Akemi
# Akemi

Akemi is a unisex Japanese given name.

## Possible writings

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

* 明美, "bright, beauty"
* 明実, "bright, fruit"
* 明海, "bright, sea"
* 明巳, "bright, sign of the snake (Chinese zodiac)"
* 朱美, "vermilion, beauty"
* 朱未, "vermilion, not yet"
* 朱実, "vermilion, fruit"
* 暁美, "dawn, beauty"
* 曙覧, "daybreak, view"

The name can also be written in hiragana あけみ or katakana アケミ.

## Notable people with the name

* Akemi Darenogare (ダレノガレ 明美, born 1990), Japanese fashion model and television personality
* Akemi Kanda (神田 朱未, born 1978), Japanese voice actress
* Akemi Kato (加藤 明美, born 1970), Japanese field hockey player
* Akemi Masuda (増田 明美, born 1964), Japanese marathon runner
* Akemi Matsunae (松苗 あけみ, born 1956), Japanese manga artist
* Akemi Matsuno (松野 明美, born 1968), Japanese marathon runner
* Akemi Morikawa (森川 明美, born 1967), Japanese fencer
* Akemi Morimoto (森本 朱美, born 1968), Japanese cyclist
* Akemi Negishi (根岸 明美, 1934–2008), Japanese actress
* Akemi Niwa (丹羽 明美, born 1973), Japanese curler
* Akemi Noda (野田 朱美, born 1969), Japanese football player
* Akemi Okamura (岡村 明美, born 1969), Japanese voice actress and narrator
* Akemi Satō (singer) (佐藤 朱美, born 1972), Japanese singer
* Akemi Satō (voice actress) (佐藤 朱, born 1980), Japanese voice actress
* Akemi Sugiyama (杉山 明美, born 1965), Japanese volleyball player
* Akemi Tachibana (橘 曙覧, 1812–1868), male Japanese poet and classical scholar
* Akemi Takada (高田 明美, born 1955), Japanese artist and illustrator
* Akemi Taniguchi (谷口 明見, born 1937), Japanese Nordic combined skier

## Fictional characters

* Akemi (朱美), a character in the manga series Vagabond
* Akemi (明美), a character in the video game Red Ninja: End of Honor
* Akemi (アケミ), a character in the manga series Saikano
* Akemi Kinoshita (木下 明美), a character in the cell phone novel Ōsama Game
* Akemi Miyano (宮野 明美), a character in the manga series Case Closed
* Akemi Nakajima (中島 朱実), protagonist of the novel series Digital Devil Story and its video game adaption, Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
* Akemi Nakamura, a character in Sister Souljah's books, Midnight: A Gangster Love Story and Midnight and the Meaning of Love
* Akemi Roppongi (六本木 朱美), a character in the manga series Maison Ikkoku
* Akemi Sumizome (墨染 朱美), a character in the manga series Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha
* Akemi Togawa (戸川 アケミ), a character in the 1966 film The War of the Gargantuas
* Akemi Yajima (矢島 明美), a character in the manga series Salaryman Kintarō
* Akemi Aizawa (相沢 あけみ), a character in the manga series Tomo-chan Is a Girl!
* Akemi, a character in David Mack's comic book series Kabuki
* Akemi Suzaku (朱雀 アケミ), a character in the anime series Great Pretender
* Homura Akemi (暁美 ほむら), a character in the anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica
