, who make supernat ...

'', ''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica''. *Kazumi Mishima, a character from the ''

Tekken is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting games developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly Namco). The franchise also includes film and print adaptations. The main games in the series follow the events ...

'' series. *Kazumi Sawatari, a character from ''

Kamen Rider Build is a Japanese tokusatsu drama and the 28th entry of Toei Company's ''Kamen Rider'' metaseries. It is the nineteenth series to debut during the Heisei era. The show premiered on September 3, 2017, following the finale of ''Kamen Rider Ex-Aid'', jo ...

'' *Kazumi Satou, character from ''

Mayoi Neko Overrun! is a Japanese light novel series written by Tomohiro Matsu. Twelve volumes were published by Shueisha between 2008 and 2012 under their Super Dash Bunko imprint. The first nine feature illustrations by Peco, with Yasu, Hekiru Hikawa, and M ...

''. *Kazumi Yokokawa, from ''

Strike Witches is a Japanese media mix franchise originally created by Fumikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. The illustrations have since inspired several official light novel, manga, and anime series and v ...

''. *Kazumi Yoshida, main character from the ''

Shakugan no Shana , also known simply as , is a Japanese light novel series written by Yashichiro Takahashi with illustrations by Noizi Ito. ASCII Media Works published 27 novels from November 2002 to November 2023 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint ...

'' series. *Kazumi Yoshinaga, main character from the

light novel A is a type of Genre fiction, popular literature novel from Japan usually classified as young adult fiction, generally targeting Adolescence, teens to Young adult, twenties or older. The definition is very vague, and wide-ranging. The abbr ...

series ''

Gargoyle of Yoshinaga House is a Japanese light novel series written by Sennendō Taguchi. It follows Kazumi Yoshinaga and his normal junior high school life, with younger sister Futaba Yoshinaga, who won a prize from a lottery of a wolf-like gargoyle nicknamed "Gar ...

''. *Kazumi Yukihira (行平一己), a side character from the manga series ''

Gakuen Alice , also known as ''Alice Academy'' or ''Alice School'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tachibana Higuchi, serialized in the shōjo manga magazine ''Hana to Yume'' from issue 19 of 2002 to issue 14 of 2013. It was adapt ...

''. *Kazumi Schlierenzauer, a character from the manga ''

Brynhildr in the Darkness is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from January 2012 to March 2016. An anime television series adaptation by Arms aired between April an ...

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Written forms

People with the given name

Fictional characters

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