Kei (given name)

Kei

Pronunciation	Kei
Gender	Both
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Region of origin	Japanese
Other names
Related names	Keiko

Kei (けい, ケイ) is a Japanese male's personal name; used increasingly as a female's personal name, as a shortening of Keiko.

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

• 圭, "square jewel"
• 恵, "blessing"
• 慧, "wise"
• 慶, "jubilation"
• 敬, "respect"
• 佳, "excellent"
• 桂, "Japanese Judas-tree"
• 啓, "disclose"
• 硅, "silicon"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• Kei (ケイ, born 1957), Japanese singer of the pop duo Pink Lady

• Kei Akagi (恵, born 1953), Japanese-American jazz pianist
• Kei Igawa (慶, born 1979), Japanese pitcher
• Kei Inoo (慧, born 1990), Japanese singer
• Kei Kusunoki (桂, born 1966), Japanese manga artist
• Kei Mizutani (ケイ, born 1974), Japanese adult film actress
• Kei Nishikori (圭, born 1989), Japanese tennis player
• Kei Nomoto (野本 圭, born 1984), Japanese baseball player
• Kei Ogura (佳, born 1944), Japanese singer-songwriter and composer
• Kei Orihara (恵, born 1948), Japanese photographer
• Kei Shindō (圭, born 1984), Japanese voice actress
• Kei Tomiyama (敬, 1938–1995), Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator
• Kei Yasuda (圭, born 1980), female Japanese singer, musician and actress
• Kei (singer) (birthname Kim Ji-yeon, born 1995), South Korean singer of the girl group Lovelyz

Fictional characters

• Kei (Akira) (ケイ), the female protagonist of the anime and manga Akira
• Kei (Dirty Pair) (ケイ), a character in the manga and anime series Dirty Pair
• Kei Kurono (計), a character in anime and manga series GANTZ
• Kei Kishomoto (恵), a character in anime and manga series GANTZ
• Kei Kusanagi (桂), the main character in the anime series Please Teacher!
• Kei Yoshikawa (恵), the main protagonist in the manga series The Day of Revolution
• Kei, the vampire played by Hyde in Moon Child
• Cyberdoll Kei, a cyberdoll in the anime series Hand Maid May
• Kei Takishima (彗), a character in the manga and anime S · A: Special A
• Kei Aizawa, a character in the anime and manga Wangan Midnight. His real name is Keiichiro, but is referred to as Kei.
• Kei Chitose, a friend of Sakura Kasugano in the Street Fighter Alpha series of video games
• Kei (Prétear), one of the seven Leafe Knights in the manga and anime Prétear
• Kei (Ape Escape), the male star of Ape Escape 3
• Kei Hazuki, leading male character and one of the possible love interests in the dating simulator Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side by Konami
• Kei, an American tank commander in the anime series Girls und Panzer.
• Kei Tsukishima (蛍),character in the manga and anime Haikyuu!!
• Kei Tsukikage, character in anime and manga Soar High! Isami
• Kei Kuramoto (圭), a character in the manga and anime series Flying Witch

See also

• Kei (disambiguation)