is a feminine
Japanese given name. It is rarely used as a surname.
Possible writings
Ayumi can be written using different
kanji 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 and
katakana.
*あゆみ, in hiragana
*アユミ, in katakana
*あゆ美, mixture of hiragana and
kanji
;as a surname
*漢人
*阿弓
People with the name
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Ayumi Beppu (別府 あゆみ, born 1983), Japanese actress,
tarento, and model
*, Japanese artist
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Ayumi Fujimura (藤村 歩, born 1982), Japanese voice actress
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Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎 あゆみ, born 1978), Japanese singer
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Iconiq (real name Ayumi Itō 伊藤 亜由美, born 1984),
Zainichi Korean singer who was a member of the Korean girl group
Sugar
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Ayumi Ishida (actress) (いしだ あゆみ, born 1948), Japanese actress and singer
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Ayumi Ishida (Morning Musume member) (石田 亜佑美, born 1997), Japanese singer who is a member of the J-pop girl group
Morning Musume
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Ayumi Ito (伊藤 歩, born 1980), Japanese actress
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Ayumi Kaihori (海堀あゆみ, born 1986) Japanese association footballer
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Ayumi Karino (狩野 亜由美, born 1984), Japanese softball player
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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
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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
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Ayumi Komura (小村 あゆみ), Japanese manga artist
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Ayumi Kurashima (倉島亜由美, born 1977), Japanese
freelance
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animator
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Ayumi Kurihara (栗原 亜弓, born 1984), ''joshi puroresu'' wrestler
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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
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Ayumi Morita (森田 あゆみ, born 1990), Japanese tennis professional
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Ayumi Murata (村田あゆみ, born 1982), Japanese singer
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Ayumi Nagashii (永椎 あゆみ, born 1974), alias for the Japanese voice actress Ryoka Yuzuki
*, Japanese volleyball player
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Ayumi Oka (岡あゆみ, born 1983), Japanese actress
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Ayumi Oka (岡あゆみ, born 1986), Japanese tennis player
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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),
sumo
is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a ''rikishi'' (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring (''dohyō'') or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet (usually by thr ...
wrestler
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Ayumi Onodera (born 1978), Japanese
curler
*, Japanese ice hockey player
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Ayumi Shibata (柴田 あゆみ, born 1984), Japanese singer
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Ayumi Shigemori (茂森 あゆみ, born 1971), Japanese actress and pop star
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Ayumi Shiina (椎名 あゆみ, born 1969), Japanese shōjo manga artist
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Ayumi Tanimoto (谷本 歩実, born 1981), Japanese female judoka
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Ayumi Tsuji (辻 あゆみ, born 1984), Japanese voice actress
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Ayumi Tsunematsu (恒松 あゆみ, born 1981), Japanese actress
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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 ''
Corpse Party''.
*Ayumi Yoshida, a secondary character from ''
Detective Conan''.
*The
Groovy Girls doll line, by Manhattan Toy, features a doll named Ayumi.
*Ayumi Tachibana, main character from video game series ''
Famicom Detective Club
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''.
*Ayumi Takahara (高原 歩美), supporting character in the anime ''
Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai''.
*Ayumi Otosaka (乙坂 歩未), main character in the anime ''
Charlotte''.
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Japanese feminine given names