Masami

Masami (まさみ,マサミ,雅美) is a common Japanese given name and can be given to either sex.

Masami

Pronunciation	(Mah-sah-mee)
Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Masako Masumi

Written forms

• マサミ in (katakana)
• まさみ in (hiragana)

Forms in kanji can include:

• 惟美, meaning "Considerate beauty"
• 真己, meaning "True self"
• 真巳, meaning "Truth, Snake"
• 昌美, meaning "Prosperous beauty"
• 雅美, meaning "Gracious beauty"
• 成美, meaning "Become beautiful"

People with the name

• Masami Akita (秋田 昌美), Japanese Noise musician
• Masami Anno, Japanese director of the anime series Chūka Ichiban! which is based on the manga series of the same name
• Masami Hirosaka (広坂 正美), Japanese radio-controlled car racer
• Masami Horiuchi (堀内 正美), Japanese actor
• Masami Ichimura (市村 政美, born 1950), Japanese alpine skier
• Masami Kikuchi (菊池 正美), Japanese voice actor
• Masami Kobayashi (小林仁, 1890-1977), admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
• Masami Kubota, Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics
• Masami Kurumada (車田 正美), Japanese writer and manga artist known for his works such as Ring ni Kakero, Fūma no Kojirō, Saint Seiya, and B't X
• Masami Kuwashima (桑島 正美), Japanese former racecar driver
• Masami Mitsuoka (光岡昌美), Japanese pop singer
• Masami Nagasawa (長澤 まさみ), Japanese TV drama and movie actress
• Masami Ōbari (大張正己), Japanese anime character designer and director
• Masami Odate (大館 昌美), Japanese professional wrestler
• Masami Okui (奥井 雅美), Japanese pop musician
• Masami Shiratama (白玉 雅己), Japanese musical composer and former bass guitarist for the band Porno Graffitti
• Masami Suzuki (鈴木 真仁), voice actress from Japan
• Masami Taki (滝 雅美, born 1972), Japanese football manager
• Masami Tanaka (田中 雅美), Olympic bronze medalist
• Masami Teraoka, Japanese-American watercolor artist who mimics the style of traditional Japanese wood-block prints
• Masami Tsuchiya, Japanese singer-songwriter and musician
• Masami Tsuda (津田 雅美), Japanese manga artist; creator of Kare Kano
• Masami Yoshida (disambiguation), multiple people
• Masami Yūki (ゆうきまさみ), Japanese manga artist; creator of Patlabor

Fictional characters

• Masami Eiri (英利 政美), villain from the anime Serial Experiments Lain
• Masami Kaida, a character in the air combat video game The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces
• Masami Oyamada (小山田雅美), from the manga and anime Someday's Dreamers
• Masami Saotome (早乙女正美), from the live action film: Boogiepop and Others
• Masami Yamada (山田 正臣), teacher from the anime Onegai Teacher
• Masami Aomame, the full name of the lead female protagonist in Haruki Murakami's novel, 1Q84
• Masami Yoshida the wealthy daughter of the Rainbow Factory Owner from The Amazing World of Gumball
• Masami Kousa, a yakuza boss in the manga/anime series Black Lagoon
• Masami Fujii, a character in the manga/anime series Ro-Kyu-Bu!
• Masami Iwasawa (岩沢雅美), the original lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of Girls Dead Monster from the anime Angel Beats!

See also

• Japanese name
• Japanese language