Natsume (夏目, 夏芽, 棗, なつめ or ナツメ) is a feminine given name and a surname, and may refer to:

People with the given name

*, a Japanese light novel author and manga writer *, a Japanese model, singer, and presenter *, a Japanese manga artist *, a Japanese gravure idol

People with the surname

*, a Japanese columnist and cartoonist *, a Japanese actor *, a Japanese former adult video (AV) actress *, a Japanese gravure idol *, a Japanese director *, a Japanese actress *, a Japanese novelist of the early years of the 20th century *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese footballer

Fictional characters

Atsuko Natsume , also known as (English: "snuggly-wuggly"), is the main protagonist of the ''All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku'' OVA, TV series, and DASH OVA. In the DASH series, Atsuko is named Atsuko Higuchi, rather than Atsuko Natsume, but retains the N ...

is the

protagonist A protagonist () is the main character of a story. The protagonist makes key decisions that affect the plot, primarily influencing the story and propelling it forward, and is often the character who faces the most significant obstacles. If a st ...

of the

All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yuzo Takada. It was serialized in ''Weekly Manga Action'' for only three issues in 1991, with the three published stories later compiled in a single volume collection in December 1997. The ...

* Natsume, a Pokémon character renamed Sabrina in the English version * Natsume Hyūga, a character in the anime/manga series ''Alice Academy'' * Natsume Takashi, the title character in the manga and anime series ''

Natsume's Book of Friends is a Japanese manga series by Yuki Midorikawa. It began serialization by Hakusensha in the '' shōjo'' manga magazine ''LaLa DX'' in 2005, before switching to ''LaLa'' in 2008. The chapters have been collected in twenty-nine bound volume ...

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Maya Natsume The manga and anime series ''Tenjho Tenge'' features a large cast of characters, created by Oh! great. Juken Club The is a group created by Shin Natsume to unite the last members of the Katana Group and allow them to enter the Election Tournam ...

, a character in the anime ''Tenjho Tenge'' * Asako Natsume, a character in the manga ''

My Little Monster is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Robico about the relationship between a girl named Shizuku Mizutani and a boy named Haru Yoshida. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Dessert'' magazine from August 23, 2008 to June 24, 2013. An a ...

'' (''Tonari No Kaibutsu-kun'') * Mio Natsume, a character in the '' Ressha Sentai ToQger'' * Natsume, known as "Coco" in English, a character in ''

Fighting Foodons is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by and serialized in ''Comic BonBon'' in 1998. It was adapted into an anime television series which aired on NHK-BS2 satellite channel from December 11, 2001 to June 25, 2002. It also receiv ...

'' * Mai Natsume, a character from the ''BlazBlue'' series * Natsume, a character in the anime ''

Deca-Dence is an original anime television series produced and animated by NUT. The series aired from July to September 2020. Synopsis Setting In the latter part of the 2400s, air pollution reached lethal levels. As humanity hurtled toward extinction, ...

Other uses

*/, Japanese name for the

Jujube Jujube (), sometimes jujuba, known by the scientific name ''Ziziphus jujuba'' and also called red date, Chinese date, and Chinese jujube, is a species in the genus ''Ziziphus'' in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae. Description It is a smal ...

fruit (''Ziziphus jujuba'') *, a type of

chaki ''Chaki'' () is a Japanese term that literally means "tea implement". In the vocabulary of Japanese tea ceremony, it broadly means (1) any implement used in the practice of ''chanoyu'', and more narrowly means (2) the caddy for the powdered gr ...

(tea caddy) used in Japanese tea ceremony *

Natsume (company) is the name of two video game publishers, Natsume-Atari and Natsume Inc., that were once the same company but are now completely separated. Natsume Co., Ltd. was founded in Japan on October 20, 1987. It established an American division called Na ...

, a Japanese video game developer {{disambiguation, given name, surname Japanese feminine given names Japanese-language surnames