Asami

Asami

Gender	Female
Language(s)	Japanese
Origin
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Other names
See also	Asaka Asako

Asami (あさみ, アサミ) is a feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname.

Possible writings

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

as a given name

• 麻美, "hemp, beauty"
• 朝美, "morning, beauty"
• 朝海, "morning, sea"

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

as a surname

• 浅見, "shallow, look"
• 浅海, "shallow sea"

People

with the given name Asami

• Asami Abe (安倍 麻美, born 1985), Japanese singer
• Asami Chiba (千葉 麻美, born 1985), Japanese sprinter
• Asami Hirono (広野 あさみ, born 1990), Japanese snowboarder
• Asami Imai (今井 麻美, born 1977), Japanese voice actress
• Asami Imajuku (今宿 麻美, born 1978), Japanese fashion model, actress, and singer
• Asami Jō (城 麻美, born 1975), Japanese AV Idol
• Asami Kai (甲斐 麻美, born 1987), Japanese actress
• Asami Kimura (木村 麻美, born 1984), Japanese pop singer
• Asami Kodera (小寺 麻美, born 1978), Japanese female mixed martial artist
• Asami Konno (紺野 あさ美, born 1987), Japanese pop singer
• Asami Mizukawa (水川 あさみ, born 1983), Japanese actress
• Asami Nagakiya (長木谷 麻美, 1985–2016), Japanese musician
• Asami Sanada (真田 アサミ, born 1977), Japanese voice actress
• Asami Seto (瀬戸 麻沙美, born 1993), Japanese voice actress
• Asami Shimoda (下田 麻美, born 1986), Japanese voice actress
• Asami Sugiura (杉浦 亜紗美, born 1985), Japanese actress and AV Idol
• Asami Tachibana (橘 麻美, born 1987), Japanese composer, arranger, pianist and music producer
• Asami Tada (多田 あさみ, born 1988), Japanese gravure idol
• Asami Tano (田野 アサミ, born 1987), Japanese voice actress
• Asami Tojo (東城 麻美, 1972–2007), Japanese manga artist
• Asami Ueno (上野愛 咲美, born 2001), Japanese professional Go player
• Asami Yoshida (voice actress) (吉田 麻実), Japanese voice actress
• Asami Yoshida (basketball) (吉田 亜沙美, born 1987), Japanese professional basketball player
• Asami Zdrenka, English-Japanese pop singer.

with the surname Asami

• Atsuo Asami (浅見 敦夫), Japanese astronomer
• Haruna Asami (浅見 八瑠奈, born 1988), Japanese judoka.
• Hikaru Asami (朝海 ひかる, born 1972), Japanese performing artist
• Mina Asami (浅見 美那, born 1958), Japanese TV actress
• Reina Asami (浅見 れいな, born 1983), Japanese actress and mode
• Sayaka Asami (浅見 清香), the participant in the obstacle course competition show Kunoichi
• Takeshi Asami (浅見 武), Japanese racecar driver
• Yuma Asami (麻美 ゆま), Japanese adult video actress

Fictional characters

with the given name Asami

• Asami Matsumoto (朝海), a minor character in the anime and manga series Nana
• Asami Yamazaki (麻美), a central character from the 1999 Japanese horror film Audition
• Asami Sato is a character in the animated series The Legend of Korra.
• Asami Nakaoka is a character in the ongoing Japanese manga Highschool of the Dead, who made a brief but significant appearance for a few chapters.
• Asami Minagawa, a secondary character from Mushi-Uta.
• Asami "Sam" Koizumi, a minor character in DC's animated series Young Justice.

with the family name Asami

• Chiaki Asami (浅見), a character in the manga series Sanctuary
• Ryuichi Asami (麻見), a character in the manga series Finder
• Saki Asami (浅海 サキ), a character in the manga series Puella Magi Kazumi Magica