Mayumi (まゆみ, マユミ) is a common
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 ...
, particularly for females.
Possible writings
Mayumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*真弓 or 眞弓, "truth, bow" or "
spindle tree
''Euonymus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine family, Celastraceae. Common names vary widely among different species and between different English-speaking countries, but include spindle (or spindle tree), burning-bush, strawb ...
"
*檀, "spindle tree"
*雅弓, "elegant, bow"
*真由美 or 眞由美, "truth, reason, beauty"
*麻由美, "linen, reason, beauty"
*真有美, "truth, exist, beauty"
*真優美, "truth, gentle, 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 ...
or
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 f ...
.
People
Given name
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Mayumi Aoki
is a Japanese swimmer. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m butterfly and 4 × 100 m medley relay and won a gold medal in the 100 m butterfly. She won a bronze medal in this event at the 1973 World Aquatics Champion ...
(まゆみ) a Japanese swimmer
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Mayumi Asaka
(born September 6, 1955) is a Japanese actress. One of her television roles was as the ninja Sagiri in the jidaigeki ''Abarenbo Shogun.''
As of 2005, she is still active in television commercials.
On August 31, 2006, she played a guest-star role ...
(真由美), a Japanese actress
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Mayumi Asano
is a Japanese voice actress who is currently part of Office Osawa.
Filmography Television
Video games
*'' Armored Core: Last Raven'' (2005) – Zinaida
*'' Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2'' (2017) – Baiken
*'' Samurai Shodown'' (2021) – Baiken
* ...
(まゆみ), a Japanese voice actress
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Mayumi Azuma
is a Japanese manga artist, who is the creator of the now completed manga ''Elemental Gelade'', which finished with eighteen volumes and was adapted into a 26-episode anime television series, and its ongoing spinoff manga ''Elemental Gelade: Fl ...
(まゆみ), a Japanese manga artist
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Mayumi Gojo (born 1972), a Japanese singer
*Mayumi Heene, see
Balloon boy hoax
The Balloon Boy hoax occurred on October 15, 2009, when a homemade helium-filled gas balloon shaped to resemble a silver flying saucer was released into the atmosphere above Fort Collins, Colorado, by Richard and Mayumi Heene. They then claim ...
*Mayumi Hachiya (真由美),
Kim Hyon-hui
Kim Hyon-hui ( ko, 김현희, born 27 January 1962), also known as Ok Hwa, is a North Korean former agent, responsible for the Korean Air Flight 858 bombing in 1987, which killed 115 people. She was arrested in Bahrain following the bombing a ...
's Japanese cover name
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Mayumi Hidaka (真弓), a Japanese actress
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Mayumi Horikawa (まゆみ), a Japanese model and singer-songwriter
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Mayumi Iizuka
is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and disc jockey who was born in Tokyo. She is currently affiliated with Across Entertainment and her label is Lantis. She is an instructor at the Stay Luck training school Follow-Up. For her singing ac ...
(雅弓), a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer
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Mayumi Ichikawa (真弓), a Japanese long-distance runner
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Mayumi Itsuwa (真弓), a Japanese female singer
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Mayumi Moriyama
was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Early life and education
Moriyama was born in Tokyo on 7 November 1927. Her father was a businessman, who ...
(真弓), a Japanese politician
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Mayumi Narita
is a Japanese swimmer, described as "one of the world’s best Paralympic athletes" by the International Paralympic Committee. ''Japan Today'' has described her as a "swimming sensation perhaps as great as the Thorpedo but whose name few know". ...
(真由美), a Japanese swimmer
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Mayumi Ogawa
is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 3rd Japan Academy Prize and at the 4th Hochi Film Award for '' Vengeance Is Mine'' and '' The Three Undelivered Letters''.
In 2008, Ogawa got ordained as a Shingon Bud ...
(眞由美), a Japanese actress
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Mayumi Ozaki
(born October 28, 1968) is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is currently working for Oz Academy.
Career
Ozaki debuted in a tag team match in August, 1986.
In her career, she held the WWWA tag titles with Dynamite Kansai from April 11, 19 ...
