Ai is a

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

and

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...

given name. In Japanese, it is almost always used as a

feminine Femininity (also called womanliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with women and girls. Femininity can be understood as socially constructed, and there is also some evidence that some behaviors considered fe ...

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 ...

, written as あい 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 ...

, アイ in

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 ...

, 愛, 藍 or 亜衣 in

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 ...

. It could mean love, affection (愛), or indigo (藍). The

亜衣 is only associated as a proper noun, it could mean Asian clothes. In Chinese, it is commonly used as a feminine given name, but it also is given as a male name, written as "爱/愛", "艾" or other characters. It could mean love, affection (愛), or mugwort (艾).

Notable people from Japan with the name

Athletes

*, Japanese table tennis player. *

Ai Fukuhara is a retired Japanese table tennis player and Olympic medalist, winning silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics and bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics with the Japanese women's team. She is sponsored by All Nippon Airways. Table tennis career Fuk ...

(福原愛), Japanese professional table tennis player. *

Ai Miyazato is a former Japanese professional golfer who competed on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA). She was the top-ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings on three occasions in 2010. Early life, family and amateur ca ...

(宮里藍, born 1985), Japanese professional golf player. *

Ai Otomo AI is artificial intelligence, intellectual ability in machines and robots. Ai, AI or A.I. may also refer to: Animals * Ai (chimpanzee), an individual experimental subject in Japan * Ai (sloth) or the pale-throated sloth, northern Amazonian mam ...

(大友愛), Japanese volleyball player. *

Ai Sugiyama is a Japanese former tennis player. She reached the world No. 1 ranking in women's doubles on the WTA Tour and had a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. In her career, she won six singles and 38 doubles t ...

(杉山愛, born 1975), retired Japanese professional tennis player. * Ai Shibata, (柴田亜衣), Japanese professional swimmer. * Ai Shishime, (志々目愛), Japanese professional judoka. * Ai Ogura, (小椋藍, born 2001), Japanese male motorcycle racer.

Singers

Ai (singer) , known mononymously as Ai (, stylized as AI or A.I. ), is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, spokeswoman, and actress. Born in Los Angeles, California, Ai moved to Kagoshima, at age 4. Motivated to become a singer, ...

(植村愛カリーナ, born 1981), Japanese-American singer and songwriter. *

Ai Kago is a Japanese actress and former singer. In 2000, Kago debuted as a 4th generation member of the idol girl group Morning Musume. During her time in the group, she was also part of Mini-Moni and other Hello! Project sub-groups. In 2004, Kago depa ...

(加護亜依, born 1988), Japanese pop singer, actress, author and former member of J-pop 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 ...

. *

Ai Kawashima is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter and pianist. After overcoming her tragic childhood, she released her debut single ''Asueno tobira'' (Door to Tomorrow) as the duo I Wish in 2003. She is well known for her numerous street performances. She is ...

(川嶋あい), Japanese pop singer, songwriter and pianist. *

Ai Otsuka is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Japan. She is a popular artist on the Avex Trax label and is best known for her 2003 hit "Sakuranbo", which stayed in the Top 200 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart for 103 weeks. A piano player ...

(大塚愛, born 1982), Japanese pop singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, and actress. *

Ai Takahashi (born September 14, 1986) is a Japanese singer and actress formerly associated with the Hello! Project and is best known as the leader of Morning Musume and Hello! Project until 2011. She is also a former member of its popular subgroup Mini Moni ...

(高橋愛, born 1986), Japanese pop singer and former member of

. *, Japanese singer-songwriter.

Voice actresses

Ai Furihata is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Nagano Prefecture. She is affiliated with Across Entertainment. Furihata made her debut as solo singer in Fall 2020 with her first mini album, "Moonrise" as the first artist affiliated with a new mu ...

(降幡愛), born 1994 *

Ai Kakuma is a Japanese voice actress from Fukuoka Prefecture. Filmography Anime television series ;2012 *''Campione!'' as Hikari Mariya *''Haiyore! Nyaruko-san'' as Female Student (episode 10) *''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' as Customer B (episode 10) ...

