| Pronunciation | É-mí |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Japanese |
| Meaning | It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used. |
| Region of origin | Japan |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Emiko |
Emi (えみ, エミ, 絵美, 恵美) is a feminine Japanese given name and is occasionally used as a surname.
Written forms
Emi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- as a given name
- 恵美, "blessing, beauty"
- 絵美, "picture, beauty"
- 映見, "reflect, look"
- 映美, "reflect, beauty"
- 笑, "smile"
- 栄美, "prosperous, beauty"
- 恵未, "blessing, not yet"
- 恵実, "blessing, fruit"
- 慧美, "wisdom, beauty"
The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
- as a surname
- 江見, "bay, look"
- 江美, "bay, beauty"
People with the name
- Emi Akimoto (秋元 恵美, born 1956), Japanese hurdler
- Emi Fujita (恵美, born 1963), Japanese singer
- Emi Hashino (恵美, born 1973), Japanese comedian and stage actress
- Emi Hinouchi (エミ, born 1982), Japanese urban music singer-songwriter
- Emi Inui (絵美, born 1983), Japanese softball player
- Emi Kaneko (恵美, born 1965), Japanese politician
- Emi Kawabata (川端 絵美, born 1970), Japanese skier
- Emi Kobayashi (恵美, born 1983), Japanese gravure idol
- Emi Kuroda (エミ, born 1978), Japanese actress
- Emi Lo (born 1991), non-binary Taiwanese-Chinese-American voice actor
- Emi Matsui (江美, born 1963), Japanese javelin thrower
- Emi Morimoto (born 1981), Japanese drummer
- Emi Motoi (えみ), Japanese voice actress
- Emi Motokawa (恵美), Japanese professional wrestler
- Emi Nakajima (中島 依美, born 1990), Japanese women's footballer
- Emi Nitta (恵海, born 1985), Japanese voice actress and singer
- Emi Nonaka (絵美)(born 1984), Japanese ice hockey player
- Emi Shimizu (清水 絵美, born 1990), Japanese curler
- Emi Shinohara (恵美, born 1963), Japanese voice actress
- Emi Suzuki (えみ, born 1985), Chinese-Japanese actress and fashion model
- Emi Tawata (えみ, born 1984), Japanese singer
- Emi Uwagawa (恵美), Japanese voice actress
- Emi Wada (惠美, born 1937), Japanese costume designer
- Emi Wakui (映見, born 1970), Japanese actress
- Emi Watanabe (絵美, born 1958), Japanese figure skater
- Emi Wong (王樂婷, born 1992), Hong Kong YouTuber
- Emi Yamamoto (山本 絵美, born 1982), Japanese women's footballer
Fictional characters
- Emi Isuzu (絵美), a character in the Tenjho Tenge series
- Emi Ibarazaki (茨崎 笑美), a character in the visual novel Katawa Shoujo
- Emi Yusa, a character in the anime and manga The Devil is a Part-Timer!
- Emi Toshiba, a background character in Konami's Dance Dance Revolution dance game series
See also
- Mimasaka-Emi Station, a train station in Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- Magical Star Magical Emi, a magical girl anime series
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