Sayuri (given name)

Sayuri

Sayuri Yoshinaga. Japanese actress.
Pronunciation	sajɯɾi (IPA)
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

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

• Sayuri (musician) (さユり, 1996–2024), 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

• 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 Venus Vacation