Hajime Explained
| Hajime |
| Pronunciation: | Ha-ji-mé |
| Gender: | Male |
| Meaning: | It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used, but generally centered around the beginning of start, or first. |
| Origin: | Japanese |
is the Japanese word meaning . In Japanese traditional martial arts such as karate, judo, aikido, Kūdō and kendo, it is a verbal command to "begin". Hajime is also a common Japanese given name for males.
In the Amami Islands, Hajime (元) is a surname.
Possible writings
Hajime can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 始め, "beginning" or "start"
- 初め, "beginning" or "first"
- as a given name
- 一, "first"
- 元, "beginning" or "origin"
- 始, "beginning" or "start"
- 肇, "beginning"
- 基, "fundamental"
- 創, "genesis"
- 孟, "beginning" or "chief"
- 甫, "beginning" or "great"
The name can also be written in hiragana as はじめ and katakana as ハジメ.
People
Given name
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese musician, actor and comedian
- , Japanese sumo wrestler
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese football player
- , first doctor to discover the Minamata disease
- , Japanese voice actor
- , Japanese manga artist; creator of manga Attack on Titan
- , Japanese Vice-Admiral
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese footballer and manager
- , Japanese rower
- , Japanese table tennis player
- , Japanese novelist and manga story writer
- , Japanese mecha (fictional walking robots) designer
- , Japanese Marxist economist
- , Japanese karateka
- , Japanese activist, and a recycle shop owner
- , Japanese golfer
- , Japanese cellist and composer
- , Japanese football player
- , Japanese academic of Vedic, Hindu and Buddhist scriptures
- , Japanese anime and film editor and director
- , samurai who served in the Shinsengumi
- , founder of Sammy Corporation
- , Japanese photographer
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese illustrator
- , minister of war in the Imperial Japanese Army
- , Japanese writer
- , Japanese journalist
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese philosopher
- , Japanese professional fighting game player
- , Japanese alpine skier
- , Japanese manga artist
- , Japanese animator and character designer
- Watanabe Hajime (samurai), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period
- , Japanese sport shooter
- , Japanese amateur Go player
- , Japanese politician
Surname
Characters
- Hajime Aikawa (始), a character from the Japanese live-action television series Kamen Rider Blade
- Hajime Aoyagi (一), a character from the anime/manga series Yowamushi Pedal
- Hajime Aoyama (ハジメ), a character from the anime series Ghost Stories
- Hajime Fukuroda, a character from Japanese live-action television series Great Teacher Onizuka (2012)
- , the protagonist of the visual novel Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
- Hajime Ichinose (はじめ), the protagonist of Gatchaman Crowds
- , a character from the anime series Haikyuu!! with the position of vice captain and wing spiker from Aoba Johsai High
- Hajime Katsura (はじめ), a character from the anime/manga series Digimon Universe: App Monsters
- Hajime Kindaichi (一), a character from the anime/manga series Kindaichi Case Files
- Hajime Kunihiro (一), a female character from the anime/manga series Saki
- Hajime Makunouchi, a character from the Danganronpa fangame, Super Danganronpa Another 2
- , the protagonist in the anime and manga series Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest
- , a character from the anime series Dagashi Kashi
- , a character from the game franchise Ensemble Stars!
- Hajime Tanaka (田中 一), a character in the Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan rhythm video game duology
- Hajime Tenga (一), one of the main characters from the anime series Kiznaiver
- Hajime Tsukishima (基), a character from the anime/manga series Golden Kamuy
- Hajime Yagi (はじめ), a character from the anime/manga series The World of Narue
- Hajime Yamaoka, a character from Ultraman Nexus who were killed and resurrected by Dark Zagi using the alias Mitsuhiko Ishibori
- , a character from the anime series Tsukiuta. The Animation
- , a character from the anime/manga series Rurouni Kenshin
- Hajime Kashimo (鹿紫雲一), a character from the manga series Jujutsu Kaisen
Other uses
See also
- Hajime no Ippo, the Japanese title of the manga series Fighting Spirit
