Mori
Appearance
Mori is a Japanese and Italian surname, and also a Persian pet name for Morteza. It is also the name of two clans in Japan, and one clan in India.
Ugandan surname
- Joakin Mori, Academician, Farmer
Italian surname
- Camilo Mori, Chilean painter
- Cesare Mori, Italian "Iron Prefect"
- Claudia Mori, Italian actress, singer, television producer
- Damian Mori, Italian-Australian football player
- Daniele Mori (born 1990) Italian footballer
- Fabrizio Mori, Italian hurdler
- Francesco Mori, Italian painter
- Lara Mori, Italian artistic gymnast
- Manuele Mori, Italian professional road bicycle racer
- Massimiliano Mori, Italian former professional road bicycle racer
- Michael Mori, aka "Dan Mori", U.S. military lawyer
- Miguel Mori, Argentine footballer
- Nicolas Mori, Italian-English violinist
- Paola Mori, Italian actress and aristocrat
- Primo Mori, Italian professional road bicycle racer.
- Ramiro Funes Mori and Rogelio Funes Mori, twin brothers and Argentine footballers
- Simone Mori, Italian former professional racing cyclist
- Uberto Mori, Italian religious figure
Japanese surname
Mori (written: 森 lit. "forest", [moɾi]) is the 24th most common Japanese surname.[1] Mōri (written: 毛利, [moːɾi]) is a separate surname that may be transliterated the same way.
- Akihiko Mori, composer
- Akio Mori, physiologist and writer
- Akira Mori (b. 1936), son of Taikichiro Mori, CEO of Mori Trust
- Mori Arinori, statesman/diplomat
- Bárbara Mori, Mexican actress (Japanese paternal grandfather)
- Mori Chack, graphics designer
- Chiharu Mori (森 千春, born 1962), Japanese swimmer
- Chinatsu Mori, shotputter
- Daisuke Mori, nurse and serial killer
- Eijiro Mori (森 英次郎, born 1986), Japanese footballer
- Eisuke Mori, politician
- Futoshi Mori, rugby player
- Hanae Mori, fashion designer
- Hideki Mori, manga artist
- Hiroshi Mori (astronomer), astronomer born 1958
- Hiroshi Mori (writer), writer and engineer.
- Ikue Mori, musician
- Johnny Mori, American musician
- Junko Mori, metalwork sculptor
- Kanna Mori, actress
- Kaori Mori, badminton player
- Kaoru Mori, manga author
- Katsuhiro Mori, champion Magic: The Gathering player
- Katsuji Mori, voice actor
- Kazutoshi Mori, molecular biologist
- Kenzo Mori, Japanese-Canadian journalist
- Kyoichi Mori, Japanese whale-watcher
- Mori Koben, adventurer and businessman
- Larry Mori, American bridge player
- Manny Mori, former President of the Federated States of Micronesia (great grandson of Mori Koben)
- Mori Mari, novelist (Ōgai's daughter)
- Maria Mori, Japanese-American actress
- Mariko Mori, artist
- Masaaki Mori (baseball)
- Masahiro Mori (designer)
- Masahiro Mori (roboticist)
- Masako Mori (singer)
- Masako Mori (politician)
- Masayuki Mori (actor)
- Minori Mori (森 美乃里, born 1957), Japanese javelin thrower
- Minoru Mori (1934-2012), son of Taikichiro Mori, building tycoon and namesake for Roppongi Hills Mori Tower
- Mitsugu Mori, fighter ace
- Mitsuko Mori, actress
- Mōri Motonari, daimyō of the Mōri clan
- Mōri Hidemoto, retainer of the Toyotomi clan throughout the latter Sengoku Period
- Mucha Mori, basketball player
- Mori Naganao, daimyō
- Nana Mori, actress
- Naoki Mori (disambiguation), several people
- Naoko Mori, actress
- Nobuteru Mori, businessman
- Mōri Terumoto, daimyō
- Mori Ōgai, novelist and physician
- Mori Ranmaru, samurai during the Sengoku period
- Reiko Mori, Japanese novelist
- Riyo Mori, Miss Universe 2007
- S. Floyd Mori, American educator and politician
