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Possible writings

Yayoi 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: *弥生, "March" ;as a given name *彌生, "extensive, life" 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 ...

People with the name

*, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese composer *, Japanese women's footballer *, Japanese artist *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese speed skater *, Japanese composer and sound designer *, Japanese actress *, Japanese physician and women's rights activist

Fictional characters

*Yayoi Kise, aka Cure Peace from the shoujo anime

Smile PreCure! is a 2012 Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and the ninth installment in Izumi Todo's ''Pretty Cure'' metaseries, featuring the seventh generation of Cures. The series is written by Shōji Yonemura, who is best k ...

*Yayoi, the main heroine of the manga series ''

Mugen Spiral is a two volume manga series written by Mizuho Kusanagi. Premiering in ''Hana to Yume'' on January 20, 2004, the series focuses on the growing relationship between the mystic Yayoi, and the prince of demons Ura, who comes to steal her powers ...

'' *Yayoi Tsubaki, a character in the fighting game series ''

BlazBlue ''BlazBlue'' is a fighting video game series developed and published in Japan by Arc System Works, and later localized in North America by Aksys Games and in Europe by Zen United. An anime adaptation aired in Autumn 2013. The series has sold 1.7 ...

'' *Yayoi Fujisawa (やよい), a character in the anime series ''

Stellvia of the Universe , also known as ''Stellvia of the Universe'', is an anime series set in space. As a prelude to the series, the Earth of year 2167 AD is shown to be devastated by a powerful electromagnetic shockwave. This is caused by a nearby star, Hydr ...

'' *Yayoi Inuzuka (弥生), a character in the light novel, manga, and anime series ''

Kure-nai is a Japanese light novel series by Kentarō Katayama, with illustrations by Yamato Yamamoto. A manga adaptation started serialization in the first issue of ''Jump Square'' magazine and had its last chapter published in the June 2012 issue. ...

'' *Yayoi Matsunaga (弥生), a character in the anime series '' Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective'' *Yayoi (弥生) Yukino (雪野), the main character in the anime series ''

Queen Millennia is a manga series by Leiji Matsumoto which was serialized from 28 January 1980 through 11 May 1983 in both the ''Sankei Shimbun'' and '' Nishinippon Sports'' newspapers. The manga series was adapted into a 42-episode anime television serie ...

'' *Yayoi Kamishiro, a main character and possible love interest in the video game ''

Lux-Pain is a visual novel adventure video game developed by Killaware and published by Marvelous Entertainment for the Nintendo DS video game console. The game was released in Japan on March 27, 2008. It was published in North America by Ignition Enterta ...

'' *Yayoi (弥生), the landlady and "mother" of Hiroe Ogawa in the

hentai Hentai is anime and manga pornography. A loanword from Japanese, the original term ( ) does not describe a genre of media, but rather an abnormal sexual desire or act, as an abbreviation of . In addition to anime and manga, hentai works exis ...

anime and manga '' F3: Frantic, Frustrated & Female'' *Yayoi Aoba, a character of the manga and anime series ''

Captain Tsubasa is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yōichi Takahashi. The series mainly revolves around the sport of association football focusing on Tsubasa Oozora and his relationship with his friends, rivalries with h ...

'' *Yayoi Shinozuka, a character of the visual novel series ''

White Album White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on ...

'' *Yayoi Shioiri, a character in the manga ''

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'' *Yayoi Takatsuki, a character in the video games series ''

THE iDOLM@STER is a Japanese media franchise that began in 2005 with a raising simulation and rhythm video game series created by Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly Namco). The series primarily centers on the career of a producer who works with a group of ...

'' *Yayoi Kunizuka, a character in the light novel, manga and anime series ''

Psycho-Pass ''Psycho-Pass'' (stylized as ''PSYCHO-PASS'') is a Japanese cyberpunk psychological thriller anime television series produced by Production I.G. It was co-directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani and Katsuyuki Motohiro and written by Gen Urobuchi, ...

'' *Yayoi Ulshade/KyoryuViolet II, a character in the tokusatsu series "

Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger is the Toei Company's 37th entry in its long-running ''Super Sentai'' metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series following ''Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters''. ''Kyoryuger'' aired on TV Asahi from February 17, 2013 to February 9, 2014, joining ...

" *Yayoi Yamamoto, a character in the novel ''Out'' by Natsuo Kirino

References

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