Akemi

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Akemi

Akemi Takada, Japanese artist and illustrator
Pronunciation	akemi (IPA)
Gender	Both
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of origin	Japanese

Akemi is a unisex Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Akemi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 明美, "bright, beauty"
• 明実, "bright, fruit"
• 明海, "bright, sea"
• 明巳, "bright, sign of the snake (Chinese zodiac)"
• 朱美, "vermilion, beauty"
• 朱未, "vermilion, not yet"
• 朱実, "vermilion, fruit"
• 暁美, "dawn, beauty"
• 曙覧, "daybreak, view"

The name can also be written in hiragana あけみ or katakana アケミ.

Notable people with the name

• Akemi Darenogare (ダレノガレ 明美, born 1990), Japanese fashion model and television personality
• Akemi Kanda (神田 朱未, born 1978), Japanese voice actress
• Akemi Kato (加藤 明美, born 1970), Japanese field hockey player
• Akemi Masuda (増田 明美, born 1964), Japanese marathon runner
• Akemi Matsunae (松苗 あけみ, born 1956), Japanese manga artist
• Akemi Matsuno (松野 明美, born 1968), Japanese marathon runner
• Akemi Morikawa (森川 明美, born 1967), Japanese fencer
• Akemi Morimoto (森本 朱美, born 1968), Japanese cyclist
• Akemi Negishi (根岸 明美, 1934–2008), Japanese actress
• Akemi Niwa (丹羽 明美, born 1973), Japanese curler
• Akemi Noda (野田 朱美, born 1969), Japanese football player
• Akemi Okamura (岡村 明美, born 1969), Japanese voice actress and narrator
• Akemi Satō (singer) (佐藤 朱美, born 1972), Japanese singer
• Akemi Satō (voice actress) (佐藤 朱, born 1980), Japanese voice actress
• Akemi Sugiyama (杉山 明美, born 1965), Japanese volleyball player
• Akemi Tachibana (橘 曙覧, 1812–1868), male Japanese poet and classical scholar
• Akemi Takada (高田 明美, born 1955), Japanese artist and illustrator
• Akemi Taniguchi (谷口 明見, born 1937), Japanese Nordic combined skier

Fictional characters

• Akemi (朱美), a character in the manga series Vagabond
• Akemi (明美), a character in the video game Red Ninja: End of Honor
• Akemi (アケミ), a character in the manga series Saikano
• Akemi Kinoshita (木下 明美), a character in the cell phone novel Ōsama Game
• Akemi Miyano (宮野 明美), a character in the manga series Case Closed
• Akemi Nakajima (中島 朱実), protagonist of the novel series Digital Devil Story and its video game adaption, Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
• Akemi Nakamura, a character in Sister Souljah's books, Midnight: A Gangster Love Story and Midnight and the Meaning of Love
• Akemi Roppongi (六本木 朱美), a character in the manga series Maison Ikkoku
• Akemi Sumizome (墨染 朱美), a character in the manga series Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha
• Akemi Togawa (戸川 アケミ), a character in the 1966 film The War of the Gargantuas
• Akemi Yajima (矢島 明美), a character in the manga series Salaryman Kintarō
• Akemi Aizawa (相沢 あけみ), a character in the manga series Tomo-chan Is a Girl!
• Akemi, a character in David Mack's comic book series Kabuki
• Akemi Suzaku (朱雀 アケミ), a character in the anime series Great Pretender
• Homura Akemi (暁美 ほむら), a character in the anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica