is a Japanese word for "''the roaring of the sea''". is also a feminine Japanese given name which can also be 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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Narumi 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: *鳴海, "the roaring of the sea" ;as a given name *成美, "achieve, beauty" *成実, "achieve, truth" ;as a surname *成実, "achieve, truth" *成海, "achieve, sea" *鳴海, "the roaring of the sea" 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 ...

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* Narumi Kakinouchi (成美, born 1962), Japanese manga artist, animator, director, and character designer *, Japanese woman murdered in France *, Japanese modern pentathlete *, Japanese women's footballer * Narumi Takahashi (成美, born 1992), Japanese pair skater *

Narumi Takahira is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Tokyo, Japan. Filmography * '' Soul Eater'' (2008), Patty Thompson * '' Ryoko's Case File'' (2008), High School Girl * '' Darker than Black: Ryūsei no Gemini'' (2009), Ariel References External lin ...

(成美, born 1989), Japanese voice actress *

Narumi Tsunoda is a Japanese voice actress who works for Honey Rush from August 2007. She worked for Arts Vision until 1998. She also worked for Mausu Promotion (formerly known as Ezaki Productions) from 1998 to June 2007. Notable voice roles * Rei Ijuuin in ...

(なるみ, born 1962), Japanese voice actress *

Narumi Yasuda is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival for '' Inujini seshi mono'', '' Minami e Hashire, Umi no Michi o!'' and ''Sorobanzuku''. She also won the award for best actress at the 13th Hochi Film A ...

(成美, born 1966), Japanese actress * Narumi Hidaka (奈留美, born 1968), Japanese voice actress *, Japanese AV idol

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August S. Narumi (August 15, 1919 in Los Angeles, California-February 5, 1994 in Tokyo) served as a member of the National Executive Council, as well as the National Board of Trustees of the Boy Scouts of Japan. Narumi was awarded the Eagle Scout in September 1 ...

, Bronze Wolf recipient *

Kyoko Narumi is a female Japanese voice actress and singer. After graduating from high school, she entered the Earth Star Entertainment agency and was very well received in the industry work in voice acting. She attended Shoto Actors Gymnasium. She is best kno ...

(鳴海杏子, born 1986 ), Japanese voice actress * Riko Narumi (成海, born 1992), Japanese actress and model * Takeshi Narumi (鳴海), a Japanese novelist and scriptwriter

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* Narumi (鳴海), a character from the manga and anime series ''Alice Academy'' *Narumi Yatadera, a character from the ''Touhou Project''

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* Ayumu Narumi (鳴海), the main character in the manga and anime series '' Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning'' *Kiyotaka Narumi (鳴海), the brother of Ayumu Narumi from the manga and anime series '' Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning'' * Kiyotaka Narumi (成実), a character in the anime series ''Lucky Star'' *Shogo Narumi (鳴海), a character in the manga series '' Beauty Pop'' *Shizuto Narumi (成海), a minor character in the manga and anime series '' Yakitate!! Japan'' * Yui Narumi (成実), a character in the anime series ''Lucky Star'' *

Shōhei Narumi was a Japanese era (年號, ''nengō'', lit. year name) of the Southern Court during the Era of Northern and Southern Courts after Kōkoku and before Kentoku. This period spanned the years from December 1346 to July 1370. The Southern Court e ...

(鳴海), a character in the video games Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army and Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon * Akiko Narumi (鳴海), the lead female character of Kamen Rider W ** Soukichi Narumi (鳴海), Akiko's father and former boss of one of the lead characters in Kamen Rider W *Daisuke Narumi, a character in the

Kuroko no Basuke is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2008 to September 2014, with its chapters collected in 30 ...

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