Hitomi (given name)

Hitomi

Pronunciation	(HEE-toh-mee)
Gender	Feminine
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 feminine 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.

Written forms

Forms in kanji can include:

• 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
• Hitomi Shimatani (島谷ひとみ, born 1980), a Japanese female pop singer whose songs include one of Inuyasha's opening theme song "Angelus"
• Hitomi Takahashi (singer) (高橋 瞳, born 1989), Japanese singer
• Hitomi Yaida (矢井田 瞳 born 1978), 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
• Hitomi Isaka (井坂 仁美 ), member of the group Kamen Rider Girls
• Hitomi Honda (本田仁美, born 2001), Japanese singer and member of AKB48 and Iz*One

Voice actresses/actresses

• Hitomi (ひと美, born 1967), Japanese voice actress from Osaka
• Hitomi Aizawa (相澤 仁美), Japanese actress, gravure idol and race queen
• 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 Satō (actress) (佐藤 仁美, born 1979), Japanese actress
• 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 Yoshida (born 1984) Japanese voice actress

Other

• Hitomi Jinno (神野 眸, born 1937), Japanese swimmer
• 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 Matsushita (松下 仁美, born 1954), Japanese handball player
• Hitomi Sato (table tennis) (佐藤 瞳, born 1997), Japanese table tennis player
• Hitomi Shimizu (冷水 ひとみ), Japanese musician and composer
• Hitomi Shimura (紫村 仁美, born 1990), Japanese hurdler
• 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 Watanabe (渡辺 眸, born 1939), Japanese photographer
• 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
• Hitomi Manaka, main protagonist of the manga Nurse Hitomi's Monster Infirmary
• Hitomi, friend of Yuri in Wedding Peach
• Hitomi Tadano, a character in Komi Can't Communicate
• Hitomi Takano, main protagonist of the manga Hitomi-chan is Shy With Strangers

See also

• Hitomi (disambiguation)
• Hitomi Takahashi (disambiguation)