Natsume Explained

Natsume (夏目, 夏芽, 棗, なつめ or ナツメ) is a Japanese feminine given name and a surname, and may refer to:

People with the given name

• , a Japanese drummer and voice actress
• , a Japanese light novel author and manga writer
• , a Japanese model, singer, and presenter
• , a Japanese manga artist
• , a Japanese gravure idol

People with the surname

• , a Japanese columnist and cartoonist
• , a Japanese actor
• , a Japanese former adult video (AV) actress
• , a Japanese gravure idol
• , a Japanese director
• , a Japanese actress
• , a Japanese novelist of the early years of the 20th century
• , Japanese samurai
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese footballer

Fictional characters

• Atsuko Natsume is the protagonist of the All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku
• Natsume, a Pokémon character renamed Sabrina in the English version
• Natsume Hyūga, a character in the anime/manga series Alice Academy
• Natsume Takashi, the title character in the manga and anime series Natsume's Book of Friends
• Maya Natsume, a character in the anime Tenjho Tenge
• Asako Natsume, a character in the manga My Little Monster (Tonari No Kaibutsu-kun)
• Mio Natsume, a character in the tokusatsu series Ressha Sentai ToQger
• Mio Natsume, a character in the anime series Just Because!
• Natsume, known as "Coco" in English, a character in Fighting Foodons
• Mai Natsume, a character from the BlazBlue series
• Natsume, a character in the anime Deca-Dence

Companies

• Natsume Atari, formerly Natsume Co., Ltd., a Japanese video game company founded in 1987
• Natsume Inc., an American video game company founded in 1988

Other uses

• /, Japanese name for the Jujube fruit (Ziziphus jujuba)
• , a type of chaki (tea caddy) used in Japanese tea ceremony