Kei (given name)
Kei is a Japanese male's personal name; used increasingly as a female's personal name, as a shortening of Keiko.
Written forms
Kei can be written using different kanji characters and can mean :- , "square jewel"
- , "blessing"
- , "wise"
- , "jubilation"
- , "respect"
- , "excellent"
- , "Japanese Judas-tree"
- , "disclose"
- , "silicon"
People with the name
- Keiko Masuda, Japanese singer
- Kei Akagi, Japanese-American jazz pianist
- Kei Aoyama, Japanese manga artist
- Kei Aran, Japanese actress
- Kei Chinen, Japanese footballer
- Kei Cozzolino, Japanese-born Italian racing driver
- Kei Enue, Japanese manga artist
- Kei Fujiwara, Japanese actress, cinematographer, editor, writer and film director
- Kei Hirose, Japanese footballer
- Kei Homma, Japanese football manager and coach
- Kei Honda, Japanese shogi player
- Kei Horie, Japanese actor and film director
- Kei Hosogai, Japanese actor and musician
- Kei Hosoya, Japanese baseball player
- Kei Igarashi, Japanese basketball player
- Kei Igawa, Japanese baseball player
- Kei Ikeda, Japanese footballer
- Kei Inoo, Japanese singer and actor
- Kei Ishikawa, Japanese footballer
- Kei Ito, Japanese photographer and installation artist
- Kei Jonishi, Japanese idol and singer
- Key Kobayashi, better known as Kobametal, Japanese music producer
- Kei Koizumi, Japanese footballer
- Kei Kumai, Japanese film director
- Kei Kusunoki, Japanese manga artist
- Kei Marumo, Japanese synchronized swimmer
- Kei Mikuriya, Japanese footballer
- Kei Mizutani, Japanese adult film actress
- Kei Morikawa, Japanese film director
- Kei Munechika, Japanese footballer
- Kei Nakano, Japanese footballer
- Kei Nakazawa, Japanese writer and academic
- Kei Nishikori, Japanese tennis player
- Kei Nomoto, Japanese baseball player
- Kei Ogura, Japanese singer-songwriter and composer
- Kei Omoto, Japanese footballer
- Kei Orihara, Japanese photographer
- Oura Kei, Japanese businesswoman
- Kei Pilz, Japanese chef
- Kei Saito, Japanese speed skater
- Kei Sanbe, Japanese manga artist
- Kei Satō, Japanese actor
- Kei Shimizu, Japanese comedian
- Kei Shindō, Japanese voice actress
- Kei Suma, Japanese actor
- Kei Taguchi, Japanese actor
- Kei Takahashi, Japanese luger
- Kei Takase, Japanese sprinter
- Kei Takei, Japanese dancer
- Kei Takeoka, Japanese television personality and motoring journalist
- Kei Tanaka, Japanese actor
- Kei Tani, Japanese comedian, actor and musician
- Kei Tomiyama, Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator
- Kei Toume, Japanese manga artist
- Kei Uemura, Japanese footballer
- Kei Yamaguchi, Japanese footballer
- Kei Yamamoto, Japanese actor
- Kei Yasuda, Japanese singer, musician and actress
- Kei Yoshimizu, Japanese actor and voice actor
Other people
- Kei (singer), South Korean singer of the girl group Lovelyz
- Kei Kamara, Sierra Leonean footballer
- Kei Miller, Jamaican poet and writer
Fictional characters
- Kei (Akira), protagonist of the manga series Akira
- Kei (Dirty Pair), a character in the manga series Dirty Pair
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- Kei (Prétear), a character in the manga series Prétear
- Kei, a character in the film Moon Child
- Cyberdoll Kei, a character in the anime series Hand Maid May
- Kei Asai, the protagonist of the light novel series Sagrada Reset
- Kei Ashida, a character in the light novel series Yumemiru Danshi wa Genjitsushugisha
- Kei Ayamine, a character in the visual novel series Muv-Luv
- Kei Hatō, the protagonist of the visual novel Akai Ito
- Kei Hazuki, a character in the video game Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side
- Kei Jinguji, a character from Hyperdimension Neptunia
- Kei Karasuma, a character from Kamen Rider Blade
- Kei Karuizawa, a character in the light novel series Classroom of the Elite
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- Kei Kugimiya, a character in the manga series Majestic Prince
- Kei Kuramoto, a character in the manga series Flying Witch
- Kei Kurono, a character in the manga series Gantz
- Kei Kusanagi, the protagonist of the anime series Please Teacher!
- Kei Makino, a character in the PS2 video game Forbidden Siren
- Kei Nagase, a character in the video game series Ace Combat
- List of Boogiepop characters#Kei Niitoki, a character in the light novel Boogiepop and Others
- Kei Okano, a character in the manga series Yuyushiki
- Kei Shindo, a character in the visual novel Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two
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- Kei Tsukikage, a character in the anime series Soar High! Isami
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- Kei Yoshikawa, the protagonist of the manga series The Day of Revolution
- Kei Yuki, a character in the manga series ''Space Pirate Captain Harlock''