(加隈亜衣), born 1988 *

Ai Kayano is a Japanese voice actress. She was represented by the Pro-Fit talent agency until 2014. She has been represented by Office Osawa since 2015. She played leading roles in several anime series, including Meiko "Menma" Honma in '' Anohana: The Flo ...

(茅野愛衣) born 1987 * Ai Kobayashi (小林愛), born 1973 * Ai Maeda (前田愛), born 1975 *

Ai Nagano is a Japanese voice actress. She has been voice-acting since 1997 that worked for Toei Academy. Ai is known for her role in ''Cutey Honey Flash'' as Honey Kisaragi, which was her debut role. She also voice Komachi Akimoto/Cure Mint in ''Yes! P ...

(永野愛), born 1974 *

Ai Nonaka is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She works for Aoni Production and was formerly a member of the voice actor unit Drops, which included fellow voice actor Akemi Kanda, Tomoko Kaneda, Mariko Kōda, and Ryōko Shiraishi. In high school in Fu ...

(野中藍), born 1981 *

Ai Orikasa is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Tokyo, Japan who is currently affiliated with Axlone. She has played a variety of characters, from young girls to women and boys, and is particularly good at voicing attractive, strong, and b ...

(折笠愛), born 1963 *

Ai Shimizu is a Japanese voice actress and professional wrestler. She has a career as a singer, signed to Lantis. She has released 14 singles (including joint and character singles) and four albums. She covered Yumi Matsutoya's " Toki o Kakeru Shōjo" as ...

(清水愛), born 1981, also a singer and professional wrestler * Fairouz Ai Kadota (門田ファイルーズあい), born 1993, Japanese-Egyptian voice actress

Other

Ai Iijima was a Japanese media personality, writer, activist and actress who was an AV idol early in her career, starring in more than 100 films. She later became the hostess on the nighttime television program, '' Gilgamesh Night,'' and transitioned away ...

(飯島愛, 1972 – 2008), Japanese media personality, writer, and actress. *, Japanese shogi player. *

Ai Haruna is a Japanese transgender TV personality and singer. In October 2009, Haruna won the "Miss International Queen 2009" transgender beauty pageant held in Pattaya, Thailand, becoming the first Japanese contestant to win the title. Discography ...

(はるな愛), Japanese TV personality and singer. *

Ai Hashimoto is a Japanese actress, fashion model and singer. Life Hashimoto was born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, the second of three daughters.星原克也「女優魂橋本愛 14歳飛躍の幕開け」,『熊本日日新聞』(Kumamoto Nichinichi S ...

(橋本愛), Japanese actress and model. * Ai Iwamura (岩村愛), Japanese actress. *

Ai Kato is a Japanese actress and idol. On November 14, 2013, she announced that she had married a non-celebrity. They registered their marriage on November 22. On September 14, 2015, she revealed that she gave birth to her first child, a girl, in Amer ...

(加藤あい), Japanese actress and model. * Ai Kidosaki (城戸崎愛, 1925–2020), Japanese chef. *, Japanese lawyer. *

Ai Kuwabara Ai Kuwabara (born September 21, 1991) is a modern jazz pianist from Chiba, Japan. She produces music in collaboration with bassist Yusuke Morita in a band called the ai kuwabara trio project. Her first album, ''from here to there'' debuted nationall ...

, Japanese

jazz pianist Jazz piano is a collective term for the techniques pianists use when playing jazz. The piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings. Its role is multifaceted due largely to the instru ...

. *

Ai Maeda (actress) is a Japanese actress, singer and model. Biography Maeda is notable for performing Shiori Kitano in the 2003 film ''Battle Royale II: Requiem'', as well as for seiyū, voicing the title role in the anime series ''Kino's Journey'' (for which sh ...

(前田愛), Japanese model, actress, and singer. *

Ai Morinaga (28 April 1981 – 2 August 2019) was a Japanese manga artist from Okayama Prefecture. Among her best-known series are '' Your and My Secret'' and ''My Heavenly Hockey Club''. Morinaga's last work was '' Kirara no Hoshi'', which was published in ...