- Sakura Mori (森 さくら, born 1996), Japanese table tennis player
- Satoshi Mori (basketball) (森 哲, born 1949), Japanese basketball player
- Satoshi Mori (skier) (born 1971), Japanese Nordic combined skier
- Shigefumi Mori, mathematician
- Shigeaki Mori, historian
- Shigeki Mori, mayor of Neagari
- Shigekazu Mori, baseball player
- Shinichi Mori, enka singer
- Shinji Mori, baseball player
- Shunya Mori (毛利 駿也, born 1995), Japanese footballer
- Mori Sōiken, co-leader of the 17th-century Shimabara Rebellion
- Mori Sosen, Japanese painter
- Mori Sumio (森 澄雄, 1919–2010), Japanese poet
- Taikichiro Mori (1904-1993), founder of Mori Building Company
- Mōri Takachika, daimyō
- Takaji Mori, football player
- Takayuki Mori, wrestler
- Takeshi Mori (commander) (1894–1945), commander of the Japanese Empire's First Imperial Guards Division, at the end of World War II
- Takeshi Mori (director) (b. 1963), anime director, storyboard artist, and script writer
- Takeshi Mori (announcer) (b. 1959), announcer on Yomiuri TV in Japan
- Tamezo Mori, naturalist
- Tatsuya Mori, film director
- Tomoya Mori (森 友哉, born 1995), Japanese baseball player
- Toshia Mori, actress
- Toshio Mori, American author
- Toshiko Mori, architect
- Tsuneo Mori, radical leftist
- Ushinosuke Mori, anthropologist
- Wataru Mori, actor
- Yoshirō Mori, former Prime Minister of Japan
- Yoshiro Mori (mathematician)
- Yoshitoshi Mori, artist
- Yukinojo Mori, singer
- Yuito Mori, baseball player
- Yusuke Mori, footballer
- Yuko Mori, politician
- Yuto Mori, footballer
- Mori Yoshinari, 16th-century samurai
- Mori Nagayoshi, son of Mori Yoshinari
- Mori Ranmaru, son of Mori Yoshinari
- Yasuji Mori, animator
- Yoko Mori, novelist
Aramaic title of honor
- Mori, a word used extensively by Yemenite Jews designating a "rabbi", taken from the Judeo-Aramaic word, Template:Hebrew (mor), meaning "master" or "lord".[2] Mori, literally meaning, "my master," or "my lord".
Other people named Mori
- Amirkhan Mori, Russian businessman
- Dan Mori (born 1988 as Dean (Din) Mori), Israeli footballer
- Raam Mori, Gujarati author
- Lucija Mori, Slovenian footballer
- Chitrangada Mori, Indian aristocrat
- Mark de Mori, Australian boxer
- Mori Eskandani, American poker player
- Mori Arkin, Israeli businessman
Fictional characters
- Ai Mori in The Law of Ueki
- Mori Green, a minor character in Grand Theft Auto IV
- Mori Kibbutz, the brother of Brucie in Grand Theft Auto IV
- Kogoro Mouri, character in Detective Conan
- Mako Mori, character in the film Pacific Rim
- Ran Mouri, character in Detective Conan
- Shin Mōri, character in Yoroiden Samurai Troopers
- Takashi "Mori" Morinozuka, character in Ouran High School Host Club
- Yorick Mori, character in the online multiplayer game League of Legends
- Mario Mori, character in Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger
See also
- mori (interjection)
- Mohri, a Japanese surname
- Moori (disambiguation)
- Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand
References
- ^ "明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation]" (PDF) (Press release). Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ^ Shelomo Dov Goitein, The Yemenites - History, Communal Organization, Spiritual Life, Jerusalem 1983, pp. 212;256; 278 (ISBN 965-235-011-7). Goitein, citing Amram Qorah, says that the title was strictly reserved unto those who had procured a license in the ritual slaughter of domesticated animals.