Mami (まみ, マミ) is a 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 ...

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Mami 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: *真美, "true, beauty" *真実, "truth" *茉美, "jasmine, beauty" *麻実, "hemp, truth" *麻美, "hemp, beauty" *茉海, "jasmine, sea" *舞美, "dance, beauty" *待実, "wait, truth" *待満, "wait, satisfy" *増実, "increase, truth" *麻弥, "hemp, complete" 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 ...

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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 ...

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People

Mami Ayukawa is a Japanese singer from Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Theme songs * ''Kaze no No Reply'' (風のノー・リプライ), second opening theme song from TV series ''Heavy Metal L-Gaim'' (1984) * ''Zeta – Toki wo Koete'' (Z・刻をこえて), f ...

(鮎川麻弥; born 1961), Japanese singer *

Mami Deguchi The ''Negima! Magister Negi Magi'' manga and anime series features a wide cast of fictional characters designed by Ken Akamatsu. The series follows Negi Springfield, a 10-year-old boy from Wales with magic powers, who becomes a teacher of a Ja ...

(出口茉美; born 1985), Japanese voice actress * Mami Higashiyama (東山麻美; born 1977), Japanese actress and singer * Mami Horikoshi (堀越真己; born 1960), Japanese voice actress * Mami Ishino (石野真美; born 1983), Japanese hurdler *, Japanese field hockey player * Mami Kataoka (片岡真実 Japanese art curator and writer * Mami Kawada (川田まみ; J-pop singer from

Sapporo ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous ci ...

, Japan * Mami Kingetsu (金月真美; born 1965), Japanese voice actress *

Mami Kosuge is a Japanese voice actress who works for Production Ace. Filmography Anime * Black Blood Brothers as Kelly Wong * D.N.Angel as Yuki Suzaki * Grenadier - The Senshi of Smiles as Touka Kurenai * Kiddy Grade as Bonita Gerard * Kimi ga Nozomu ...

(小菅真美; born 1974), Japanese voice actress *

Mami Koyama is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator affiliated with Aoni Production. Her best-known voice roles include Ophiuchus Shaina in ''Saint Seiya'', Arale Norimaki in ''Dr. Slump'', Minky Momo in ''Magical Princess Minky Momo'', Lunch in ' ...

(小山茉美; born 1955), Japanese voice actress * Mami Kudo (工藤真実; born 1964), Japanese ultramarathon runner *

Mami Matsuyama is a Japanese idol, singer, and actress. She has released a number of DVDs. She is best known for her role as Remi Freedle in '' Chousei Kantai Sazer-X''. Matsuyama cosplayed as Mao Ran, a character in a video game titled '' Fighting Beauty W ...

(松山まみ; born 1988), Japanese idol and cosplayer * Mami Mizutori (水鳥真美; (born 1960), Japanese diplomat *

Mami Naito is a Japanese badminton player from the Yonex team, who competed at the 2014 Asian Games. She educated physical education at the Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo. Her older brother, Yusuke Naito is a badminton coach. Naito and her women' ...

(内藤真実; born 1986), Japanese badminton player *

Mami Nakamura is a Japanese therapist and former actress. Career Nakamura debuted in Genjiro Arato's ''The Girl of the Silence'' in 1995. She starred in Ryuichi Hiroki's 2000 film, ''Tokyo Trash Baby''. She also appeared in Hiroki's another film, ''River''. ...

(中村麻美; born 1979), Japanese actress * Mami Nomura (野村真美; born 1964), Japanese actress *Mami Sasazaki (笹崎まみ), Japanese lead guitarist of

SCANDAL A scandal can be broadly defined as the strong social reactions of outrage, anger, or surprise, when accusations or rumours circulate or appear for some reason, regarding a person or persons who are perceived to have transgressed in some way. Th ...

*Mami Sato, Japanese bassist of the American rock band,

The Warlocks The Warlocks are an American Rock music, rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1998 by the guitarist/singer Bobby Hecksher. The band's music has ranged from psychedelic rock to drone music. There have been many changes in personnel sin ...

* Mami Shimamoto (嶋本麻美; born 1987), Japanese weightlifter *, Japanese biathlete *, Japanese volleyball player * Mami Yamaguchi (山口麻美; born 1986), Japanese soccer player * Mami Yamasaki (山崎真実; born 1985), Japanese gravure idol *

Mami Yoshida is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Pioneer Red Wings Pioneer Red Wings was a women's volleyball team based in Tendo city, Yamagata, Japan. It played in V.Premier League. The club was founded in 1979. The owner of the team is Toh ...

(吉田真未; born 1986), Japanese volleyball player

Fictional characters

*Mami Inagaki, a character from ''

Strike Witches is a Japanese media mix originally created by Fumikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. The franchise has since been adapted into several light novel, manga, and anime series and various video games. ...

'' * Mami Kuroi, a character in the manga and anime series ''

Hell Teacher Nūbē In religion and folklore, hell is a location in the afterlife in which evil souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as eternal punishment after death. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells a ...

'' * Mami Teramoto, a character from the English-language

webcomic Webcomics (also known as online comics or Internet comics) are comics published on a website or mobile app. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers, or comic books. Webcomics can be ...

series ''

Megatokyo (also stylized as ''MegaTokyo'') is an English-language webcomic created by Fred Gallagher and Rodney Caston. ''Megatokyo'' debuted on August 14, 2000, and has been written and illustrated solely by Gallagher since July 17, 2002. Fred Galla ...

'' *

Mami Tomoe is a fictional character from the 2011 anime series '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica''. Mami is a veteran magical girl and a third-year student at Mitakihara middle school. She acts as a mentor to Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki should they choose to ...

(巴マミ), a character from '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica'' *Mami Honda (本多マミ), a character from the manga ''

Gals! is a manga series written and illustrated by Mihona Fujii. It was published by Shueisha and serialized in '' Ribon'' ''shōjo'' manga magazine from 1998 to 2002. The manga was also published in the U.S. by CMX. In 2019, Mihona Fujii an ...

'' and its anime adaption, '' Super GALS! Kotobuki Ran'' *Mami Kosaka (高坂マミ), a character in the ''tokusatsu'' series '' Guruguru Medaman'' *Mami Nanami (七海麻美), a character from the manga and anime ''

Rent-A-Girlfriend is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Reiji Miyajima. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' since July 2017, and has been compiled into twenty-nine volumes as of December 2022. The series is license ...

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