Emi

For other uses, see EMI (disambiguation).

Emi
Pronunciation	É-mí
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Emiko

Emi (えみ, エミ, 絵美,　恵美) is a very common feminine Japanese given name and is occasionally used as a surname.

Possible writings

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

as a given name

• 恵美, "blessing, beauty"
• 絵美, "picture, beauty"
• 映見, "reflect, look"
• 映美, "reflect, beauty"
• 笑, "smile"
• 栄美
• 恵未
• 恵実
• 慧美

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

as a surname

• 江見
• 江美

People

• Emi Fujita (恵美; born 1963), Japanese singer
• Emi Hashino (恵美; born 1973), Japanese comedienne and stage actress
• Emi Hinouchi (エミ; born 1982), Japanese urban music singer-songwriter
• Emi Inui (絵美; born 1983), Japanese softball player
• Emi Kaneko (恵美; born 1965), Japanese politician
• Emi Kobayashi (恵美; born 1983), Japanese gravure idol
• Emi Kuroda (エミ; born 1978), Japanese actress
• Emi Matsui (江美; born 1963), Japanese javelin thrower
• Emi Motoi (えみ), a Japanese voice actress
• Emi Motokawa (恵美), a Japanese professional wrestler
• Emi Nonaka (絵美), a Japanese ice hockey player
• Emi Shinohara (恵美; born 1963), Japanese voice actress
• Emi Suzuki (えみ; born 1985), Chinese-Japanese actress and fashion model
• Emi Tawata (えみ; born 1984), Japanese singer
• Emi Uwagawa (恵美), a Japanese voice actress
• Emi Wada (惠美; born 1937), Japanese costume designer
• Emi Wakui (映見; born 1970), Japanese actress
• Emi Watanabe (絵美; born 1958), Japanese figure skater

Characters

• Emi Isuzu (絵美), a character in the Tenjho Tenge series
• Emi Ibarazaki (茨崎 笑美), a character in the visual novel Katawa Shoujo
• Emi Yusa, a character in the anime and manga The Devil is a Part-Timer!

See also

• Mimasaka-Emi Station, a train station in Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
• Magical Star Magical Emi, a magical girl anime series