Katsumi
# Katsumi

Katsumi (かつみ, カツミ) is a common Japanese given name used by either sex.

## Possible writings

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

### as a given name

* 克己, "overcome, self/oneself"
* 克巳, "overcome, sixth earthly branch"
* 克美, "overcome, beauty"
* 勝己, "win, self/oneself"
* 勝巳, "win, sixth earthly branch"
* 勝美, "win, beauty"
* 勝実, "win, substance (or fruit)"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

### as a surname

* 勝見, "win, look"

## People with the name

* Akinoshima Katsumi (安芸乃島 勝巳, born 1967), Japanese sumo wrestler
* Katsumi Asaba (浅葉 克己, born 1940), Japanese art director
* Katsumi Chou (長 克巳, born 1951), Japanese voice actor
* Katsumi Fukura (福良 勝己, born 1953), Japanese high jumper
* Katsumi Matsumura (松村 勝美, born 1944), Japanese volleyball player
* Katsumi Nakamura (中村 克, born 1994), Japanese swimmer
* Katsumi Nishikawa (西河 克己, 1918–2010), Japanese film director
* Katsumi Oda (小田 勝美, born 1952), Japanese volleyball player
* Katsumi Oenoki (大榎 克己, born 1965), Japanese football player
* Katsumi Ōno (大野 勝己, 1905–2006), Japanese diplomat
* Katsumi Shibata (柴田 勝巳, 1909–1940), Japanese field hockey player
* Katsumi Suzuki (鈴木 勝美, born 1956), Japanese voice actor
* Katsumi Tezuka (手塚 勝巳, 1912–?), Japanese actor
* Katsumi Toriumi (鳥海 勝美, born 1963), Japanese voice actor
* Katsumi Yanagishima (柳島 克巳, born 1950), Japanese cinematographer
* Katsumi Watanabe (渡部 勝美, born 1962), Japanese baseball player
* Katsumi Yamamoto (racing driver) (山本 勝巳, born 1973), Japanese racing driver
* Katsumi Yamamoto (rowing) (山本 克美, born 1946), Japanese rower
* Katsumi Yokota (横田 克己), Japanese video game designer
* Katsumi Yusa (遊佐 克美, born 1988), Japanese footballer
* Céline Tran (born 1979), stage names either Katsumi or Katsuni, French pornographic actress

## People with the surname

* Tomejirō Katsumi (勝見 留次郎), one of the victims killed by Norio Nagayama
* Yosuke Katsumi (勝見 洋介), the 2016 champion of the All Japan Kendo Championship
* Motoi Katsumi (勝見 基), Captain of the Japanese destroyer Tanikaze (1940)

## Fictional characters

* Katsumi Akagi (カツミ), a character in the manga and anime series Project ARMS
* Katsumi Kabuto (克美), a character in the manga series Tenjho Tenge
* Katsumi Kajio (克美), a character in the tokusatsu series Ultraman Gaia
* Katsumi Kelly, a character in the 1957 film Sayonara
* Katsumi Daido, a character in the 2010 movie Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate
* Katsumi Kida (克美), a character in the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Black
* Katsumi Liqueur, a character in the manga and anime series Silent Möbius
* Katsumi Sako (克己), a character in the manga and live-action drama series Life
* Katsumi Orochi, a character in the manga and anime series Grappler Baki