(森永あい), Japanese manga artist. *, Japanese model and actress. * Ai Ogawa (愛小川, 1947–2010) American poet. * Ai Shinozaki (gravure idol) (篠崎愛), Japanese singer, gravure idol, and actress. *

Ai Takabe is a former Japanese actress and seiyū, voice actress. She is best known for starring as Fumiyo Nabekura in television series ''Guren Onna'' and voicing Agiri Goshiki in anime television series ''Kill Me Baby''. Career Ai Takabe won the Gravur ...

(高部あい), Japanese actress and voice actress. *

Ai Tominaga is a Japanese model and actress. She has been described as one of the first Asian models to walk European catwalks, but there were models like Sayoko Yamaguchi that walked the runways in 1970s and 1980s. Career She has appeared on the cover o ...

(冨永愛), Japanese fashion model and actress. *

Ai Weiwei Ai Weiwei (, ; born 28 August 1957) is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist. Ai grew up in the far northwest of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been openly c ...

, Chinese artist and activist. *

Ai Yazawa is a Japanese manga author. While most of Yazawa's manga is published in Japan by Shueisha, publishers of ''Ribon'' and ''Cookie'' (''Nana'' was serialized in the latter), series like ''Paradise Kiss'' have appeared in non-Shueisha magazines su ...

(矢沢あい), Japanese manga author.

Mythical and fictional

* Ai (''Aria''), a character in the anime series ''Aria''. * Ai (''Digimon Tamers''), a character in the anime series ''Digimon Tamers''. * Ai (''DokiDoki! PreCure''), a character in the anime series ''DokiDoki! PreCure''. * Ai (''Tick! Tack!''), a character in the visual novel ''Tick! Tack!''. *Ai, a character in ''

Darling In The FranXX , abbreviated as , is a 2018 Japanese science fiction monster romance anime television series co-produced by A-1 Pictures and Trigger and animated by Trigger and CloverWorks that premiered in January 2018. The series was announced at Trigger ...

''. * Ai Amano, the main character in the manga and anime series ''

Video Girl Ai ''Video Girl Ai'', known in Japan as simply , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 1989 to April 1992. It was followed by a short seq ...

''. * Ai Doruyoshi , character in Yandere Simulator * Ai Enma, the main character of the anime and manga ''

Hell Girl , also known as ''Jigoku Shōjo: Girl from Hell'', is a Japanese anime series conceptualized by Hiroshi Watanabe (animator), Hiroshi Watanabe and produced by SKY Perfect Well Think, Tokyo MX, Wakasa Seikatsu, Fujishoji, Aniplex and ...

''. *

Ai Haibara The manga series ''Case Closed'', known as in Japan, features a large number of recurring fictional characters created by Gosho Aoyama. The series takes place in modern-day Japan and follows an amateur detective Jimmy Kudo (Japanese name: Shini ...

a.k.a. Shiho Miyano, a character in ''

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'' ...

''. * Ai Mori, a character in ''

The Law of Ueki is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsubasa Fukuchi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from July 2001 to October 2004, with Its chapters collected in sixteen ''tankōb ...

''. * Ai Nakashima, a sister is Makoto Nakashima and character in ''

Haikyū!! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2012 to July 2020, with its chapters collected in 45 ''tankōbo ...

'' * Ai Shindou, a character in the anime and light novel series ''

Beyond the Boundary is a Japanese light novel series written by Nagomu Torii, with illustrations by Tomoyo Kamoi. The work won an honorable mention in the Kyoto Animation Award competition in 2011. Kyoto Animation has published three volumes since June 2012. ...

''. * Ai Tanabe, a character in ''

Planetes ''Planētes'', "Wanderers", lead=yes is a Japanese hard science fiction manga written and illustrated by Makoto Yukimura. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Morning'' between January 1999 to January 2004, with its ...

''. * Ai Yazawa, a character in '' Battle Royale II: Requiem''. * Ai, the female protagonist of the SNK Playmore fighting game ''

Neo Geo Battle Coliseum , abbreviated ''NGBC'' or ''NBC'', is a 2-on-2 tag team fighting game designed for the Atomiswave arcade board developed and released by SNK in 2005. The game features characters from several SNK and ADK titles. Subsequently, a PlayStation 2 vers ...

