Kamei (
亀 井, "turtle well") is a
Japanese surname
Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames, as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written the same in kanji may also be pronounced ...
.
*Japanese clan,
Kamei clan
People that have the name include:
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Akiko Kamei
is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and a member of the House of Representatives. She is a former member of People's New Party and of the House of Councillors. A native of Tokyo and graduate of Gakushuin ...
, politician
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Eri Kamei
is a Japanese pop singer and model. She is a former member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. She joined in late 2003 as a sixth generation member along with Miki Fujimoto, Sayumi Michishige, and Reina Tanaka. She graduated on December ...
, member of
Morning Musume
, formerly simply and colloquially referred to as , are a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon, Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most top ten singles ...
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Fumio Kamei, documentary film director
*, Japanese fencer
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Hirotada Kamei(
亀井広忠),
tsuzumi
The or ''tsuzumi'' is a hand drum of Japanese origin. It consists of a wooden body shaped like an hourglass, and it is taut, with two drum heads with cords that can be squeezed or released to increase or decrease the tension of the heads resp ...
player
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Hisaoki Kamei, politician
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, politician
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Kaori Kamei
Kaori ( "scent/aroma, fabric/weave" and occasionally rendered "perfume", ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Kaori (voice actress) (born 1976), Japanese voice actress and singer
*, musician known as Bonni ...
(
亀井薫), announcer
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Katsuichiro Kamei(
亀井勝一郎), literary critic
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Koreaki Kamei, announcer
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Saburo Kamei
was a Japanese voice actor who worked for 81 Produce.
Voice roles
*'' Batman: The Animated Series'' ( Rupert Thorne)
*''City Hunter'' (Mohammed (ep.2))
*'' Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital'' (Seizo Sakura)
*''Fist of the North S ...
, voice actor
*, Japanese ice hockey player
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Shizuka Kamei
is a former Japanese politician and a former chairman of the Parliamentary League for the Abolition of the Death Penalty.
Early life
He was born in the city of Shōbara in Hiroshima Prefecture into a poor family. He studied at the department o ...
, politician
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Yoshiko Kamei
is a Japanese voice actress from Ibaraki Prefecture. She is affiliated with Mausu Promotion.
Roles
Animation
*'' Anime Himitsu no Hanazono'' (Bunny)
*'' Atashin'chi'' (Nursing practitioner, Hanae)
*'' Baby and Me'' (Tadashi Gotō, Taichi Kimur ...
, voice actor
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Yoshiyuki Kamei
was a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives of Japan representing Kanagawa Prefecture.
Biography
Yoshiyuki Kamei was born on 30 April 1936. He graduated from Keio University in 1962.
He was Minister of Agricult ...
, politician
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Yoshiyuki Kamei
was a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives of Japan representing Kanagawa Prefecture.
Biography
Yoshiyuki Kamei was born on 30 April 1936. He graduated from Keio University in 1962.
He was Minister of Agricult ...
, baseball player
*
Zentaro Kamei, politician
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