Akemi

Akemi

Pronunciation	Á-ké-mí
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japanese

Akemi (あけみ, アケミ) is a Japanese name, mostly used as a feminine given name.

Possible writings

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

• 明美, "bright, beauty"
• 明海, "bright, sea"
• 朱美, "vermilion, beauty"
• 朱未, "vermilion, not yet"
• 朱実, "vermilion, fruit"
• 暁美, "dawn, beauty"
• 明実, "bright fruit"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Real people

with the given name Akemi

• Akemi Kanda (朱未), a Japanese voice actress
• Akemi Kato (明美), a Japanese field hockey player
• Akemi Okamura (明美), a Japanese voice actress and narrator
• Akemi Takada (明美), a Japanese artist and illustrator
• Akemi Matsunae (あけみ), a Japanese shōjo manga artist
• Akemi Matsuno (明美), a retired Japanese marathon runner
• Akemi Ōta (朱美), Japanese animator and Hayao Miyazaki's wife.

Fictional characters

with the given name Akemi

• Akemi Miyano (明美), a character in the anime and manga series Case Closed
• Akemi Roppongi (朱美), a character in the anime and manga series Maison Ikkoku
• Akemi Yajima (明美), a character in the manga series Salaryman Kintarō
• Akemi (朱美), a character in the manga series Vagabond
• Akemi (??), a character in the action series Xena: Warrior Princess
• Akemi (明美), a character in the video game Red Ninja: End of Honor
• Akemi (アケミ), a supporting character from Saikano
• Akemi Nakajima (朱実), the main character in the novel series, Digital Devil Story and video game adaption, Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei.
• Akemi Nakamura, a character in Sister Souljah's books, Midnight: A Gangster Love Story and Midnight and the Meaning of Love
• Akemi in the novel "musashi" by Eiji Yoshikawa.

with the surname Akemi

• Akemi Homura (暁美ほむら), a character from the anime/manga Puella Magi Madoka Magica