Ruri

Ruri
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/Name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Other names
Related names	Ruriko

Ruri (瑠璃, るり, ルリ) is a Japanese word meaning lapis lazuli and is also a feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

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

• 瑠璃, "lapis lazuli"
• 琉璃, "lapis lazuli"

as a given name

• 瑠璃, "lapis lazuli"
• 流理, "current/flow, logic"
• 留莉, "detain, jasmine"
• 瑠里, "lapis lazuli, home town"

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

Real people

with the given name Ruri

• Ruri Asano (るり), a Japanese voice actress
• Ruri Mizutani (光里), a member of the Japanese music group Bon-Bon Blanco

Fictional characters

with the name Ruri

• Hojo no Ruri (ルリ), a character in the manga series Onmyō Taisenki
• Ruri, a character in the PS2 video game Eureka Seven vol. 2: New Vision
• Ruri (瑠璃), the main character in the Japanese PS2 video game Ururun Quest: Koiyuuki
• Ruri Himeyuri (瑠璃), a character in the anime series To Heart 2
• Ruri Hoshino (ルリ), a character in the anime series Martian Successor Nadesico
• Ruri Mihashi (瑠里), a character in the baseball manga series Big Windup!
• Ruri Saiki (翠雀), a character in the manga and anime series Angel Sanctuary
• Ruri Saionji (瑠璃), a character in the manga series Hot Gimmick
• Ruri Sarasa (ルリ), the main protagonist of the manga series Tokyo Underground

Other uses

• Ruri-iro (瑠璃色), a color of dark blue with a shade of violet; azure

See also

• Ruri no Ame, a song by Alice Nine
• Ruri no Shima, a Japanese TV drama also known as Ruri's Island
• Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na, a Japanese adult visual novel video game