Akemi Explained

Akemi
Pronunciation:	akemi (IPA)
Gender:	Both
Meaning:	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region:	Japanese
Origin:	Japanese

Akemi is a unisex Japanese given name.

Written forms

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

• , "bright, beauty"
• , "bright, fruit"
• , "bright, sea"
• , "bright, sign of the snake (Chinese zodiac)"
• , "vermilion, beauty"
• , "vermilion, not yet"
• , "vermilion, fruit"
• , "dawn, beauty"
• , "daybreak, view"

The name can also be written in hiragana あけみ or katakana アケミ.

Notable people with the name

• , Japanese fashion model and television personality
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese field hockey player
• , Japanese marathon runner
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese marathon runner
• , Japanese fencer
• , Japanese cyclist
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese curler
• , Japanese football player
• , Japanese voice actress and narrator
• , Japanese singer
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , male Japanese poet and classical scholar
• , Japanese artist and illustrator
• , Japanese Nordic combined skier

Fictional characters

• , a character in the manga series Vagabond
• , a character in the video game
• , a character in the manga series Saikano
• , a character in the cell phone novel Ōsama Game
• , a character in the manga series Case Closed
• , protagonist of the novel series Digital Devil Story and its video game adaption,
• Akemi Nakamura, a character in Sister Souljah's books, and Midnight and the Meaning of Love
• , a character in the manga series Maison Ikkoku
• , a character in the manga series Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha
• , a character in the 1966 film The War of the Gargantuas
• , a character in the manga series Salaryman Kintarō
• , a character in the manga series Tomo-chan Is a Girl!
• Akemi, a character in David Mack's comic book series Kabuki
• , a character in the anime series Great Pretender
• , a character in the anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica