Hajime

Hajime
Pronunciation	Ha-ji-mé
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used, but generally centered around the beginning of start, or first.

Hajime (はじめ) is the Japanese word meaning "beginning" (初め, 始め). In Japanese traditional martial arts such as karate, judo, aikido, Kūdō and kendo, it is a verbal command to "begin". Hajime is also a common Japanese given name for males.

In the Amami Islands, Hajime (元) is a surname.

Written forms

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

始め, "beginning" or "start"
初め, "beginning" or "first"

as a given name

一, "first"
元, "beginning" or "origin"
始, "beginning" or "start"
肇, "beginning"
基, "fundamental"
創, "genesis"
孟, "beginning" or "chief"
甫, "beginning" or "great"

The name can also be written in hiragana as はじめ and katakana as ハジメ.

People

Given name

Hajime Funada (船田元, born 1953), Japanese politician
Hajime Hana (ハナ肇, 1930–1993), Japanese musician, actor and comedian
Hidenokuni Hajime (英ノ国一, born 1971), Japanese sumo wrestler
Hajime Hirota (広田一, born 1968), Japanese politician
Hajime Hosogai (細貝萌, born 1986), Japanese football player
Hajime Hosokawa (細川一, 1901–1970), first doctor to discover the Minamata disease
Hajime Iijima (飯島肇, born 1976), Japanese voice actor
Hajime Isayama (諫山創, born 1986), Japanese manga artist; creator of manga Attack on Titan
Hajime Ishibashi (石橋甫, 1862–1942), Japanese Vice-Admiral
Hajime Ishii (石井一, born 1934), Japanese politician
Hajime Ishii (footballer) (石井肇, born 1959), Japanese footballer and manager
Hajime Ishikawa (石川元, born 1941), Japanese rower
Hajime Kagimoto (鍵本肇), Japanese table tennis player
Hajime Kanzaka (神坂一, born 1964), Japanese novelist and manga story writer
Hajime Katoki (カトキハジメ, born 1963), Japanese mecha (fictional walking robots) designer
Hajime Kawakami (河上肇, 1879–1946), Japanese Marxist economist
Hajime Kazumi (数見肇, born 1971), Japanese karateka
Hajime Matsumoto (松本哉, born 1974), Japanese activist, and a recycle shop owner
Hajime Meshiai (飯合肇, born 1954), Japanese golfer
Hajime Mizoguchi (溝口肇, born 1960), Japanese cellist and composer
Hajime Moriyasu (森保一, born 1968), Japanese football player
Hajime Nakamura (中村元, 1911–1999), Japanese academic of Vedic, Hindu and Buddhist scriptures
Hajime Okayasu (岡安肇, born 1936), Japanese anime and film editor and director
Saitō Hajime (斎藤一, 1844–1915), samurai who served in the Shinsengumi
Hajime Satomi (里見治, born 1942), founder of Sammy Corporation
Hajime Sawatari (沢渡朔, born 1940), Japanese photographer
Hajime Seki (關一, 1873–1935), Japanese politician
Hajime Sorayama (空山基, born 1947), Japanese illustrator
Hajime Sugiyama (杉山元, 1880–1945), minister of war in the Imperial Japanese Army
Hajime Taguchi (田口一, born 1975), Japanese writer
Hajime Takano (高野孟, born 1944), Japanese journalist
Hajime Tamura (田村元, 1924–2014), Japanese politician
Hajime Tanabe (田辺元, 1889–1962), Japanese philosopher
Hajime Taniguchi (谷口一, born 1985), Japanese professional fighting game player
Hajime Tomii (富井一, born 1940), Japanese alpine skier
Hajime Ueda (ウエダハジメ), Japanese manga artist
Hajime Watanabe (animator) (渡辺はじめ, born 1957), Japanese animator and character designer
Watanabe Hajime (samurai), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period
Hajime Watanuki (綿貫甫, born 1939), Japanese sport shooter
Hajime Yasunaga (安永一, 1901–1994), Japanese amateur Go player
Hajime Yoshikawa (吉川元, born 1967), Japanese politician

Surname

Chitose Hajime (元; born 1979), Japanese singer

Characters

Hajime Aikawa (始), a character from the Japanese live-action television series Kamen Rider Blade
Hajime Aoyagi (一), a character from the anime/manga series Yowamushi Pedal
Hajime Aoyama (ハジメ), a character from the anime series Ghost Stories
Hajime Fukuroda, a character from Japanese live-action television series Great Teacher Onizuka (2012)
Hajime Hinata (日向創), the protagonist of the visual novel Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
Hajime Ichinose (はじめ), the protagonist of Gatchaman Crowds
Hajime Iwaizumi (岩泉一), a character from the anime series Haikyuu!! with the position of vice captain and wing spiker from Aoba Johsai High
Hajime Katsura (はじめ), a character from the anime/manga series Digimon Universe: App Monsters
Hajime Kindaichi (一), a character from the anime/manga series Kindaichi Case Files
Hajime Kunihiro (一), a female character from the anime/manga series Saki
Hajime Makunouchi, a character from the Danganronpa fangame, Super Danganronpa Another 2
Hajime Nagumo (南雲ハジメ), the protagonist in the anime and manga series Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest
Hajime Owari (尾張ハジメ), a character from the anime series Dagashi Kashi
Hajime Shino (紫之創), a character from the game franchise Ensemble Stars!
Hajime Tanaka (田中一), a character in the Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan rhythm video game duology
Hajime Tenga (一), one of the main characters from the anime series Kiznaiver
Hajime Tsukishima (基), a character from the anime/manga series Golden Kamuy
Hajime Yagi (はじめ), a character from the anime/manga series The World of Narue
Hajime Yamaoka, a character from Ultraman Nexus who were killed and resurrected by Dark Zagi using the alias Mitsuhiko Ishibori
Mutsuki Hajime (睦月始), a character from the anime series Tsukiuta. The Animation
Saitō Hajime (斎藤一), a character from the anime/manga series Rurouni Kenshin
Hajime Kashimo (鹿紫雲一), a character from the manga series Jujutsu Kaisen

Other uses

Hajime Yatate (肇), a pseudonym for the collective contributions of the Sunrise animation staff
Hajime (malware)