is a common Japanese

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and can be given to either sex.

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*マサミ in (

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) *まさみ in (

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can include: *惟美, meaning "Considerate beauty" *真己, meaning "True self" *真巳, meaning "Truth, Snake" *昌美, meaning "Prosperous beauty" *雅美, meaning "Gracious beauty" *成美, meaning "Become beautiful"

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Masami Akita is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by Masami Akita, best known for a style of harsh noise music. Since 1980, Akita has released over 500 recordings and collaborated with numerous artists. The name Merzbow comes from the German dada a ...

(秋田昌美), Japanese

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musician *

Masami Anno is a common Japanese given name and can be given to either sex. Written forms *マサミ in (katakana) *まさみ in (hiragana) Forms in kanji can include: *惟美, meaning "Considerate beauty" *真己, meaning "True self" *真巳, meaning "T ...

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(堀内正美), Japanese actor *, Japanese alpine skier *

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during

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, Japanese former

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who competed in the

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(車田正美), Japanese writer and manga artist known for his works such as ''

Ring ni Kakero is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It was published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' between January 1977 and October 1981. The individual chapters were compiled by Shueisha into twenty-five ''tankōbon'' volumes ...

'', ''

Fūma no Kojirō is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It was published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from January 1982 to November 1983. It tells the story of sword legends and rivalry between ninja clans. The main chara ...

'', ''

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'', and ''

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Masami Kuwashima is a former racing driver from Japan. After some experience in the Japanese lower formulae, he made an attempt at Formula One. A deal to drive in the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix with the RAM team came to nothing, but Kuwashima found a seat with t ...

(桑島正美), Japanese former

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Masami Mitsuoka is a Japanese pop singer. Born and raised in Toyota, Aichi, Mitsuoka debuted in the girl group Sister Q under the stage name MASAMI in 2005. After the group disbanded of unknown reasons in October 2006, she signed a contract with Pony Canyon an ...

(光岡昌美), Japanese pop singer *

Masami Nagasawa is a Japanese actress. She has had a prolific film career since her teenage years and has starred in various blockbusters, receiving multiple #Awards and nominations, accolades, including five Japan Academy Film Prize, Japan Academy Film Prizes a ...

(長澤まさみ), Japanese TV drama and movie actress *

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(大張正己), Japanese anime character designer and director *

Masami Odate is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name (stylized in all caps) and is the current Women’s World Champion in her first reign. She is also a former two-time WWE W ...

(大館昌美), Japanese professional wrestler *

Masami Okui is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Itami, Hyōgo. She began her professional musical career at age 21 as a concert backup singer. From almost the very beginning of her career, Masami has sung themes for anime television and movies. She ...

(奥井雅美), Japanese pop musician * Masami Sato (佐藤正美), Japanese football player *

Masami Shiratama , better known by his stage name Tama or is a Japanese musician, lyricist and composer from Innoshima and a bass guitarist of Porno Graffitti , also known as , are a Japanese Rock music, rock band from Onomichi, Hiroshima, Onomichi (form ...

(白玉雅己), Japanese musical composer and former bass guitarist for the band

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(鈴木真仁), voice actress from Japan *, Japanese football manager *

Masami Tanabu (7 December 1934 – 26 March 2025) was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Hachinohe, Aomori and graduate of Rikkyo University, he was elect ...

(田名部匡省, 1934–2025), Japanese politician and former ice hockey player and coach *

Masami Tanaka is a former breaststroke swimmer from Japan. She won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city ...

(田中雅美), Olympic bronze medalist *

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, Japanese-American watercolor artist who mimics the style of traditional Japanese wood-block prints *

Masami Tsuchiya Masami Tsuchiya may refer to: * Masami Tsuchiya (Aum Shinrikyo) (1965–2018), member of the Aum Shinrikyo movement *Masami Tsuchiya (singer) is a Japanese singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. He rose to prominence in the late 1970 ...

, Japanese singer-songwriter and musician * Masami Tsuda (津田雅美), Japanese manga artist; creator of ''

Kare Kano is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Tsuda. It was serialized in ''LaLa'' from 1995 to 2005 and collected in 21 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Hakusensha. It depicts the romance between "perfect" student Yukino Miyazawa a ...

'' *

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, multiple people * Masami Yūki (ゆうきまさみ), Japanese manga artist; creator of ''

Patlabor , also known as ''Patlabor'' (a portmanteau of "patrol" and "labor"), is a Japanese science fiction media franchise created by Headgear, a group consisting of manga artist Masami Yūki, director Mamoru Oshii, screenwriter Kazunori ...

Fictional characters

* Masami Eiri (英利政美), villain from the anime ''

Serial Experiments Lain ''Serial Experiments Lain'' is a Japanese anime television series created and co-produced by Yasuyuki Ueda, written by Chiaki J. Konaka and directed by Ryūtarō Nakamura. Animated by Triangle Staff and featuring original character desi ...

'' *Masami Kaida, a character in the air combat video game '' The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces'' * Masami Oyamada (小山田雅美), from the manga and anime ''

Someday's Dreamers is a Japanese manga series written by Norie Yamada and illustrated by Kumichi Yoshizuki. It was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's ''Comic Dragon'' magazine from May 2002 to January 2003 and was later collected in two bound volumes. In 2006, T ...

'' * Masami Saotome (早乙女正美), from the live action film: ''

Boogiepop and Others is a Japanese light novel written by Kouhei Kadono and illustrated by Kouji Ogata. The first in the ''Boogiepop'' series, it was released in 1998 by MediaWorks and won the fourth Dengeki Game Novel Contest. A manga adaptation by Kouji ...

'' *

Masami Yamada is a 2002 science fiction and romantic comedy anime television series directed by Yasunori Ide, written by Yōsuke Kuroda, and produced by Bandai Visual. It was later adapted into a manga and light novel and centers on a group of friends ...

(山田正臣), teacher from the anime '' Onegai Teacher'' *Masami Aomame, the full name of the lead female protagonist in Haruki Murakami's novel,

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* Masami Yoshida the wealthy daughter of the Rainbow Factory Owner from

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*Masami Kousa, a yakuza boss in the manga/anime series ''

Black Lagoon ''Black Lagoon'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe. It has been published in Shogakukan's manga magazine '' Monthly Sunday Gene-X'' since April 2002, with its chapters collected in ...

'' * Masami Fujii, a character in the manga/anime series ''

Ro-Kyu-Bu! is a Japanese light novel series written by Sagu Aoyama and illustrated by Tinkle. ASCII Media Works published 15 novels between February 2009 to July 2015. The series follows a high school freshman Subaru Hasegawa who becomes the coa ...

'' *Masami Iwasawa (岩沢雅美), the original lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of

Girls Dead Monster ''Angel Beats!'' is a 13-episode Japanese anime television series produced by P.A. Works and directed by Seiji Kishi. The story was originally conceived by Jun Maeda, who also wrote the screenplay and composed the music with the group An ...

from the anime

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