(魔弓), a Japanese female professional wrestler
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Mayumi Raheem, a Sri Lankan swimmer
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Mayumi Sada
is a Japanese model and actress. Her maternal grandfather is an American.
Early life
Sada begin modeling when she was three years old.
Career
In 1998, she became an exclusive model for the fashion magazine '' Vivi''.
In 2001, Sada released ...
(真由美), a Japanese actress
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Mayumi Shō
is a Japanese voice actress. She formerly worked at Aoni Production and is now a director at Kekke Corporation. She is married to voice actor Keiichi Nanba.
Filmography Television animation
*''Adventures of the Little Koala'' (1984) (Mimi)
*' ...
(born 1965), a Japanese voice actress
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Mayumi Shintani
is a Japanese actress and voice actress affiliated with Nylon100.
Filmography Anime
Film
Video games
Dubbing Live-action
*'' Chappie'', Yolandi ( Yolandi Visser)
*''Cinderella'', Drisella ( Sophie McShera)
*'' Dark Places'', Patty Day ( ...
(真弓), a Japanese voice actress and actress
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Mayumi Suzuki (まゆみ), a Japanese voice actress
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Mayumi Tanaka
(born January 15, 1955) is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator. She voiced Monkey D. Luffy in ''One Piece'', Ryunosuke Fujinami in '' Urusei Yatsura'', Koenma in '' Yu Yu Hakusho'', Pazu in '' Laputa: Castle in the Sky'', Krillin, ...
(真弓, born 1955), a Japanese voice actress
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Mayumi Wakamura
Mayumi Wakamura (若村麻由美 ''Wakamura Mayumi'', born on January 3, 1967, in Nerima, Tokyo) is a Japanese actress. She decided to be an actress at age sixteen when she saw a stage production by Tatsuya Nakadai's troupe. Later she joined his ...
(麻由美), a Japanese actress
*, Japanese sprinter
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Mayumi Yamaguchi (眞弓, born 1975), a Japanese voice actress
*
Mayumi Yamamoto (disambiguation), multiple people
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Mayumi Yoshida
is a Japanese voice actress. She is also known as .
Filmography
Video games
''Eroge''
:''As Misono Moriya''
*'' Akane iro Ni Somaru Saka'', Mitsuki Shiina
*'' ef - the letter tale'', Mizuki Hayama / Akane Himura
**''Tenshi no Nichiyoubi'' ...
(真弓), a Japanese voice actress
Fictional characters
*Mayumi (マユミ), a character in the
Psychiatrist Irabu series of short stories
*Mayumi, a character in the film ''
Urduja
Urduja was a legendary warrior princess recorded in the travel accounts of Ibn Battuta (1304 – possibly 1368 or 1377 AD). She was described to be a princess of ''Kaylukari'' in the land of ''Tawalisi''. Though the locations of ''Kaylukari'' and ...
''
*Mayumi Kino (真弓), a character in the manga and OVA ''
Blue Submarine No. 6''
*Mayumi Kisumi (まゆみ), a character in the anime ''
Smile PreCure!''
*Mayumi Kubota (真弓), a character in the Nickelodeon/Netflix series ''
Glitch Techs''
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Mayumi Kinniku (真弓), a male character in the comic ''Kinnikuman'' and its sequel ''Ultimate Muscle''
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Mayumi Tendo (真弓), a character in the novel, comic and film ''Battle Royale''
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Mayumi Thyme (真弓), a character in the visual novel ''SHUFFLE!''
*Mayumi Saegusa (真由美), a character in the light novel series ''
The Irregular at Magic High School
is a Japanese web novel series by Tsutomu Satō. It was published on Shōsetsuka ni Narō, a web novel website, from October 2008 to March 2011. Satō reached a deal with Dengeki Bunko and began releasing his work in a light novel fo ...
''
*Mayumi Joutouguu (磨弓), a character in the video game ''
Touhou Kikeijuu: Wily Beast and Weakest Creature''
See also
*
Mayumi (disambiguation)
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Japanese feminine given names