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 ...

. It is rarely used as a surname.

Possible writings

Ayumi can be written using different

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

characters and can mean: *歩み, "course" "walking" "progress" ;as a given name *歩, "progress", "walking", "a step" *歩美, "walking, beauty" *歩実, "walking, truth" *鮎己, "sweetfish, oneself" *亜由美, "Asia, reason, beauty" *安愉海, "peaceful, pleasure, sea" *明征魅, "bright, conquer, fascination" *充裕実, "provide, abundant, truth" *歩未, "walking", "not yet" The given name can also be written in

hiragana is a 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" originally as contrast ...

and

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 ...

. *あゆみ, in hiragana *アユミ, in katakana *あゆ美, mixture of hiragana and

;as a surname *漢人 *阿弓

People with the name

Ayumi Beppu is a Japanese actress and ''tarento'' from Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. She is chiefly known for her role as in ''Mahou Sentai Magiranger''. Filmography *''Mahou Sentai Magiranger'' - Houka Ozu/Magi Pink (2005) *''Mahou Sentai Magiranger The Movi ...

(別府あゆみ, born 1983), Japanese actress,

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, and model *, Japanese artist *

Ayumi Fujimura is a Japanese retired Voice acting in Japan, voice actress from Tokyo, Japan. Starting from April 1, 2019, it was announced that she took an indefinite hiatus. Filmography Anime ;2005 *''Kotenkotenko'' (Fairy) ;2006 *''Nana (manga), NANA'' (Wom ...

(藤村歩, born 1982), Japanese voice actress *

Ayumi Hamasaki is a Japanese singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, model, spokesperson, and entrepreneur. By 2002, Hamasaki had earned the nickname "Empress of J-pop" due to her popularity in Japan and throughout Asia. Due to her success and relevanc ...

(浜崎あゆみ, born 1978), Japanese singer *

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(real name Ayumi Itō 伊藤亜由美, born 1984),

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Korean singer who was a member of the Korean girl group

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Ayumi Ishida (actress) is a Japanese actress and singer. Her real name is . She is the second among four daughters. She won the award for Best Actress at the 4th Yokohama Film Festival for '' Yajūdeka''. She also won the awards for best actress at the 29th Blue Rib ...

(いしだあゆみ, born 1948), Japanese actress and singer *

Ayumi Ishida (Morning Musume member) (born 7 January 1997) is a Japanese pop singer and dancer. She is a tenth-generation member and sub-leader of the pop group Morning Musume. Biography Early life Ayumi Ishida was born on 7 January 1997, in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. Prior to debuti ...

(石田亜佑美, born 1997), Japanese singer who is a member of the J-pop girl group

Morning Musume , formerly simply and colloquially referred to as , are a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most top ten singles with an ...

Ayumi Ito is a Japanese actress from Tokyo, Japan. Career Ito played a supporting role in ''Tokyo!''. She also appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2012 television drama '' Penance''. Filmography Film * '' Samurai Kids'' (1993) – Chizuko Kusubayashi * '' Sw ...

(伊藤歩, born 1980), Japanese actress *

Ayumi Kaihori is a former Japanese football player. She played for the Japan national team. Club career Kaihori was born in Nagaokakyo on September 4, 1986. In 2004, she was a high school student and joined the youth team for the Speranza FC Takatsuki. She ...

(海堀あゆみ, born 1986) Japanese association footballer *

Ayumi Karino (born 6 November 1984 in Hyogo Prefecture) is a Japanese softball player who won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), we ...

(狩野亜由美, born 1984), Japanese softball player *

Ayumi Kida is a Japanese voice actress. Her voice-over credits include the Japanese dub voices of Dexter in ''Dexter's Laboratory'', Swayzak from Toonami, and Dib Membrane in ''Invader Zim''. Notable roles 1994 *''Omakase Scrappers'' as Akira *''Yamato Tak ...

(喜田あゆ美, born 1966), Japanese actress *

Ayumi Kinoshita is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She was born in Chita, Aichi, Japan, and was affiliated with Wave Management Nagoya, Parts, and Stardust Promotion before working as a freelance actress. She is well known for playing Marika Reimon/Deka ...

(木下あゆ美, born 1982), Japanese actress and model *

Ayumi Komura is a Japanese manga artist who writes mainly ''shōjo'' manga. Her works are primarily serialized in '' Margaret'' magazine, with series published in collected volumes by Shueisha under their Margaret Comics imprint. She contributed to a chari ...

(小村あゆみ), Japanese manga artist *

Ayumi Kurashima is a Japanese freelance animator. She was originally part of Daizō Production. She has worked as a key animator, animation director and character designer on several works. She has recently worked on numerous Bones works. Works Anime television ...

(倉島亜由美, born 1977), Japanese

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animator *

Ayumi Kurihara (born July 13, 1984) is a retired '' joshi puroresu '' wrestler. Professional wrestling career Kurihara entered training with the women's pro wrestling promotion AtoZ and then transferred to M's Style, where she learned the craft from well-kn ...

