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 ...

. Although the name can be given to both sexes, it is more commonly used by

females Female (symbol: ♀) is the sex of an organism that produces the large non-motile ova (egg cells), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females a ...

Possible writings

Harumi 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: *晴美, "sunny, beauty" *晴海, "sunny, sea" *晴実, "sunny, fruit" *春美, "spring, beauty" *春海, "spring, sea" *春実, "spring, fruit" *治美, "govern, beauty" The 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 ...

People

Edo Harumi is a Japanese comedian, actress and graduate student. Edo Harumi is represented with Yoshimoto Kogyo in Tokyo (also known as Tokyo Yoshimoto, a subsidiary of Yoshimoto Creative Agency). She spent her childhood in Ibaraki Prefecture, Chiba Prefec ...

(はるみ, born 1964), Japanese comedian *

Harumi Fujita is a Japanese composer best known for her work at the video game company Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million- ...

(晴美; born 1961), Japanese composer *

Harumi Fujita (archaeologist) Harumi Fujita ( ja, 藤田はるみ, also known as Harumi Fujita Kawabe) is a Japanese researcher of Mexican archaeology, who has specialized in pre-classical period of the northern states of Baja California and Baja California Sur. Her research ...

, (はるみ), Japanese archaeologist *

Harumi Hanayagi was a pioneering Japanese film and stage actress. Career In 1915, Hanayagi became a student at the Geijutsuza, the modern theater troupe led by Hōgetsu Shimamura and Sumako Matsui, and made her stage debut. She moved to the Tōjisha troupe in 1 ...

(はるみ; 1896–1962), Japanese actress *

Harumi Honda Harumi Honda (born 12 November 1963) is a Japanese former Track cycling, track cyclist. Career Honda was the UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin, keirin world champion in 1987. Major results ;1987 :1st 1987 UCI Track Cycli ...

(born 1963), Japanese track cyclist *

Harumi Hiroyama Harumi Hiroyama ( ja, 弘山晴美; born 2 September 1968 in Naruto, Tokushima) is a Japanese long-distance runner. In her early career she specialized in the 1500 and 3000 metres, but gradually she shifted to the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres an ...

(晴美; born 1968), Japanese long-distance runner *

Harumi Ikoma is a Japanese voice actress that is best known for performing narration and character voices in popular fighting games for SNK. She is the standard voice for the characters Blue Mary, King, Charlotte, and Nakoruru who appear in the popular franch ...

(治美), a Japanese voice actress and narrator *, Japanese cross-country skier *

Harumi Inoue is an actress, model and accomplished swimmer. She has a younger sister, Mami Inoue, who is also pursuing a similar career. Also, a younger brother, Eiki Kitamura, with whom she performed alongside in '' Rock Musical Bleach''. Because of her ...

(晴美; born 1974), Japanese actress *

Harumi Kohara Harumi Kohara (born 24 June 1965) is a Japanese badminton player. She competed in women's singles and women's doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the cap ...

(born 1965), Japanese badminton player *

Harumi Kori is a former Japanese football player and manager. Coaching career Kori was born on August 17, 1953. In 1985, he became a manager for Regional Leagues club Kawasaki Steel (later ''Vissel Kobe'') based in Okayama Prefecture. The club won the ch ...

(晴己; born 1953), Japanese football player *

Harumi Kurihara is a celebrity homemaker and television personality in Japan. Kurihara has often been called the "Martha Stewart of Japan", and has enjoyed popularity there for over twenty years. She is the host of numerous television shows, author of ''Suteki ...

(はるみ; born 1947), Japanese celebrity homemaker and television personality *

Harumi Miyako , born Harumi Kitamura (, ''Kitamura Harumi'') in Kyoto, is a Japanese ''enka'' singer. She made her debut in 1964. Her popularity has lasted: she makes frequent appearances in the annual television spectacular ''Kōhaku Uta Gassen'' and has ac ...

(はるみ; born 1948), Japanese enka singer *

Harumi Nakazato Harumi Nakazato (中里晴美 , ''Nakazato Harumi'', born June 2, 1962) is a Japanese sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capit ...

(晴美; born 1962), Japanese sprint canoer *

Harumi Nemoto is a Japanese gravure (bikini) idol from Chiba Prefecture, Japan. She has had a column since October 2007 in the monthly manga magazine ''Manga Life Manga ( Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most mang ...

(はるみ; born 1980), Japanese gravure idol *

Harumi Sakurai is a Japanese voice actress and narrator. Some of her prominent roles are Saya Tokido in ''Little Busters!'', Yuri Nakamura in ''Angel Beats!'', Awaki Musujime in ''A Certain Magical Index'', Lisanna Strauss in ''Fairy Tail'' and Sylphie Appl ...

(浩美; born 1982), Japanese voice actress *

Harumi Sato is a Japanese dancer, model and actress. She is a former member of J-Pop group E-girls and Flower and exclusive model for the Japanese fashion magazine ''Ray''. Sato is represented with LDH. Early life Harumi Sato was born on June 8, 1995 i ...

(晴美; born 1995), Japanese dancer, model and actress *, Japanese politician *

Harumi Tsuyuzaki Harumi Tsuyuzaki (露崎春女, aka Lyrico; born April 11, 1974, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan) is a female Japanese pop J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), ...

(born 1974), Japanese singer and songwriter *

Harumi Yanagawa Harumi Yanagawa (柳川春巳, ''Yanagawa Harumi'') is a Japanese paralympic track and field, athlete competing mainly in category T11 long-distance events. Harumi competed in both the 5000m and marathon in both the 1992 Summer Paralympics ...

, Japanese Paralympic athlete

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Harumi Japanese given name. Although the name can be given to both sexes, it is more commonly used by females. Possible writings Harumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *晴美, "sunny, beauty" *晴海, "sunny, sea" *晴� ...

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