Kaori

Kaori

Pronunciation	[kaoɾi]
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Variant form(s)	Kaoru

Kaori (Japanese: 香織 "scent/aroma, fabric/weave" and occasionally rendered "perfume", かおり [kaoɾi]) is a Japanese feminine given name.

Notable people with the name include:

Entertainment

• Kaori (voice actress) (born 1976), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Kaori Asada (浅田香織, born 1973), musician known as Bonnie Pink
• Kaori Fukuhara (福原香織, born 1986), Japanese voice actress
• Kaori Housako (宝迫香織, born 1988), Japanese professional wrestler
• Kaori Iida (飯田圭織, born 1981), musician and former Morning Musume member
• Kaori Flores Yonekura (born 1976), filmmaker
• Kaori Ishihara (born 1993), idol, actress, voice actress and singer.
• Kaori Mine (香織峯, born 1979), voice actress
• Kaori Mizuhashi (水橋かおり, born 1974), voice actress
• Kaori Mizumori (born 1973), enka singer
• Kaori Mochida (持田香織, born 1978), singer and vocalist of Every Little Thing
• Kaori Momoi (桃井かおり, born 1952), actress
• Kaori Moriwaka (森若香織, born 1963), musician and former member of The Go-Bang's and Ram Jam World
• Kaori Nanao, a Japanese singer
• Kaori Natori (名取香り, born 1982), Japanese singer
• Kaori Nazuka (名塚佳織, born 1985), Japanese voice actress
• Kaori Oda, a singer
• Kaori Oguri (小栗香織, born 1970), actress
• Kaori Onozawa (小野澤 香理, born 1979), Japanese handball player
• Kaori Sakagami (born 1974), Japanese singer
• Kaori Shima, singer known by the stage name Ua
• Kaori Shimizu (清水香里, born 1983)
• Kaori Takahashi (高橋かおり, born 1975), Japanese actress
• Kaori Utatsuki, J-pop singer
• Kaori Kawamura (1971–2009), Japanese singer
• Kaori Asoh (born 1967), Japanese actress and voice actress
• Kaori Kobayashi, Japanese jazz saxophonist and flautist
• Kaori Manabe (born 1981), Japanese television personality and model
• Kaori Nagura, former member of Kamen Rider Girls and vocalist for the band Chewing High!!
• Kaori Yamagata (かおり山像, born 1963)

Sports

• Kaori Chiba (born 1981), field hockey player
• Kaori Chinen (知念かおり, born 1974), Go player
• Kaori Icho (伊調馨, born 1984), wrestler
• Kaori Iwabuchi (岩渕 香里, born 1993), Japanese ski jumper
• Kaori Mori (born 1979), badminton player
• Kaori Yamaguchi (born 1964), Japanese retired judoka
• Kaori Yoneyama (米山香織, born 1981), Japanese professional wrestler
• Kaori Matsumoto (born 1987), Japanese judoka

Others

• Kaori Ekuni (江國香織, born 1964), author
• Kaori Hamura, artist and illustrator
• Kaori Maruya (born 1965), member of the New Komeito Party
• Kaori Muraji (村治佳織, born 1978), classical guitarist
• Kaori Yuki (由貴香織里), manga artist
• Kaori Nakajima (born 1971), artist and painter

Fictional characters

• Kaori (Akira), Tetsuo Shima's girlfriend in the film Akira
• Kaori (Initial D), a character in the manga and franchise Initial D
• Kaori Izumi, a character in the manga and anime Best Student Council
• Kaori Kinjo, a minor character in the Blood+ anime
• Kaori Makimura, Ryo Saeba's love interest in the manga and anime City_Hunter
• Kaori Nishidake, a character in the video game franchise SSX
• Kaori Saito, a character in the manga Jiraishin
• Kaori Sakuragi, is a minor character in "Strawberry Panic!".
• Kaori Yanase (Variable Geo), a character in the Variable Geo video games
• Kaori, a character in the manga and anime series Azumanga Daioh
• Kaori Kanzaki, a character from the visual novel and franchise A Certain Magical Index
• Kaori Miyazono, a main character from the manga and anime Your Lie in April
• Kaori Minami, a character in Battle Royale
• Kaori Tanaka, a supporting character in Shiki
• Kaori Rokumeikan, a character in Choujin Sentai Jetman
• Kaori Hasegawa, a character in Corpse Party

See also

• Kaori heat treatment company Taiwan established in 1970
• Kaoru (disambiguation)
• Agathis, also known as Kauri, an evergreen genus