Ai (given name)
Appearance
![]() Ai Shinozaki, a Japanese gravure idol, actress, and singer | |
Pronunciation | Similar to the English word "Eye" |
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Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | Japanese |
Meaning | love 愛, indigo 藍 |
Region of origin | Japan |
Ai (Japanese: in hiragana あい, in katakana アイ, in kanji 愛, 藍, 亜衣) is a Japanese feminine given name. It could mean love, affection (愛), or indigo (藍). The kanji 亜衣 is only associated as a proper noun, it could mean Asian clothes.
Athletes
- Ai Fukuhara (福原 愛), Japanese professional table tennis player
- Ai Miyazato (宮里藍, born 1985), Japanese professional golf player
- Ai Otomo (大友 愛), Japanese volleyball player
- Ai Sugiyama (杉山愛, born 1975), retire Japanese professional tennis player
- Ai Shibata, (柴田 亜衣), Japanese professional swimmer
Singers
- Ai (singer) (植村 愛 カリーナ, born 1981), Japanese-American singer and songwriter
- Ai Kago (加護 亜依, born 1988), Japanese pop singer, actress, author and former member of J-pop group Morning Musume
- Ai Kawashima (川嶋 あい), Japanese pop singer, songwriter and pianist
- Ai Otsuka (大塚 愛, born 1982), Japanese pop singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, and actress
- Ai Takahashi (高橋 愛, born 1986), Japanese pop singer and former member of Morning Musume
Voice actresses
- Ai Kayano (茅野 愛衣), Japanese voice actress and singer
- Ai Kobayashi (小林愛), Japanese voice actress
- Ai Maeda (voice actress) (前田 愛), Japanese voice actress
- Ai Nonaka (野中 藍), Japanese voice actress
- Ai Orikasa (折笠 愛), Japanese voice actress
- Ai Shimizu (清水 愛), Japanese voice actress
Other
- Ai Iijima (飯島 愛, 1972 – 2008), Japanese media personality, writer, and actress
- Ai Haruna (はるな 愛), Japanese transsexual TV personality and singer
- Ai Hashimoto (橋本 愛), Japanese actress and model
- Ai Iwamura (岩村愛), Japanese actress
- Ai Kato (加藤 あい), Japanese actress and model
- Ai Kurosawa (黒沢愛), Japanese AV idol and model
- Ai Kuwabara, Japanese jazz pianist
- Ai Maeda (actress) (前田 愛), Japanese model, actress, and singer
- Ai Morinaga (森永あい), Japanese manga artist
- Ai Ogawa (愛小川, 1947–2010) American poet
- Ai Shinozaki (gravure idol) (篠崎 愛), Japanese singer, gravure idol, and actress
- Ai Takabe (高部 あい), Japanese actress and voice actress
- Ai Tominaga (冨永 愛), Japanese fashion model and actress
- Ai Yazawa (矢沢あい), Japanese manga author
Mythical and fictional
- Ai Amano, the main character in the manga and anime series Video Girl Ai
- Ai Enma, the main character of the anime and manga Hell Girl
- Ai Haibara a.k.a. Shiho Miyano, a character in Detective Conan
- Ai Mori, a character in The Law of Ueki
- Ai Tanabe, a character in Planetes
- Ai Yazawa, a character in Battle Royale II: Requiem
- Ai, the female protagonist of the SNK Playmore fighting game Neo Geo Battle Coliseum
- Ai, one of the main characters in the anime & eroge game Popotan
- Ai Mikami, a character in the manga and anime series Future Diary.
- Ai Ebihara, a character in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
- Ai, the main character in Dōbutsu no Mori (film)
- Ai Myoujin, the Fighter of the Breathless team in the anime Loveless
- Ai Nanasaki, a character in Amagami SS (Anime) and the game Amagami
- Ai, a character in the anime Digimon Tamers
- T-AI or Ai-chan, a character in Transformers: Robots in Disguise
- Ai, a character in InuYasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island
- Ai Fuyuumi, a character in Oreshura