Masami


Masami is a common Japanese given name and can be given to either sex.

Written forms

  • マサミ in
  • まさみ in
Forms in kanji can include:
  • 惟美, meaning "Considerate beauty"
  • 真己, meaning "True self"
  • 真巳, meaning "Truth, Snake"
  • 昌美, meaning "Prosperous beauty"
  • 雅美, meaning "Gracious beauty"
  • 成美, meaning "Become beautiful"

    People with the name

  • Masami Akita, Japanese Noise musician
  • Masami Anno, Japanese director of the anime series Chūka Ichiban! which is based on the manga series of the same name
  • Masami Chinen, Okinawan martial arts master
  • Daishōhō Masami, Japanese sumo wrestler
  • Masami Fukushima, Japanese science fiction editor, author, critic, and translator
  • Masami Hata, Japanese animator and director
  • Masami Hirosaka, Japanese radio-controlled car racer
  • Masami Hisamoto, Japanese comedian, actress, singer and tarento
  • Masami Horikoshi, Japanese rugby union player and coach
  • Masami Horiuchi, Japanese actor
  • Masami Ichimura, Japanese alpine skier
  • Masami Ihara, Japanese former footballer and manager
  • Masami Imai, Japanese economist
  • Masami Ishigaki, Japanese professional baseball infielder
  • Masami Iwaki, Japanese sports shooter
  • Masami Iwasaki, Japanese voice actor
  • Masami Kageyama, Japanese racing driver
  • Masami Kawamura, Japanese rugby union player
  • Masami Kikuchi, Japanese voice actor and narrator
  • Masami Kobayashi, Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
  • Masami Kubota, Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics
  • Masami Kurumada, Japanese manga artist and writer
  • Masami Kuwashima, Japanese former racecar driver
  • Masami Masuda, known as Cusi Masuda, Japanese-American artist, sculptor and painter
  • Masami Mitsuoka, Japanese pop singer
  • Masami Miyamoto, Japanese diver
  • Masami Nagasawa, Japanese TV drama and movie actress
  • Masami Nakabo, Japanese former swimmer
  • Masami Nishimura, Japanese former politician
  • Masami Ōbari, Japanese anime director, animation director and mecha and character designer
  • Masami Odate, Japanese professional wrestler
  • Masami Ohinata, Japanese academic and president of Keisen University in Tokyo
  • Ōishi Masami, Japanese daimyō during late-Edo period
  • Masami Okui, Japanese singer and songwriter
  • Inaba Masami, Japanese singer and songwriter
  • Masami Sato, Japanese former football player
  • Masami Shimojō, Japanese film and stage actor
  • Masami Shinoda, Japanese alto-saxophonist and composer
  • Masami Shiratama, Japanese musical composer and former bass guitarist for the band Porno Graffitti
  • Masami Suzuki, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
  • Masami Tachikawa, Japanese basketball player
  • Masami Taki, Japanese football manager
  • Masami Tanabu, Japanese politician and former ice hockey player and coach
  • Masami Tanaka, Japanese former breaststroke swimmer
  • Masami Taniguchi, Japanese volleyball player
  • Masami Teraoka, Japanese-American watercolor artist who mimics the style of traditional Japanese wood-block prints
  • Masami Tsuchiya, Japanese convicted terrorist and senior member of Aum Shinrikyo
  • Masami Tsuchiya, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer
  • Masami Tsuda, Japanese manga artist
  • Masami Tsuruoka, Japanese-Canadian karate instructor and practitioner
  • Masami Uno, Japanese writer
  • Vanilla Yamazaki, Japanese katsudō-benshi, voice actor, actress, choreographer and a tarento
  • Masami Yokoyama, Japanese volleyball player
  • Masami Yoshida, Japanese javelin thrower
  • Masami Yoshida, Japanese sprinter
  • Devil Masami,known as Devil Masami Japanese professional wrestler
  • Masami Yūki, Japanese manga artist

    Fictional characters

  • Masami Eiri, villain from the anime Serial Experiments Lain
  • Masami Kaida, a character in the air combat video game The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces
  • Masami Oyamada, from the manga and anime Someday's Dreamers
  • Masami Saotome, from the live action film: Boogiepop and Others
  • Masami Yamada, teacher from the anime Onegai Teacher
  • Masami Aomame, the full name of the lead female protagonist in Haruki Murakami's novel, 1Q84
  • Masami Yoshida the wealthy daughter of the Rainbow Factory Owner from The Amazing World of Gumball
  • Masami Kousa, a yakuza boss in the manga/anime series Black Lagoon
  • Masami Fujii, a character in the manga/anime series Ro-Kyu-Bu!
  • Masami Iwasawa, the original lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of Girls Dead Monster from the anime Angel Beats!