Mayumi (name)

Mayumi (まゆみ, マユミ) is a common Japanese given name for females.

Mayumi

Pronunciation	Mayumi
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of origin	Japanese
Other names
Related names	Yumi

Possible writings

Mayumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 麻弓, "linen, bow"
• 真弓 or 眞弓, "truth, bow" or "spindle tree"
• 檀, "spindle tree"
• 雅弓, "elegant, bow"
• 真由美 or 眞由美, "truth, reason, beauty"
• 麻由美, "linen, reason, beauty"
• 真有美, "truth, exist, beauty"
• 真優美, "truth, gentle, beauty"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

Given name

• Mayumi Aoki (まゆみ) a Japanese swimmer
• Mayumi Asaka (真由美), a Japanese actress
• Mayumi Asano (まゆみ), a Japanese voice actress
• Mayumi Azuma (まゆみ), a Japanese manga artist
• Mayumi Gojo (born 1972), a Japanese singer
• Mayumi Heene, see Balloon boy hoax
• Mayumi Hachiya (真由美), Kim Hyon-hui's Japanese cover name
• Mayumi Hidaka (真弓), a Japanese actress
• Mayumi Horikawa (まゆみ), a Japanese model and singer-songwriter
• Mayumi Iizuka (雅弓), a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer
• Mayumi Ichikawa (真弓), a Japanese long-distance runner
• Mayumi Itsuwa (真弓), a Japanese female singer
• Mayumi Moriyama (真弓), a Japanese politician
• Mayumi Narita (真由美), a Japanese swimmer
• Mayumi Ogawa (眞由美), a Japanese actress
• Mayumi Ozaki (魔弓), a Japanese female professional wrestler
• Mayumi Raheem, a Sri Lankan swimmer
• Mayumi Sada (真由美), a Japanese actress
• Mayumi Shō (born 1965), a Japanese voice actress
• Mayumi Shintani (真弓), a Japanese voice actress and actress
• Mayumi Suzuki (まゆみ), a Japanese voice actress
• Mayumi Tanaka (真弓, born 1955), a Japanese voice actress
• Mayumi Wakamura (麻由美), a Japanese actress
• Mayumi Watanabe (渡辺 真弓, born 1983), Japanese sprinter
• Mayumi Yamaguchi (眞弓, born 1975), a Japanese voice actress
• Mayumi Yamamoto (disambiguation), multiple people
• Mayumi Yoshida (真弓), a Japanese voice actress

Fictional characters

• Mayumi (マユミ), a character in the Psychiatrist Irabu series of short stories
• Mayumi, a character in the film Urduja
• Mayumi Kino (真弓), a character in the manga and OVA Blue Submarine No. 6
• Mayumi Kisumi (まゆみ), a character in the anime Smile PreCure!
• Mayumi Kubota (真弓), a character in the Nickelodeon/Netflix series Glitch Techs
• Mayumi Kinniku (真弓), a male character in the comic Kinnikuman and its sequel Ultimate Muscle
• Mayumi Tendo (真弓), a character in the novel, comic and film Battle Royale
• Mayumi Thyme (真弓), a character in the visual novel SHUFFLE!
• Mayumi Saegusa (真由美), a character in the light novel series The Irregular at Magic High School
• Mayumi Joutouguu (磨弓), a character in the video game Touhou Kikeijuu: Wily Beast and Weakest Creature
• Mayumi Nishikino (麻弓), a character in the manga and anime series The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior.

See also

• Mayumi (disambiguation)