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 ...

and is occasionally used as a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

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Emi 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: ;as a given name * , "blessing, beauty" * , "picture, beauty" * , "reflect, look" * , "reflect, beauty" * , "smile" * , "prosperous, beauty" * , "blessing, not yet" * , "blessing, fruit" * , "wisdom, beauty" 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 ...

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 a surname * , "bay, look" * , "bay, beauty"

People with the name

* , US based Japanese visual artist, emi-arts.com * , Japanese hurdler * , Japanese singer * , Japanese comedian and stage actress * , Japanese urban music singer-songwriter * , Japanese softball player * , Japanese politician * , Japanese skier * , Japanese gravure idol * , Japanese actress *

Emi Lo Emi Lo ( zh, t=羅元湘) is an American voice actor and cosplayer of Chinese and Taiwanese descent. They are known for voice acting in anime dubs for Funimation and Bang Zoom! Entertainment. Personal life Lo is agender Non-binary a ...

(born 1991), non-binary Taiwanese-Chinese-American voice actor * , Japanese javelin thrower *

Emi Morimoto Shonen Knife is a Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka in 1981. Influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, the Beach Boys, and early punk rock bands such as the Ramones, the band crafts stripped-down songs with simple yet unconventional l ...

(born 1981), Japanese drummer * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese professional wrestler * , Japanese women's footballer * , Japanese voice actress and singer * , Japanese ice hockey player * , Japanese curler * , Japanese voice actress * , Chinese-Japanese actress and fashion model * , Japanese singer * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese costume designer * , Japanese actress * , Japanese figure skater * , Japanese women's footballer

Fictional characters

* , a character in the ''Tenjho Tenge'' series * , a character in the visual novel

Katawa Shoujo is a bishōjo-style visual novel by Four Leaf Studios that tells the story of a young man and five young women living with varying disabilities. The game uses a traditional text and sprite-based visual novel model with an ADV-style text box ru ...

* Emi Yusa, a character in the anime and manga

The Devil is a Part-Timer! is a Japanese light novel series written by Satoshi Wagahara, with illustrations by Oniku (written as 029). ASCII Media Works has published the series in Japan, while Yen Press has published the series in North America. The story is abou ...

* Emi Igawa, a character in the anime and manga Your Lie In April * Emi Toshiba, a background character in Konami's

Dance Dance Revolution (''DDR'') is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, ''Dance Dance Revolution'' is the pioneering series of the rhythm and dance V ...

dance game series

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