''. * Ai, one of the main characters in the anime and eroge game ''

Popotan is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Petit Ferret with character designs by Akio Watanabe under the alias Poyoyon Rock. It was originally released as a PC game for CD-ROM on December 13, 2002, and subsequently re-released on DV ...

''. * Ai Mikami, a character in the manga and anime series ''

Future Diary is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sakae Esuno. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Shōnen Ace'' between January 2006 and December 2010, and has been collected into 12 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The plot depicts the Dia ...

''. * Ai Doruyashi, a rival in the video game ''

Yandere Simulator ''Yandere Simulator'' is a stealth action video game currently in development by American game developer YandereDev. The game centers upon an obsessively lovesick schoolgirl named Ayano Aishi, nicknamed " Yandere-chan", who has taken it upon ...

'' * Ai Ebihara, a character in ''

Persona 4 released outside of Japan as ''Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4'', is a 2008 role-playing video game by Atlus. It is chronologically the fifth installment in the ''Persona'' series, itself a part of the larger ''Megami Tensei'' franchise, and was ...

''. * Ai, the main character in ''Dōbutsu no Mori'' (film). * Ai Myoujin, the Fighter of the Breathless team in the anime ''Loveless''. * Ai Nanasaki, a character in Amagami SS (Anime) and the game ''Amagami''. * T-AI or Ai-chan, a character in '' Transformers: Robots in Disguise''. * Ai, a character in '' InuYasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island''. * Ai Fuyuumi, a character in ''

Oreshura , short for , is a Japanese light novel series written by Yūji Yūji, with illustrations provided by Ruroo. SoftBank Creative published eighteen main novels and one extra from February 2011 to February 2022. There have been four manga ada ...

''. * Ai Mikaze, a character in ''

Uta no Prince-sama is a Japanese multimedia franchise by Broccoli. The original game of the same name was first released on the PlayStation Portable on June 24, 2010, and since its release, the game has spawned multiple sequels and rhythm game spin-offs. The ser ...

''. * , a character in the media project

Nijigasaki High School Idol Club is a Japanese multimedia spin-off project from the ''Love Live!'' series and its game series ''Love Live! School Idol Festival''. It was first introduced in 2017 as "Perfect Dream Project" and was initially created as part of the game ''Love ...

*Ai Mizuno, a character from the MAPPA idol anime series

Zombie Land Saga is an anime television series produced by MAPPA, Avex Pictures and Cygames. The series aired in Japan between October and December 2018. A second season titled ''Zombie Land Saga Revenge'' aired between April and June 2021. An anime f ...

. * Wang Ai Ling, a character in the Chinese ''Lilo & Stitch'' spin-off series ''

Stitch & Ai ''Stitch & Ai'' () is an English-language-produced Chinese animated television series and a spin-off of Disney's ''Lilo & Stitch'' franchise. It is the franchise's third TV series, after the Western animated '' Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' and ...

''. * Ai Kaga, a character in the manga/anime series ''Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei'' * Ai Coleman, a character from ''

Dorohedoro is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Q Hayashida. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazines ''Monthly Ikki'' (November 2000 to September 2014), ''Hibana'' (March 2015 to August 2017), and ''Monthly Shōnen Sunday'' ...

''. *

Kizuna AI is a Japanese virtual YouTuber (VTuber) currently part of Kizuna AI Inc., a subsidiary of digital entertainment company Activ8. From her debut in 2016 until 2021, she was the most subscribed VTuber on Youtube, with more than 4 million subsc ...

, Japanese

Virtual YouTuber A , or , is an online entertainer who uses a virtual avatar generated using computer graphics. Real-time motion capture software or technology are often—but not always—used to capture movement. The digital trend originated in Japan in the mi ...

and channel host. * Ai Hayasaka, a character in the anime and manga series ''

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Aka Akasaka. It was first serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Miracle Jump'' from May 2015 to January 2016, and later transferred to ''Weekly Youn ...

''.

Notable people from China with the name

Philosophy

Xu Ai was a Chinese philosopher during the mid-late Ming Dynasty.

Sports

Zhang Ai is a female Chinese softball player.

References

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