Nozomi (given name) explained
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| Pronunciation: | No-zo-mi |
| Gender: | Unisex |
| Meaning: | wish望, hope希 although the name can have different meanings depending on the kanji used |
| Region: | Japan |
| Origin: | Japanese |
is a unisex Japanese given name.
Different ways of writing
Although the name Nozomi is generally written with the kanji for wish 望, hope 希, のぞみ in hiragana, or ノゾミ in katakana, it can have other different meanings depending on which kanji is used. Some possible variations of Nozomi include:
- 臨, "face, attend, command"
- 望美, "wishful beauty"
- 望海, "wishful ocean"
- 望実, "wishful truth"
- 満, "satisfy, full"
- 希実, "hopeful truth"
- 希美, "hopeful beauty"
- 望魅, "wishful fascination"
- 希, "hope, rare'" (an example of nanori)
People with the name
- Nozomi Hiroyama (廣山 望), retired Japanese soccer player
- Nozomi Kawahara (川原 希), Japanese male professional golfer
- Nozomi Komuro (小室 希), Japanese skeleton racer
- Nozomi Masu (升 望), Japanese voice actress
- Nozomi Momoi (桃井 望, 1978-2002), a Japanese AV idol
- Nozomi Okuhara (奥原 希望), Japanese badminton player
- Nozomi Ōsako (大迫 希), Japanese male soccer player
- Nozomi Sasaki (disambiguation)
- , Japanese badminton player
- Nozomi Takeuchi (竹内 のぞみ/竹内 希実), Japanese gravure idol and female talent
- , Japanese long-distance runner
- Nozomi Tsuji (辻 希美), Japanese pop singer
- Nozomi Watanabe (渡辺 心), Japanese ice dancer
- Nozomi Yamago (山郷 のぞみ), Japanese soccer player
- Nozomi Yamamoto (山本 希望), Japanese voice actress
Fictional characters
- Nozomi Harasaki (原崎 望), a character in the video game Shenmue
- Nozomi Kaibara (柏原 ノゾミ), a character from the anime series Chance Pop Session
- Nozomi Kasaki, (傘木 希美), a character from the novel series Sound! Euphonium and one of the main characters in Liz and the Blue Bird
- Nozomi Kaminashi (神無 のぞみ), a character in the manga series Keijo
- Nozomi Kujō (九条 望実), a character in the anime series Bleach
- Nozomi Sakurai (桜井 のぞみ), one of the three main characters in the anime
- Nozomi Shirakawa (白河 望), a character in the film Linda Linda Linda
- Nozomi Suemitsu (末光 望美), a character in the video game Persona 3
- Nozomi Watabe (渡部 望み), a character in manga series Haikyū!!, the position is Libero and the number is #7.
- Nozomi Yumehara (夢原 のぞみ), a character from the anime metaseries Yes! PreCure 5
- Nozomi Tōjō (東條 希), a character from the anime series Love Live!
- Nozomi Kiriya (霧谷 希), a character from the light novel, manga/anime series Mayoi Neko Overrun!
- Nozomi (希), a character from the anime series Sonny Boy.
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