Sayuri (given name)

Sayuri

Pronunciation	sah-you-ree
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Usually "small lily" is the most commonly used Kanji.
Region of origin	Japan

Sayuri (さゆり, サユリ) is a common feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

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

• 小百合, "small, lily"
• 早百合, "early, lily"
• 佐由里, "assistant, reason, home town"
• 小百里, "small, hundred, home town"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• Sayuri Fujita (藤田小百合) (born 1979), Japanese television personality in South Korea
• Sayuri Ishikawa (さゆり) (born 1958), Japanese enka singer
• Sayuri Iwata (さゆり) (born 1990), J-Pop artist
• Sayuri (さユり) (born 1996), J-Pop artist and songwriter
• Sayuri Katayama (さゆり) (born 1979), Japanese actress, singer and lyricist
• Sayuri Kokushō (国生さゆり) (born 1966), Japanese actress and singer
• Sayuri Oyamada (サユリ) (born 1975), Japanese actress
• Sayuri Sugawara (紗由理) (born 1990), Japanese singer
• Sayuri Yamauchi (小百合) (1958–2012), Japanese voice actress
• Sayuri Yoshinaga (小百合) (born 1945), Japanese actress

Fictional characters

• Sayuri Kinniku (小百合), character from manga and anime series Kinnikuman
• Sayuri Kurata (佐祐理), character in the media franchise Kanon
• Sayuri Sakamoto/Sayuri Nitta, character in the 1997 novel and 2005 film Memoirs of a Geisha
• Sayuri Sawatari, character in the 2004 film The Place Promised in Our Early Days
• Sayuri Suizenji, character in Machine Robo Rescue
• Sayuri, character in the game Gemini Rue
• Sayuri Kakinuma (柿沼 小百合), supporting character in the anime Another
• Sayuri Hanayori, supporting character in the anime and manga series "Seraph of the End"