Kaori

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Kaori is a Japanese given name for females. Native English speakers have a hard time pronouncing this name properly since it has a short "o" after a short "a". It is correctly pronounced like "kah-oh-ree".

Contents 1 Meanings and pronunciation 1.1 Other forms 2 People 2.1 Entertainment 2.2 Models 2.3 Sports 2.4 Others 3 Fictional characters 4 See also

[edit] Meanings and pronunciation

The meaning varies depending on how it is written. Several (common) written forms includes:

• 香(aroma)
• 薫(fragrance)
• 香(incense) 織(woven item) – perfumed fabric or woven fragrance
• 佳(beautiful) 織(woven item) – excellent fabric
• 伽(nursing) 燭(light) – the first kanji can also be read as 'entertaining'.

[edit] Other forms

• かおり – no specific meaning (can be any of the above)
• かをり/かほり – same as above but written in a more classical form, pronounced the same way but sometimes romanized as Kawori and Kahori respectively
• A somewhat similar name, in terms of both pronunciation and meaning, is Kaoru. Unlike Kaori, it can be used for both sexes.

[edit] People

[edit] Entertainment

• Kaori, a seiyū and member of Spunky Strider
• Kaori Asada (浅田香織, Kaori Asada^?), a musician better known as Bonnie Pink
• Kaori Asoh (麻生かほ里, Kaori Asoh^?), an actress, composer, singer, and seiyū
• Kaori Kusakabe (日下部かおり, Kaori Kusakabe^?), a seiyū
• Kaori Iida (飯田圭織, Kaori Iida^?), a musician and former Morning Musume member
• Kaori Kusaba (草場香織, Kaori Kusaba^?), an actress
• Kaori Mizuhashi (水橋かおり, Kaori Mizuhashi^?), a seiyū
• Kaori Mochida (持田香織, Kaori Mochida^?), a singer and leader of Every Little Thing
• Kaori Momoi (桃井かおり, Kaori Momoi^?), an actress
• Kaori Moriwaka (森若香織, Kaori Moriwaka^?), a musician and former member of The Go-Bang's and Ram Jam World
• Kaori Natori (名取香り, Kaori Natori^?), a singer
• Kaori Nazuka (名塚佳織, Kaori Nazuka^?), a seiyū
• Kaori Oguri (小栗香織, Kaori Oguri^?), an actress
• Kaori Shimizu (seiyu) (清水香里, Kaori Shimizu (seiyu)^?)
• Kaori Shimizu (idol) (清水香織, Kaori Shimizu (idol)^?), a musician and seiyū
• Kaori Takahashi (高橋かおり, Kaori Takahashi^?), an actress
• Kaori Yamagata (山像かおり, Kaori Yamagata^?), a seiyū

[edit] Models

• Kaori Kuraishi (倉石香織, Kaori Kuraishi^?)
• Kaori Manabe (眞鍋かをり, Kaori Manabe^?)
• Kaori Morishima, also known as a race queen
• Kaori Sawanoi (澤野井香里, Kaori Sawanoi^?)

[edit] Sports

• Kaori Chinen (知念かおり, Kaori Chinen^?), a Go player
• Kaori Icho (伊調馨, Kaori Icho^?), a wrestler
• Kaori Mori, a badminton player

[edit] Others

• Kaori Ekuni (江國香織, Kaori Ekuni^?), an author
• Kaori Muraji (村治佳織, Kaori Muraji^?), a classical guitarist
• Kaori Yuki (由貴香織里, Kaori Yuki^?), a manga artist

[edit] Fictional characters

• Kaolinite, characters from from Sailor Moon
• Kaori, a character from Azumanga Daioh
• Kaori, Tetsuo Shima's girlfriend in the anime movie Akira
• Kaori Kinjo, a minor character in the Blood+ anime
• Kaori Makimura, one of the main characters from City Hunter
• Kaori Minami (南佳織,, Kaori Minami^?), a character from Battle Royale
• Kaori Misaka (美坂香里, Kaori Misaka^?), a character from Kanon
• Kaori Nishidake, a playable character from the SSX video game series
• Kaori Yanase, a character from the Variable Geo video game series

[edit] See also

• Japanese name