Hitomi (given name)
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Hitomi Yoshizawa, a Japanese pop singer | |
| Pronunciation | (HEE-toh-mee) |
| Gender | Unisex |
| Language(s) | Japanese |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Japanese |
| Meaning | 瞳 pupil of the eye 智 wisdom, intellect 美beautiful although it can have different meanings depending on the kanji used |
| Region of origin | Japan |
Hitomi (ヒトミ, ひとみ) is a unisex Japanese given name. It is often written with the single kanji 瞳 (Japanese for eye) or the two kanji 仁美. It can also come from 智 (hito) meaning "wisdom, intellect" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Individuals may alternatively write the name using the hiragana as ひとみ. The singer hitomi writes her stage name using the Latin alphabet.
Possible writings
- 仁美, "benevolent, humane, noble, beauty"
- 人美, "someone, person, beauty"
- 一美, "one, beauty"
- 均美, "level beauty"
- 等美, "class, equal, beauty"
- 傭美, "employ, hire, beauty"
People
Singers
- Hitomi Furuya (古谷仁美, born 1976), a Japanese singer-songwriter
- Hitomi Kuroishi (黒石ひとみ), a Japanese singer, author, and composer noted for her involvement with the soundtracks of the anime Last Exile and Code Geass[1]
- Hitomi Shimatani (島谷ひとみ, born 1980), a Japanese female pop singer whose songs include one of Inuyashas opening theme songs "Angelus"
- Hitomi Takahashi (singer) (高橋 瞳, born 1989), a Japanese rock/pop singer who is famous for her Gundam Seed Destiny song "Bokutachi no Yukue"
- Hitomi Yaida (矢井田 瞳 born 1978), A Japanese pop/folk rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and musician
- Hitomi Yoshizawa (吉澤 ひとみ, born 1985), Japanese pop singer and former leader of the J-pop group Morning Musume
Voice actresses/actresses
- Hitomi Aizawa (相澤 仁美), Japanese actress, gravure idol and race queen
- Hitomi Hayasaka (早坂ひとみ, born 1982), Japanese actress, model and AV Idol
- Hitomi Kobayashi (小林ひとみ, born 1965), important early Japanese AV idol
- Hitomi Kuroki (黒木瞳, born 1960), Japanese actress who voiced Helen Parr/Elastigirl/Mrs. Incredible in the Japanese dub of The Incredibles
- Hitomi Nabatame (生天目 仁美, born 1976), Japanese voice actress, whose roles include Nanao Ise from Bleach
- Hitomi Shiraishi (白石ひとみ, born 1971), Japanese AV Idol from the 1990s
- Hitomi Takahashi (actress) (高橋 ひとみ, born 1961), Japanese actress
- Hitomi Tanaka (田中瞳), Japanese AV idol, gravure idol, and pink film actress
- Hitomi (voice actress) (ひと美), Japanese voice actress from Osaka, Japan
Other
- Hitomi Kamanaka (鎌仲ひとみ, born 1958), Japanese documentary filmmaker
- Hitomi Kanehara (金原 ひとみ, born 1983), writer who wrote Hebi ni Piasu (Snakes and Earrings)
- Hitomi Kashima (鹿島 瞳, born 1980), former Japanese butterfly swimmer
- Hitomi Soga (曽我ひとみ, born 1959), Japanese woman who was abducted to North Korea to train agents in Japanese customs and language
- Hitomi Takagaki (高垣 眸, 1898–1983), Japanese writer
- Hitomi Yamaguchi, author and contributor to Nakayoshi
- Kinue Hitomi (人見 絹枝, 1907–1931), Japanese athlete and the first Japanese woman to receive an Olympic medal
Characters
- Hitomi Kagewaki, the young castle lord from InuYasha
- Hitomi Kanzaki, heroine of The Vision of Escaflowne
- Hitomi Kisugi, one of the Cat's Eye trio
- Hitomi, a character from the Dead or Alive series
- Hitomi, a character in the Lego theme Exo-Force
- Hitomi Shinonome, a character in Loveless (manga)
- Hitomi, a major antagonist in Code:Breaker
- Hitomi Shizuki, a minor character in Puella Magi Madoka Magica
See also
- Hitomi (disambiguation)
- Hitomi Takahashi (disambiguation)