Tamaki (name)
Appearance
Tamaki is both a Japanese surname and a unisex Japanese given name, as well as a Māori name. In the Okinawan language, Tamaki is read as Tamagusuku, Tamagushiku or Tamashiro.[1] Notable people with the name include:
Surname
[edit]Japanese origin
[edit]- Denny Tamaki (玉城 デニー, born 1959), Japanese politician, current Governor of Okinawa Prefecture
- Ellen Tamaki (born 1992), American actress
- Fumiya Tamaki (玉城 史也, born 1993), Japanese football player
- Hiroshi Tamaki (玉木宏, born 1980), Japanese actor and singer
- Jillian Tamaki (born 1980), Canadian American illustrator and comic artist
- Kōji Tamaki (玉置 浩二, born 1958), Japanese singer-songwriter
- Mariko Tamaki (born 1975), Canadian artist and writer
- Nami Tamaki (玉置 浩二, born 1988), Japanese singer
- Nina Tamaki (玉城 仁菜, born 1996), Japanese voice actress and singer
- Tomotaka Tamaki (玉木 朋孝, born 1975), Japanese former professional baseball player
- Yuichiro Tamaki (玉木 雄一郎, born 1969), Japanese politician
- Yukiko Tamaki (環有希, born 1980), Japanese voice actress
- Yutaka Tamaki (玉置隆, born 1986), Japanese professional baseball player
Māori origin
[edit]- Brian Tamaki (born 1958), New Zealand Christian fundamentalist religious leader
- Kiwi Tāmaki (died c. 1741), Māori warrior and paramount chief
Given name
[edit]- Tamaki Katori (香取 環, born 1938), Japanese actress
- Tamaki Matsumoto (松元 環季, born 1999), Japanese voice actress and actress
- Tamaki Tokuyama (徳山 璉, 1903–1942), Japanese singer
- Tamaki Kunishi, Japanese musician, member of post-rock group Mono
Fictional characters
[edit]- Tamaki (たまき), from the Dead or Alive video game series
- Tamaki Amajiki (天喰 環) from My Hero Academia
- Tamaki Honda (本田 珠輝), protagonist of the manga series Magic of Stella
- Tamaki Kousaka (向坂 環) in ToHeart2
- Tamaki Kotatsu (環 古達) from Fire Force
- Tamaki Kawazoe (川添 珠姫) in Bamboo Blade
- Tamaki Suoh (須王 環) in Ouran High School Host Club
- Iroha Tamaki (環 いろは) from Magia Record
- Mari Tamaki (玉木 マリ), a character in the anime series A Place Further than the Universe
- Shinichirō Tamaki (玉城 真一郎) from Code Geass
References
[edit]- ^ says, N. L. (2015-04-28). "Surnames S – Z". liuchiuan. Retrieved 2020-08-28.