Hajime

Hajime
Pronunciation	Ha-ji-mé
Gender	Both
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used, but generally centered around the beginning of start, or first.

Look up hajime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Hajime (はじめ) is the Japanese word meaning "beginning" (初め, 始め). In the Japanese traditional martial arts such as karate, judo, aikido and kendo, it is a verbal command to "begin". Hajime is also a common Japanese given name for males, although it is occasionally used as a surname.

Possible writings

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

始め, "beginning" or "start"
初め, "beginning" or "first"

as a given name

一, "first"
元, "beginning" or "origin"
始, "beginning" or "start"
肇, "beginning"
基, "fundamental"
創, "genesis"
孟, "beginning" or "chief"
朔, "first day of month"
甫, "beginning" or "great"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

Given name

Hajime Fukuma (創; born 1970), Japanese electronic musician
Hajime Funada (元; born 1953), Japanese politician
Hajime Hana (肇; 1930–1993), Japanese musician, actor and comedian
Hajime Iijima (肇), Japanese voice actor
Hajime Ishii (一; born 1934), Japanese politician
Hajime Hirasawa (創; born 1967), Japanese composer
Hajime Hirota (一; born 1968), Japanese politician
Hajime Hosogai (萌; born 1986), Japanese football player
Hajime Hosokawa (一; 1901–1970), first doctor to discover the Minamata disease
Hajime Kanzaka (一; born 1964), Japanese novelist and manga story writer
Hajime Katoki (ハジメ; born 1963), Japanese mecha (fictional walking robots) designer
Hajime Kawakami (肇; 1879–1946), Japanese Marxist economist
Hajime Kazumi (肇; born 1971), Japanese karateka
Hajime Matsumoto (哉; born 1974), Japanese activist, and a recycle shop owner
Hajime Meshiai (肇; born 1954), Japanese golfer
Hajime Mizoguchi (肇; born 1960), Japanese cellist and composer
Hajime Moriyasu (一; born 1968), Japanese football player
Hajime Nakamura (元; 1911–1999), Japanese academic of Vedic, Hindu and Buddhist scriptures
Hajime Okayasu (肇; born 1936), Japanese anime and film editor and director
Hajime Satomi (治; born 1942), founder of Sammy Corporation
Hajime Sawatari (朔; born 1940), Japanese photographer
Hajime Sorayama (基; born 1947), Japanese illustrator
Hajime Sugiyama (元; 1880–1945), minister of war in the Imperial Japanese Army
Hajime Takano (孟; born 1944), Japanese journalist
Hajime Tanabe (元; 1889–1962), Japanese philosopher
Hajime Ueda (ハジメ), Japanese manga artist
Hajime Wakai (淑), Japanese video game composer
Hajime Watanabe (animator) (はじめ; born 1957), Japanese animator and character designer
Hajime Yasunaga (一; 1901–1994), Japanese amateur Go player
Hidenokuni Hajime (一; born 1971), Japanese sumo wrestler
Saitō Hajime (一, 1844–1915), samurai who served in the Shinsengumi
Watanabe Hajime (samurai), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period

Surname

Chitose Hajime (元; born 1979), Japanese singer

Characters

Hajime Aikawa (始), a character in the Japanese tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Blade
Hajime Aoyama (ハジメ), a character in the anime series Ghost Stories
Hajime Kunihiro (一), a female character in the anime and manga series Saki
Hajime Saitō (一), a character in the Rurouni Kenshin series
Hajime Hinata, the protagonist of the visual novel Super Dangan Ronpa 2
Hajime Ichinose, the main protagonist of Gatchaman Crowds
Hajime Yagi, a character from The World of Narue.

Other uses

Hajime Yatate (肇), a pseudonym for the collective contributions of the Sunrise animation staff