Mori
For other uses, see Mori (disambiguation).
Mori is a Japanese and Italian surname. It is also the name of two clans in Japan, and one in India. There is also a village called Mori in India (East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh).
Aramaic title of honor
- Mori, a word used extensively by Yemenite Jews designating a "rabbi," taken from the Judeo-Aramaic word, מר (mor), meaning "master" or "lord".[1]
Italian persons named Mori
- Cesare Mori, Italian "Iron Prefect"
- Claudia Mori, Italian actress, singer, television producer
- Daniele Mori (born 1990) Italian footballer
- Fabrizio Mori, Italian hurdler
- Francesco Mori, Italian Painter
- Massimiliano Mori, Italian former professional road bicycle racer.
- Primo Mori, Italian professional road bicycle racer.
- Simone Mori, Italian former professional racing cyclist
People of Italian heritage named Mori
- Camilo Mori, Chilean painter
- Damian Mori, Italian-Australian football player
- Michael Mori, aka "Dan Mori", U.S. military lawyer
- Nicolas Mori, Anglo-Italian violinist
- Ramiro Funes Mori and Rogelio Funes Mori, twin brothers and Argentine footballers
Japanese persons named Mori
There are two names, Mori 森, [moɽi] and Mōri 毛利, [moːɽi].
- Akio Mori, physiologist and writer
- Akira Mori (b. 1936), son of Taikichiro Mori, CEO of Mori Trust
- Mori Arinori, Japanese statesman
- Mori Chack, graphics designer
- Hanae Mori, fashion designer
- Hiroshi Mori (astronomer), astronomer born 1958
- Hiroshi Mori (writer), writer and engineer.
- Ikue Mori, musician
- Junko Mori, metalwork sculptor
- Kaori Mori, badminton player
- Kaoru Mori, manga author
- Mori Koben, adventurer and businessman
- Mori Mari, novelist (Ōgai's daughter)
- Mariko Mori, artist
- Masahiro Mori, roboticist
- Minoru Mori (1934-2012), son of Taikichiro Mori, building tycoon and namesake for Roppongi Hills Mori Tower
- Mitsuko Mori, actress
- Mōri Motonari, daimyo of the Mōri clan
- Mucha Mori, basketball player
- Naoko Mori, actress
- Mori Ōgai, novelist and physician
- Mori Ranmaru, samurai during the Sengoku period
- Riyo Mori, Miss Universe 2007
- Shigefumi Mori, mathematician
- Shigeki Mori, mayor of Neagari
- Shinichi Mori, enka singer
- Shinji Mori, baseball player
- Mori Sosen, Japanese painter
- Taikichiro Mori (1904-1993), founder of Mori Building Company
- Takaji Mori, football player
- Takeshi Mori (commander) (1894–1945), commander of the Japanese Empire's First Imperial Guards Division, at the end of World War II
- Takeshi Mori (director) (b. 1963), anime director, storyboard artist, and script writer
- Takeshi Mori (announcer) (b. 1959), announcer on Yomiuri TV in Japan
- Tatsuya Mori, film director
- Toshia Mori, actress
- Yoshirō Mori, former Prime Minister of Japan
- Yoshiro Mori (mathematician)
People of Japanese heritage named Mori
- Bárbara Mori, Mexican actress (Japanese paternal grandfather)
- Larry Mori, American bridge player
- Manny Mori, former President of the Federated States of Micronesia (great grandson of Mori Koben)
Other people named Mori
Fictional characters
- Ai Mori in The Law of Ueki
- Mori Green, a minor character in Grand Theft Auto IV
- Mori Kibbutz, the brother of Brucie in Grand Theft Auto IV
- Kogoro Mori, character in Detective Conan
- Mako Mori, character in the film Pacific Rim
- Ran Mori, character in Detective Conan
- Shin Mōri, character in Yoroiden Samurai Troopers
- Takashi "Mori" Morinozuka, character in Ouran High School Host Club
- Yorick Mori, character in the online multiplayer game League of Legends
See also
- Moori (disambiguation)
- Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand
References
- ↑ Shelomo Dov Goitein, The Yemenites - History, Communal Organization, Spiritual Life, Jerusalem 1983, pp. 256; 278 (ISBN 965-235-011-7)
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