(栗原亜弓, born 1984), ''joshi puroresu'' wrestler *

Ayumi Miyazaki or Ayumi for short, is a Japanese singer and composer. Miyazaki has sung several songs in the Digimon series. He sang the evolution theme song for ''Digimon Adventure'' called "Brave Heart" and its '' Digimon Adventure Tri'' remix. He also sang ...

(宮崎歩, born 1971), Japanese singer *

Ayumi Morita is a Japanese tennis player. She reached her career-high ranking of number 40 in the world in October 2011. At junior level, she reached a combined career-high ranking of world No. 3. Morita is known for strong and consistent two-handed grounds ...

(森田あゆみ, born 1990), Japanese tennis professional *

Ayumi Murata (born on January 12, 1982) is a female Japanese singer and actress from Tokyo, Japan. She has also played the role of Minako Aino in the Sailor Moon musicals from 2001 to 2002. Anime voice roles * Happiness! (Opening theme) * Kappa no Kaikata * ...

(村田あゆみ, born 1982), Japanese singer *

Ayumi Nagashii is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She has played voice roles in a number of Japanese anime including Satsuki Kiryūin in '' Kill la Kill'', Ino Yamanaka in ''Naruto'' and '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'', Shamal in '' Magical Girl Lyri ...

(永椎あゆみ, born 1974), alias for the Japanese voice actress Ryoka Yuzuki *, Japanese volleyball player * Ayumi Oka (岡あゆみ, born 1983), Japanese actress * Ayumi Oka (岡あゆみ, born 1986), Japanese tennis player *

Okinoumi Ayumi is a retired Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Okinoshima, Shimane. He joined professional sumo in 2005, reaching the top division in 2010. He was runner-up in ''makuuchi'' three times in the January 2011, March 2013, and November 2017 ...

(born 1985),

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wrestler *

Ayumi Onodera is a Japanese curler, born November 25, 1978, as . She currently skips her own team in Sapporo, Hokkaido, which represented Japan at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Also she is a curling coach. Career At the age of 12, Ogasawara began curling in her ...

(born 1978), Japanese curler *, Japanese ice hockey player *

Ayumi Shibata (born February 22, 1984) is a Japanese female singer. She is a former member of Melon Kinenbi, an all-girl J-pop group which is part of the Hello! Project. She joined the group Tanpopo with Morning Musume members Asami Konno and Risa Niigaki i ...

(柴田あゆみ, born 1984), Japanese singer *

Ayumi Shigemori is a Japanese actress and pop star. She sang on the major J-pop hit "Dango 3 Kyodai". Appearances * '' You Gotta Quintet'' * ''Cheap Love "Cheap Love" is a song written and recorded by Del Shannon for his 1983 album ''Drop Down and Get Me''. ...

(茂森あゆみ, born 1971), Japanese actress and pop star *

Ayumi Shiina is a Japanese ''shōjo'' manga artist. Her debut was in 1987 with the story ''Namida no Message'', published in the Autumn issue of Ribon Original. She has since published her manga in Ribon and its spin-off magazines. Notable works by her are '' ...

(椎名あゆみ, born 1969), Japanese shōjo manga artist *

Ayumi Tanimoto born August 4, 1981, in Anjo, Aichi, is a Japanese judoka. She was coached by Toshihiko Koga, who is a gold medalist at the Barcelona Olympics and a silver medalist at the Atlanta Olympics Men's Judo. Tanimoto won the Women's -63 kg cate ...

(谷本歩実, born 1981), Japanese female judoka *

Ayumi Tsuji is a Japanese voice actress from Ehime Prefecture. She is affiliated with Mausu Promotion. Her major roles are Kozue Orihara in ''Chaos;Head'', Rose in ''Red Garden'', Elise in ''Sky Girls'', and Bara-tan (Baratack) in ''Robot Girls Z''. Filmog ...

(辻あゆみ, born 1984), Japanese voice actress *

Ayumi Tsunematsu is a Japanese voice actress. Filmography Anime series *''Aikatsu!'' as Lisa Hīragi/Green Grass *''Avenger'' as Mist, Peter (ep 2) *''Bakugan Battle Brawlers'' as Harpy, Miyoko Kūsō *'' Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders'' as Miyoko Kuso *'' Bakugan ...

(恒松あゆみ, born 1981), Japanese actress *

Ayumi Yasutomi is a Japanese economist and politician. She is a professor at the Institute of Advanced Studies on Asia at the University of Tokyo. Yasutomi came out as a transgender woman in 2014. Education Yasutomi graduated from Kyoto University in 1991 wi ...

, (安冨歩, born 1963), Japanese economist and politician

Fictional characters

*Ayumi Shinozaki, main character in video game ''

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''. *Ayumi Yoshida, a secondary character from ''

Detective Conan ''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese detective fiction, detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' ...

''. *The

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doll line, by Manhattan Toy, features a doll named Ayumi. *Ayumi Tachibana, main character from video game series ''

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''. *Ayumi Takahara (高原歩美), supporting character in the anime ''

Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai , abbreviated as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tamiki Wakaki. It was originally serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from April 2008 to April 2014, with its chapters collected in 26 ''tankōbon'' vol ...

''. *Ayumi Otosaka (乙坂歩未), main character in the anime ''

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