Emi

For other uses, see EMI (disambiguation).

Emi

Pronunciation	É-mí
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Emiko

Emi (えみ, エミ, 絵美,　恵美) is a feminine Japanese given name and is occasionally used as a surname.

Possible writings

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

as a given name

• 恵美, "blessing, beauty"
• 絵美, "picture, beauty"
• 映見, "reflect, look"
• 映美, "reflect, beauty"
• 笑, "smile"
• 栄美
• 恵未
• 恵実
• 慧美

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

as a surname

• 江見
• 江美

People with the name

• Emi Akimoto (秋元 恵美, born 1956), Japanese hurdler
• Emi Fujita (恵美; born 1963), Japanese singer
• Emi Hashino (恵美; born 1973), Japanese comedian and stage actress
• Emi Hinouchi (エミ; born 1982), Japanese urban music singer-songwriter
• Emi Inui (絵美; born 1983), Japanese softball player
• Emi Kaneko (恵美; born 1965), Japanese politician
• Emi Kawabata (川端 絵美, born 1970), Japanese skier
• Emi Kobayashi (恵美; born 1983), Japanese gravure idol
• Emi Kuroda (エミ; born 1978), Japanese actress
• Emi Matsui (江美; born 1963), Japanese javelin thrower
• Emi Motoi (えみ), a Japanese voice actress
• Emi Motokawa (恵美), a Japanese professional wrestler
• Emi Nakajima (中島 依美, born 1990), Japanese women's footballer
• Emi Nitta (恵海; born 1985), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Emi Nonaka (絵美), a Japanese ice hockey player
• Emi Shimizu (清水 絵美, born 1990), Japanese curler
• Emi Shinohara (恵美; born 1963), Japanese voice actress
• Emi Suzuki (えみ; born 1985), Chinese-Japanese actress and fashion model
• Emi Tawata (えみ; born 1984), Japanese singer
• Emi Uwagawa (恵美), a Japanese voice actress
• Emi Wada (惠美; born 1937), Japanese costume designer
• Emi Wakui (映見; born 1970), Japanese actress
• Emi Watanabe (絵美; born 1958), Japanese figure skater
• Emi Yamamoto (山本 絵美, born 1982), Japanese women's footballer

Fictional characters

• Emi Isuzu (絵美), a character in the Tenjho Tenge series
• Emi Ibarazaki (茨崎 笑美), a character in the visual novel Katawa Shoujo
• Emi Yusa, a character in the anime and manga The Devil is a Part-Timer!
• Emi Igawa, a character in the anime and manga Your Lie In April
• Emi Toshiba, a background character in Konami's Dance Dance Revolution dance game series

See also

• Mimasaka-Emi Station, a train station in Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
• Magical Star Magical Emi, a magical girl anime series