Sayuri (given name)
Appearance
![]() Sayuri Yoshinaga. Japanese actress. | |
Pronunciation | sajɯɾi (IPA) |
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Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | Japanese |
Meaning | Usually "small lily" is the most commonly used Kanji. |
Region of origin | Japan |
Sayuri is a common feminine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
[edit]Sayuri can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 小百合, "small, lily"
- 早百合, "early, lily"
- 佐由里, "assistant, reason, home town"
- 小百里, "small, hundred, home town"
The name can also be written in hiragana さゆり or katakana サユリ.
Notable people with the name
[edit]- Sayuri (musician) (さユり, born 1996), Japanese singer
- Sayuri Fujita (藤田 小百合, born 1979), Japanese television personality in South Korea
- Sayuri Hara (原 紗友里, born 1988), Japanese voice actress
- Sayuri Honda (本田 小百合, born 1978), Japanese shogi player
- Sayuri Ishikawa (石川 さゆり, born 1958), Japanese enka singer
- Sayuri Iwata (岩田 さゆり, born 1990), Japanese singer
- Sayuri Katayama (片山 さゆり, born 1979), Japanese actress, singer and lyricist
- Sayuri Kokushō (国生 さゆり, born 1966), Japanese actress and singer
- Sayuri Kume (久米小百合, born 1958), Japanese singer-songwriter
- Sayuri Oyamada (小山田 サユリ, born 1975), Japanese actress
- Sayuri Sadaoka (定岡 小百合, born 1955), Japanese voice actress
- Sayuri Matsumura (松村 沙友理, born 1992), Japanese singer
- Sayuri Shimizu (清水 小百合, born 1989), Japanese speed skater
- Sayuri Sugimoto (杉本 早裕吏, born 1996), Japanese rhythmic gymnast
- Sayuri Sugawara (菅原 紗由理, born 1990), Japanese singer
- Sayuri Takebe (竹部 さゆり, born 1978), Japanese shogi player
- Sayuri Ushio (牛尾 早百合, born 1960), Japanese hairdresser, businesswoman and photographer
- Sayuri Yamaguchi (山口 小百合, born 1966), Japanese women's footballer
- Sayuri Yamauchi (山内 小百合, 1958–2012), Japanese voice actress
- Sayuri Yoshida (吉田 小百合, born 1966), Japanese voice actress
- Sayuri Yoshinaga (吉永 小百合, born 1945), Japanese actress
Fictional characters
[edit]- Sayuri Kinniku (キン肉 小百合), from the manga and anime series Kinnikuman
- Sayuri Kurata (倉田 佐祐理), from the visual novel and media franchise Kanon
- Sayuri Nitta (born Chiyo Sakamoto), from the 1997 novel and 2005 film Memoirs of a Geisha
- Sayuri Sawatari (沢渡 さゆり), from the 2004 film The Place Promised in Our Early Days
- Sayuri Suizenji (水前寺 小百合), from the mecha anime series Machine Robo Rescue
- Sayuri Tachibana,a character from Ultraman X
- Sayuri, from the video game Gemini Rue
- Sayuri Kakinuma (柿沼 小百合), supporting character in the novel Another
- Sayuri Hanayori (花依 小百合), supporting character in the manga and anime series Seraph of the End
- Sayuri, from the video game Dead or Alive Xtreme 3