Yayoi (やよい, ヤヨイ) is a feminine Japanese given name.

Yayoi
Yayoi Yoshioka, a Japanese women's rights activist
PronunciationYayoi
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
MeaningMarch
extensive, life
Region of originJapanese
Other names
Related namesSatsuki
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Possible writings

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

  • 弥生, "March"
as a given name
  • 彌生, "extensive, life"

The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

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  • Yayoi Jinguji (弥生, 1965–2017), Japanese voice actress
  • Yayoi Kitazume (北爪 やよひ, born 1945), Japanese composer
  • Yayoi Kobayashi (小林 弥生, born 1981), Japanese women's footballer
  • Yayoi Kusama (彌生 or 弥生, born 1929), Japanese artist
  • Yayoi Matsumoto (弥生, born 1990), Japanese swimmer
  • Yayoi Nagaoka (長岡 弥生, born 1974), Japanese speed skater
  • Yayoi Wachi (弥生), Japanese composer and sound designer
  • Yayoi Watanabe (やよい, born 1952), Japanese actress
  • Yayoi Yoshioka (彌生, 1871–1959), Japanese physician and women's rights activist

Fictional characters

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  • Yayoi Kise, aka Cure Peace from the shoujo anime Smile PreCure!
  • Yayoi, the main heroine of the manga series Mugen Spiral
  • Yayoi Tsubaki, a character in the fighting game series BlazBlue
  • Yayoi Fujisawa (やよい), a character in the anime series Stellvia of the Universe
  • Yayoi Inuzuka (弥生), a character in the light novel, manga, and anime series Kure-nai
  • Yayoi Matsunaga (弥生), a character in the anime series Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective
  • Yayoi (弥生) Yukino (雪野), the main character in the anime series Queen Millennia
  • Yayoi Kamishiro, a main character and possible love interest in the video game Lux-Pain
  • Yayoi (弥生), the landlady and "mother" of Hiroe Ogawa in the hentai anime and manga F3: Frantic, Frustrated & Female
  • Yayoi Aoba, a character of the manga and anime series Captain Tsubasa
  • Yayoi Shinozuka, a character of the visual novel series White Album
  • Yayoi Shioiri, a character in the manga Loveless
  • Yayoi Takatsuki, a character in the video games series THE iDOLM@STER
  • Yayoi Kunizuka, a character in the light novel, manga and anime series Psycho-Pass
  • Yayoi Ulshade/KyoryuViolet II, a character in the tokusatsu series "Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger"
  • Yayoi Yamamoto, a character in the novel Out by Natsuo Kirino
  • Yayoi Kuribayashi, a character from the manga and anime series Mouse

References

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