Kumi (name)

Kumi

Gender	Unisex
Origin
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Other names
Related names	Kumiko

Kumi (くみ, クミ) is a given name.

Written forms in Japanese

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

• 組, "group, party, pair, band, class"

as a given name:

• 久美, "long time, beauty" (also read Hisami)
• 久実, "long time, fruit"
• 来未, "come, not yet"
• 九美, "nine, beauty"
• 九海, "nine seas"

The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

People with the given name Kumi:

• Kumi (born 1976), vocalist of the Japanese band Love Psychedelico
• Kumi Araki (荒木 久美, born 1965), Japanese long-distance runner
• Kumi Koda (倖田 來未, born 1982), Japanese pop and neo soul singer
• Kumi Miyasato (宮里 久美, born 1969), Japanese pop singer and voice actress
• Kumi Mizuno (水野 久美, born 1937), Japanese actress
• Kumi Mori (born 1985), Japanese handball goalkeeper
• Kumi Naidoo (born 1965), South African human rights activist and head of Greenpeace
• Kumi Nakada (中田 久美, born 1965), former professional volleyball player
• Kumi Otoshi (大利 久美, born 1985), Japanese race walker
• Kumi Sakuma (佐久間 紅美, born 1976), Japanese voice actress
• Kimi Sasaki (佐々木 久美, born 1996), Japanese singer
• Kumi Taguchi (actress) (田口 久美), Japanese-American actress
• Kumi Taguchi (journalist) (田口 久美, born 1975), Australian television broadcaster and presenter
• Kumi Tanioka (谷岡 久美, born 1974), Japanese video game music composer
• Kumi Yokoyama (横山 久美, born 1993), Japanese football striker
• Kumi Yamada (山田 久美, born 1967), women's professional shogi player

Fictional characters

with the given name Kumi

• Kumi, a ladybug in the cartoon series Beat Bugs
• Kumi, a fox Gacha pet in the Korean online video game Grand Chase
• Kumi, a character in the popular children's doll franchise Bratz
• Kumi Mashiba, a character in the manga and anime series Fighting Spirit
• Kumi Ōkubo, a character in the Japanese fighting game series Asuka 120% Burning Festival
• Kumi Hayami, a character in the magical girl anime series Magical Fairy Persia
• Kumi Kawamura, a character in the manga series Alien Nine
• Kumi Hirose, a character in the role-playing game Revelations: Persona
• Kumi Sugimoto, a character in the manga and anime series Captain Tsubasa
• Kumi Mashiba, a character in the anime series (Makunouchi Ippo's love interest) Hajime no Ippo
• Kazeumi Kumi (Bukubukuchagama), a character in the light novel, anime And manga series (Overlord)
• Kumi Kibashi, a character in Gal*Gun!

See also

• Kumi (disambiguation)