Mayumi (まゆみ, マユミ) is a common
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 ...
for females.
Written forms
Mayumi 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:
*麻弓, "linen, bow"
*真弓 or 眞弓, "truth, bow" or "
spindle tree"
*檀, "spindle tree"
*雅弓, "elegant, bow"
*真由美 or 眞由美, "truth, reason, beauty"
*麻由美, "linen, reason, beauty"
*真有美, "truth, exist, beauty"
*真優美, "truth, gentle, 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", ...
as まゆみ or
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 ...
as マユミ.
People
Given name
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Mayumi Aoki (まゆみ) a Japanese swimmer
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Mayumi Asaka (真由美), a Japanese actress
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Mayumi Asano (まゆみ), a Japanese voice actress
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Mayumi Azuma (まゆみ), a Japanese manga artist
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Mayumi Gojo (born 1972), a Japanese singer
*Mayumi Heene, see
Balloon boy hoax
*Mayumi Hachiya (真由美),
Kim Hyon-hui's Japanese cover name
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Mayumi Horikawa (まゆみ), a Japanese model and singer-songwriter
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Mayumi Iizuka (雅弓), a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer
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Mayumi Ichikawa (真弓), a Japanese long-distance runner
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Mayumi Itsuwa (真弓), a Japanese female singer
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Mayumi Moriyama
was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Early life and education
Moriyama was born in Tokyo on 7 November 1927. Her father was a businessman, who ...
(真弓), a Japanese politician
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Mayumi Narita (真由美), a Japanese swimmer
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Mayumi Ogawa (眞由美), a Japanese actress
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Mayumi Ozaki (魔弓), a Japanese female professional wrestler
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Mayumi Raheem, a Sri Lankan swimmer
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Mayumi Sada (真由美), a Japanese actress
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Mayumi Shō (born 1965), a Japanese voice actress
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Mayumi Shintani
is a Japanese actress and voice actress affiliated with Nylon100.
Filmography Anime
Film
Video games
Dubbing Live-action
*'' Chappie'', Yolandi ( Yolandi Visser)
*'' Cinderella'', Drisella ( Sophie McShera)
*'' Dark Places'', Patty Day ...
(真弓), a Japanese voice actress and actress
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Mayumi Suzuki (まゆみ), a Japanese voice actress
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Mayumi Tanaka (真弓, born 1955), a Japanese voice actress
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Mayumi Wakamura (麻由美), a Japanese actress
*, Japanese sprinter
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Mayumi Yamaguchi (眞弓, born 1975), a Japanese voice actress
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Mayumi Yamamoto (disambiguation), multiple people
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Mayumi Yoshida (真弓), a Japanese voice actress
Fictional characters
*Mayumi (マユミ), a character in the
Psychiatrist Irabu series of short stories
*Mayumi, a character in the film ''
Urduja
Urduja was a legendary warrior princess recorded in the travel accounts of Ibn Battuta (1304 – possibly 1368 or 1377 AD). She was described to be a princess of ''Kaylukari'' in the land of '' Tawalisi''. Though the locations of ''Kaylukari'' an ...
''
*Mayumi Kino (真弓), a character in the manga and OVA ''
Blue Submarine No. 6''
*Mayumi Kisumi (まゆみ), a character in the anime ''
Smile PreCure!
is a 2012 Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and the ninth installment in Izumi Todo's ''Pretty Cure'' metaseries, featuring the seventh generation of Cures. The series is written by Shōji Yonemura, best known as ...
''
*Mayumi Kubota (真弓), a character in the Nickelodeon/Netflix series ''
Glitch Techs''
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Mayumi Kinniku (真弓), a male character in the comic ''Kinnikuman'' and its sequel ''Ultimate Muscle''
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Mayumi Tendo (真弓), a character in the novel, comic and film ''Battle Royale''
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Mayumi Thyme (真弓), a character in the visual novel ''SHUFFLE!''
*Mayumi Saegusa (真由美), a character in the light novel series ''
The Irregular at Magic High School''
*Mayumi Joutouguu (磨弓), a character in ''
Wily Beast and Weakest Creature'' from the video game series ''Touhou Project''
*Mayumi Nishikino (麻弓), a character in the manga and anime series ''
The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior''
See also
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Mayumi (disambiguation)
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Japanese feminine given names
Feminine given names