Eri (given name) explained

Eri
Gender:	Female
Meaning:	different meanings depending on the kanji
Origin:	Japanese
Related Names:	Eriko, Erika, Rie, Andrea

is a common feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

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

• 恵理, "blessing, reason"
• 絵里, "picture, hometown"
• 絵梨, "picture, pear"
• 絵理, "picture, reason"
• 江里, "inlet, hometown"
• 恵里, "blessing, hometown"
• 恵利, "blessing, profit"
• 江利, "inlet, profit"
• 恵梨, "blessing, pear"
• 枝里, "branch, hometown"
• 英梨, "excel, pear"
• 英里, "excel, hometown"
• 愛利, "love, clever"
• 愛理, “loving reason”

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

• Eri Fukatsu (絵里, born 1973), Japanese actress
• Eri Ishida (born 1960), Japanese actress
• Eri Itō (恵里), Japanese vocalist
• Eri Kamei (絵里, born 1988), member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume
• Eri Kawai (英里, 1965–2008), Japanese singer
• Eri Kikuchi (born 1965), 1980s Japanese AV idol
• , Japanese swimmer
• Eri Kitamura (英梨, born 1987), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Eri Murakawa (絵梨, born 1987), Japanese actress
• , Japanese speed skater
• Eri Nitta (恵利, born 1968), Japanese idol and singer
• Eri Nobuchika (エリ, born 1985), Japanese pop singer and songwriter
  • , Japanese voice actress
• Eri Shingyōji (恵里, born 1974), Japanese rock singer
• Eri Tokunaga (born 1962), Japanese politician and former TV reporter
• Eri Tokunaga (actress) (born 1988), Japanese actress
• Eri Uchinaga (内永 枝利,^{[1] [2]} born 2000) stage name Giselle, Japanese-Korean member of South Korean girl group Aespa
• , Japanese softball player
• Eri Yamaguchi (衛里, born 1973), Japanese long-distance runner
• Eri Yamanoi (絵理, born 1978), Japanese former freestyle swimmer
• Eri Yanetani (born 1984), Japanese snowboarder
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese voice actress

Non-Japanese people with the name Eri

• Eri Cahyadi (born 1977) Indonesian politician, incumbent Mayor of Surabaya (2020–)

Fictional characters

• Eri (絵理), a character in the manga series InuYasha
• Eri (My Hero Academia), a character in the manga series My Hero Academia
• Eri Minami, Yuuta's step-mother in the game Persona 4
• Eri Kasamoto (エリ), a playable character in the game series Metal Slug
• Eri Kasuga, a character from anime and manga Chimpui
• Eri Kisaki, Ran's mother in the manga series Detective Conan
• Eri Sawachika (愛理), in the anime and manga series School Rumble
• Eri Miyanoshita (宮ノ下), a character in manga series Haikyū!!.
• Eri Takigawa (エリ), in the Japanese television drama Last Friends
• Eri, in the manga adaptation of Candy Boy
• Eri Ninamori, in the anime series FLCL
• Eri Asai, in Haruki Murakami's novel After Dark
• Eri Shina, in the anime Angel Beats!
• Eri Ayase, one of the nine main characters from the anime Love Live! School Idol Project
• Eri Karan, a character from

Notes and References

1. Web site: 【全文】GISELLE（aespa）、"不適切な口パク"に謝罪…流れる曲に合わせて口ずさんだ単語に指摘殺到. Yahoo Japan. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20211206033510/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/d644e4a9076c8af054ff3eb9c5627424f6f9a0ec. December 6, 2021. October 25, 2021. 2021-11-16. live.
2. Web site: aespa. Apple Music China. chinese. https://web.archive.org/web/20220315121025/https://music.apple.com/cn/artist/aespa/1540251304. March 15, 2022. March 15, 2022. live. Giselle (内永 枝利/金枝利).