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Kumi (name)

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Kumi
GenderUnisex
Origin
MeaningDifferent meanings depending on the kanji used.
Other names
Related namesKumiko

Kumi (くみ, クミ) is a given name.

Possible writings in Japanese

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Kumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean

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組, "group, party, pair, band, class"

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as a given name
  • 久美, "long time, beauty" (also read Hisami)
  • 久実, "long time, fruit"
  • 来未, "come, not yet"
  • 九美, "nine, beauty"
  • 九海, "nine seas"

The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

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with the given name Kumi
  • Kumi (born 1976), vocalist of the Japanese band Love Psychedelico
  • Kumi Araki (荒木 久美, born 1965), Japanese long-distance runner
  • Kumi Koda (倖田 來未, born 1982), Japanese pop and neo soul singer
  • Kumi Miyasato (宮里 久美, born 1969), Japanese pop singer and voice actress
  • Kumi Mizuno (水野 久美, born 1937), Japanese actress
  • Kumi Mori (born 1985), Japanese handball goalkeeper
  • Kumi Naidoo (born 1965), South African human rights activist and head of Greenpeace
  • Kumi Nakada (中田 久美, born 1965), former professional volleyball player
  • Kumi Otoshi (大利 久美, born 1985), Japanese race walker
  • Kumi Sakuma (佐久間 紅美, born 1976), Japanese voice actress
  • Kumi Sasaki (idol) (佐々木 久美, born 1996), Japanese idol
  • Kumi Sasaki (musician) (佐々木 久美), Japanese recording artist
  • Kumi Taguchi (actress) (田口 久美), Japanese-American actress
  • Kumi Taguchi (journalist) (田口 久美, born 1975), Australian television broadcaster and presenter
  • Kumi Tanioka (谷岡 久美, born 1974), Japanese video game music composer
  • Kumi Yokoyama (横山 久美, born 1993), Japanese football striker
  • Kumi Yamada (山田 久美, born 1967), women's professional shogi player

Fictional characters

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with the given name Kumi
  • Kumi, a ladybug in the cartoon series Beat Bugs
  • Kumi, a fox Gacha pet in the Korean online video game Grand Chase
  • Kumi, a character in the popular children's doll franchise Bratz
  • Kumi Mashiba, a character in the manga and anime series Fighting Spirit
  • Kumi Ōkubo, a character in the Japanese fighting game series Asuka 120% Burning Festival
  • Kumi Hayami, a character in the magical girl anime series Magical Fairy Persia
  • Kumi Kawamura, a character in the manga series Alien Nine
  • Kumi Hirose, a character in the role-playing game Revelations: Persona
  • Kumi Sugimoto, a character in the manga and anime series Captain Tsubasa
  • Kumi Mashiba, a character in the anime series (Makunouchi Ippo's love interest) Hajime no Ippo
  • Kazeumi Kumi (Bukubukuchagama), a character in the light novel, anime And manga series (Overlord)
  • Kumi Kibashi, a character in Gal*Gun!

See also

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