Hitomi (given name)

Hitomi

Pronunciation	(HEE-toh-mee)
Gender	Feminine
Language(s)	Japanese
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	瞳 pupil of the eye 智 wisdom, intellect 美beautiful although it can have different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of origin	Japan

Hitomi (ヒトミ, ひとみ) is a feminine Japanese given name. It is often written with the single kanji 瞳 (Japanese for eye) or the two kanji 仁美. It can also come from 智 (hito) meaning "wisdom, intellect" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Individuals may alternatively write the name using the hiragana as ひとみ. The singer hitomi writes her stage name using the Latin alphabet.

Possible writings

• 仁美, "benevolent, humane, noble, beauty"
• 人美, "someone, person, beauty"
• 一美, "one, beauty"
• 均美, "level beauty"
• 等美, "class, equal, beauty"
• 傭美, "employ, hire, beauty"

People

Singers

• Hitomi Furuya (古谷仁美, born 1976), a Japanese singer-songwriter
• Hitomi Kuroishi (黒石ひとみ), a Japanese singer, author, and composer noted for her involvement with the soundtracks of the anime Last Exile and Code Geass
• Hitomi Shimatani (島谷ひとみ, born 1980), a Japanese female pop singer whose songs include one of Inuyasha's opening theme song "Angelus"
• Hitomi Takahashi (singer) (高橋 瞳, born 1989), Japanese singer
• Hitomi Yaida (矢井田 瞳 born 1978), Japanese pop/folk rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and musician
• Hitomi Yoshizawa (吉澤 ひとみ, born 1985), Japanese pop singer and former leader of the J-pop group Morning Musume
• Hitomi Isaka (井坂 仁美 ), member of the group Kamen Rider Girls
• Hitomi Honda (本田仁美, born 2001), Japanese singer and member of AKB48 and Iz*One

Voice actresses/actresses

• Hitomi (ひと美, born 1967), Japanese voice actress from Osaka
• Hitomi Aizawa (相澤 仁美), Japanese actress, gravure idol and race queen
• Hitomi Kobayashi (小林ひとみ, born 1965), important early Japanese AV idol
• Hitomi Kuroki (黒木瞳, born 1960), Japanese actress who voiced Helen Parr/Elastigirl/Mrs. Incredible in the Japanese dub of The Incredibles
• Hitomi Nabatame (生天目 仁美, born 1976), Japanese voice actress, whose roles include Nanao Ise from Bleach
• Hitomi Satō (actress) (佐藤 仁美, born 1979), Japanese actress
• Hitomi Shiraishi (白石ひとみ, born 1971), Japanese AV Idol from the 1990s
• Hitomi Takahashi (actress) (高橋 ひとみ, born 1961), Japanese actress
• Hitomi Yoshida (born 1984) Japanese voice actress

Other

• Hitomi Jinno (神野 眸, born 1937), Japanese swimmer
• Hitomi Kamanaka (鎌仲ひとみ, born 1958), Japanese documentary filmmaker
• Hitomi Kanehara (金原 ひとみ, born 1983), writer who wrote Hebi ni Piasu (Snakes and Earrings)
• Hitomi Kashima (鹿島 瞳, born 1980), former Japanese butterfly swimmer
• Hitomi Matsushita (松下 仁美, born 1954), Japanese handball player
• Hitomi Sato (table tennis) (佐藤 瞳, born 1997), Japanese table tennis player
• Hitomi Shimizu (冷水 ひとみ), Japanese musician and composer
• Hitomi Shimura (紫村 仁美, born 1990), Japanese hurdler
• Hitomi Soga (曽我ひとみ, born 1959), Japanese woman who was abducted to North Korea to train agents in Japanese customs and language
• Hitomi Takagaki (高垣 眸, 1898–1983), Japanese writer
• Hitomi Watanabe (渡辺 眸, born 1939), Japanese photographer
• Hitomi Yamaguchi, author and contributor to Nakayoshi
• Kinue Hitomi (人見 絹枝, 1907–1931), Japanese athlete and the first Japanese woman to receive an Olympic medal

Characters

• Hitomi Kagewaki, the young castle lord from InuYasha
• Hitomi Kanzaki, heroine of The Vision of Escaflowne
• Hitomi Kisugi, one of the Cat's Eye trio
• Hitomi, a character from the Dead or Alive series
• Hitomi, a character in the Lego theme Exo-Force
• Hitomi Shinonome, a character in Loveless (manga)
• Hitomi, a major antagonist in Code:Breaker
• Hitomi Shizuki, a minor character in Puella Magi Madoka Magica
• Hitomi Manaka, main protagonist of the manga Nurse Hitomi's Monster Infirmary
• Hitomi, friend of Yuri in Wedding Peach
• Hitomi Tadano, a character in Komi Can't Communicate
• Hitomi Takano, main protagonist of the manga Hitomi-chan is Shy With Strangers

See also

• Hitomi (disambiguation)
• Hitomi Takahashi (disambiguation)