Kazumi ( ja, カズミ, かずみ) is a

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that can be given to either sex.

Possible writings

*和美, "peace, beauty" *一巳, "one, sign of the snake" *一美, "one, beauty" *一実, "one, truth" *和海, "peace, sea" *数魅, "number, fascination" *数巳, "number, sign of the snake" *和満, "peace, satisfy, full" The name Kazumi can be written with

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characters (as listed above), or it can be written using the

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and

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writing systems. In

, Kazumi is written as かずみ, while in

, it is written as カズミ.

People with the given name

*, Japanese bobsledder * Kazumi Akedo (明戸和巳), Japanese Go player *

Kazumi Fujita is a Japanese mecha designer, who has worked on several noted anime series and video games, notably ''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam'', '' The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final'', and ''Quo Vadis 2''. He designed the Zeta Gundam, winning heated competition ...

(藤田一巳), Japanese mecha designer *, Japanese politician *

Kazumi Kazui is a Japanese manga artist. She made her debut in 2000 in a special edition of '' Petit Comic'' with ''Watashi no Iru Basho'' (''The Place Where I Am''), and later worked on the manga adaptation of ''Socrates in Love''. Her current work '' Dōs ...

(一井かずみ), Japanese manga artist *

Kazumi Kishimoto is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. He won two medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and placed as high as fourth at the World Junior Championships. He finished tenth at the 2005 Four Continents Championships. Programs R ...

(岸本一美), Japanese figure skater *

Kazumi Kurigami is a commercial and fine art Japanese photographer A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photog ...

(操上和美), Japanese photographer * Kazumi Matsuo (松尾和美), Japanese marathon runner *, Japanese volleyball player * Kazumi Onishi (大西一美), Japanese figure skater * Kazumi Ota (太田和美), Japanese politician *

Kazumi Saito is a Japanese former professional baseball starting pitcher, and current first squad pitching coach for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. He was a two-time winner of the Eiji Sawamura Award (, ), but did not pitch in a regular season game after Octob ...

(斉藤和巳), Japanese baseball player * Kazumi Sekine (関根和美), Japanese film director, producer and dramatist *

Kazumi Tabata was an 8th degree Grand Master in Shotokan karate. Born in Japan in 1943, Master Tabata started karate at age 13 and received the rank of ''nidan'' in Shorinji as a freshman in high school. Master Tabata went to Waseda University and started s ...

(田畑和美), Japanese karateka * Kazumi Takahashi (高橋和巳, 1931-1971), Japanese writer and scholar of Chinese literature *

Kazumi Takayama is a Japanese tarento, actress, and writer. She is a former member of the Japanese idol group Nogizaka46, co-author of the self-help book ''Investment Methods that Keep My Money Growing Even Though I'm An Idol'', and author of the novel ''Trapez ...

(高山一実), Japanese idol and writer *

Kazumi Totaka is a Japanese video game composer and sound director who is best known for his various compositions in many Nintendo games. He occasionally does voice acting as well, including Yoshi from the ''Mario'' series. He also directed the development ...

(戸高一生), Japanese video game composer and voice actor *

Kazumi Watanabe is a Japanese guitarist. Other guitarists such as Luke Takamura and Sugizo have cited him as an influence. Career Watanabe learned guitar at the age of 12 from Sadanori Nakamure at the Yamaha Music School in Tokyo. He released his first album ...

(渡辺香津美), Japanese jazz and jazz fusion guitarist *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese sport shooter * Kazumi Yamashita (manga artist) (山下和美), Japanese manga artist *, Japanese screenwriter and novelist

Fictional characters

*Kazumi Akiyama (秋山和美), a character from the manga series '' Initial D''. *Kazumi Amano (アマノ・カズミ), a character from the

OVA , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA s ...

series ''

Gunbuster ''Gunbuster'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese OVA anime series produced by Bandai, Victor, and Gainax and released from 1988 to 1989. It was the directorial debut of Hideaki Anno, best known as the creator and director of ''Neon Genesis ...

''. * Kazumi Asakura (朝倉和美), a character from the ''

Negima! Magister Negi Magi ''Negima! Magister Negi Magi'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from February 2003 to March 2012, with its chapters co ...

'' manga series and its anime adaption. *Kazumi Iwase, one of the main characters from the visual novel ''Memo''. * Kazumi Kato, a character from the

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series The Order of the Stick. *Kazumi, the main character from the spinoff manga of '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica'', ''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica''. *Kazumi Mishima, a character from the ''

Tekken is a Japanese Media mix, media franchise centered on a series of fighting game, fighting video and arcade games developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly Namco). The franchise also includes film and print adaptations. The ...

'' series. * Kazumi Sawatari, a character from ''

Kamen Rider Build is a Japanese tokusatsu drama and the 28th entry of Toei Company's ''Kamen Rider'' metaseries. It is the nineteenth series to debut during the Heisei era. The show premiered on September 3, 2017, following the finale of ''Kamen Rider Ex-Aid'', jo ...

'' *Kazumi Satou, character from '' Mayoi Neko Overrun!''. *Kazumi Yokokawa, from ''

Strike Witches is a Japanese media mix originally created by Fumikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. The franchise has since been adapted into several light novel, manga, and anime series and various video games. ...

''. *Kazumi Yoshida, main character from the ''

Shakugan no Shana , also known simply as , is a Japanese light novel series written by Yashichiro Takahashi with illustrations by Noizi Ito. ASCII Media Works published 26 novels from November 2002 to November 2012 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. The ...

'' series. *Kazumi Yoshinaga, main character from the

light novel A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a ''wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English languag ...

series ''

Gargoyle of Yoshinaga House is a Japanese light novel series written by Sennendou Taguchi, following Kazumi Yoshinaga and his normal junior high school life with younger sister Futaba Yoshinaga who won a prize from a lottery of a wolf-like gargoyle nicknamed "Gar-ku ...

''. *Kazumi Yukihira (行平一己), a side character from the manga series ''

Gakuen Alice , also known as ''Alice Academy'' or ''Alice School'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tachibana Higuchi, serialized in the shōjo manga magazine ''Hana to Yume'' from 2003 to 2013. It was adapted into an anime serie ...

''. *Kazumi Schlierenzauer, a character from the manga ''

Brynhildr in the Darkness is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from January 2012 to March 2016. An anime television series adaptation by Arms aired between ...

''. *Kazumi Mishima (三島和己), a character from the game ''

Your Turn To Die ''Your Turn to Die'' ( it, Troppo per vivere... poco per morire, french: Qui êtes-vous inspecteur Chandler?) is a 1967 Italian-French crime-thriller movie directed by Michele Lupo. Plot A gang of criminals, in agreement with a model, set their ...

''. *Kazumi Alex * (行平一己), a character from irl '' Alex M. Gavriloae''

Possible writings

People with the given name

Fictional characters

References

See also