is a common

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. While it is a

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, it is more commonly used by women. It can also be used as a surname.

Written forms

Natsuki can be written using different

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characters and can mean: ;as a given name *夏稀, "summer, rare" *夏生, "summer, life" *夏紀, "summer, chronicle" *夏樹, "summer, wood" *夏姫, "summer, princess" *夏希, "summer, hope" *菜月, "greens, moon" *菜月, "

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flower, moon" *那月, "rich/beautiful, moon" *夏妃, "summer, queen" *夏季, "summer, seasons" *懐季, "reminiscence, yearn, seasons" *懐希, "reminiscence, yearn, hope" *ナツキ,

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for "Natsuki" *なつき,

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for "Natsuki" ;as a surname *夏木, "summer, tree" *夏樹, "summer, wood"

People

Given name

* Natsuki Ikezawa (池澤夏樹, born 1945), Japanese poet, novelist, essayist, and translator *

Natsuki Katō is a Japanese actress, singer and former fashion model, regularly appearing on television in various roles. Career In November 2010, Akita Prefecture chose her as one of the two official PR-Ambassadors, along with Nozomi Sasaki, with the purpo ...

(加藤夏希, born 1985), Japanese actress *

Natsuki Hanae is a Japanese voice actor. He is affiliated with Across Entertainment. He voiced Tanjiro Kamado in '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', Ken Kaneki in ''Tokyo Ghoul'', Inaho Kaizuka in '' Aldnoah.Zero'', Takumi Aldini in '' Food Wars: Shokugek ...

(花江夏樹, born 1991), Japanese voice actor and singer * Natsuki Harada (原田夏希, born 1984), a Japanese actress * Natsuki Mizu (水夏希, born 1972), a Japanese musical actress who was a member of the all-female musical troupe,

Takarazuka Revue The is a Japanese all-female musical theatre troupe based in Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Women play all roles in lavish, Broadway theatre, Broadway-style productions of musicals and stories adapted from films, nov ...

from 2006 to 2010 *

Natsuki Nidaira is a Japanese badminton player. She is currently a member of the Yonex badminton club. Career Nidaira came from the Mito, Ibaraki, and started playing badminton at aged five. Since the elementary school she has won several national championsh ...

(仁平菜月, born 1998), Japanese badminton player * Natsuki Oie (大家夏稀, born 1998), Japanese badminton player * Natsuki Okamoto (岡本奈月, born 1989), a Japanese fashion model and actress *

Natsuki Sumeragi is a Japanese manga artist. She graduated from Ritsumeikan University with a degree in Japanese literature. She is famous for portraying Chinese and Korean history in her works. She currently lives in Kyoto Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, J ...

(皇名月 or 皇なつき, born 1967), Japanese illustrator and manga artist who is famous for incorporating both

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and Chinese history into her works * Natsuki Takaya (高屋奈月, born 1973), Japanese manga artist best known for creating the manga series,

Fruits Basket , sometimes abbreviated , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya. It was serialized in the semi-monthly Japanese manga magazine , published by Hakusensha, from 1998 to 2006. The series' title comes from ...

* Natsuki Nishi (born 1972), Japanese Olympic sprint canoer * Natsuki Sato (佐藤夏希, born 1990), J-pop singer and former member of the all-female Japanese group

AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol musical girl group named after the Akihabara area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48 has sold more records than any other female musical act in Japanese history. AK ...

Natsuki Ozawa (born April 19, 1972) is a Japanese singer, actress and AV actress who has appeared in mainstream films and adult videos. Life and career As a teenager, Ozawa had roles in two 1987 films, the youth action comedy '' Be-Bop High School: Koko yot ...

(小沢なつき, born 1972), Japanese singer, actress, and pornographic actress

Surname

* Mari Natsuki (中島淳子, born 1952), Japanese singer, dancer and actress * Rio Natsuki (夏樹リオ, born 1969), Japanese voice actress * Yōko Natsuki (夏樹陽子, born 1952), Japanese actress

Fictional characters

Given name

*Natsuki, a character from the manga ''Bad Company'' * Natsuki, a character from the visual novel game ''

Doki Doki Literature Club! ''Doki Doki Literature Club!'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''DDLC'') is a 2017 visual novel video game developed by Team Salvato for Personal computer, personal computers. The story follows a student who reluctantly joins his high school's literat ...

'' *Natsuki Kisumi, the title character of '' Natsuki Crisis'', a Japanese

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and 2 episode

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 ...

* Natsuki Kuga (なつき), a character from the anime series ''

My-HiME is a Japanese anime television series produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks, Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino (screenwriter), Hiroyuki Yoshino, it premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo from September 2004 to March 2 ...

'' *Natsuki Kruger (ナツキ), a character from the anime series ''

My-Otome is a Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, it is a spinoff of the '' My-HiME'' anime series and as such ''My-Otome'' takes place in a new setting with new main c ...

'' * Natsuki Mamiya (菜月), a main character from the 2006 Japanese

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series, ''

GoGo Sentai Boukenger is the 30th series in Toei's Super Sentai series, a metaseries of Japanese ''tokusatsu'' programming. It was the first installment to be produced and broadcast in the 16:9 aspect ratio. It aired from February 19, 2006, to February 11, 2007, a ...

'' *Natsuki Nakagawa (中川夏紀), a character from the anime '' Sound! Euphonium'' *Natsuki Shinohara, a character from the animated movie ''

Summer Wars is a 2009 Japanese animated science fiction film directed by Mamoru Hosoda, produced by Madhouse, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film's voice cast includes Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Sumiko Fuji ...

'' *Natsuki Shinomiya (那月), a character from the otome game series '' Uta no Prince-sama'' *Natsuki Smith-Mizuki, a character from the manga '' Shonan Junai Gumi''

Surname

*Musashi Natsuki (夏木六三四), the title character of '' Musashi no Ken'' *Rin Natsuki (夏木りん, a.k.a Cure Rouge), a character from the anime '' Yes! Pretty Cure 5'' **Ai and Yu Natsuki, Rin's younger siblings **Kazuyo Natsuki, Rin, Ai, and Yu's mother *

Subaru Natsuki is a fictional character from ''Re:Zero'', a series of light novels written by Tappei Nagatsuki and illustrated by Shin'ichirō Ōtsuka. Subaru is a young ''hikikomori'' who suddenly finds himself transported to another world on his way home fro ...

, protagonist of the light novel series ''Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World'' {{given name, type=both Japanese-language surnames Japanese unisex given names