Narumi
# Narumi

Narumi (鳴海) is a Japanese word for "the roaring of the sea". Narumi (なるみ, ナルミ) is also a feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname.

## Possible writings

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

* 鳴海, "the roaring of the sea"

### as a given name

* 成美, "achieve, beauty"
* 成実, "achieve, truth"

### as a surname

* 成実, "achieve, truth"
* 成海, "achieve, sea"
* 鳴海, "the roaring of the sea"

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

## People with the name

### Given name

* Narumi Kakinouchi (成美, born 1962), Japanese manga artist, animator, director, and character designer
* Narumi Kurosaki (黒崎 愛海, 1995–2016), Japanese woman murdered in France
* Narumi Kurosu (黒須 成美, born 1991), Japanese modern pentathlete
* Narumi Miura (三浦 成美, born 1997), Japanese women's footballer
* Narumi Takahashi (成美, born 1992), Japanese pair skater
* Narumi Takahira (成美, born 1989), Japanese voice actress
* Narumi Tsunoda (なるみ, born 1962), Japanese voice actress
* Narumi Yasuda (成美, born 1966), Japanese actress
* Narumi Hidaka (奈留美, born 1968), Japanese voice actress
* Narumi Okawa (大川 成美, born 1990), Japanese AV idol

### Surname

* August S. Narumi, Bronze Wolf recipient
* Kyoko Narumi (鳴海 杏子, born 1986 ), Japanese voice actress
* Riko Narumi (成海, born 1992), Japanese actress and model
* Takeshi Narumi (鳴海), a Japanese novelist and scriptwriter

## Fictional characters

### Given name

* Narumi (鳴海), a character from the manga and anime series Alice Academy
* Narumi Yatadera, a character from the Touhou Project

### Surname

* Ayumu Narumi (鳴海), the main character in the manga and anime series Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning
* Kiyotaka Narumi (鳴海), the brother of Ayumu Narumi from the manga and anime series Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning
* Kiyotaka Narumi (成実), a character in the anime series Lucky Star
* Shogo Narumi (鳴海), a character in the manga series Beauty Pop
* Shizuto Narumi (成海), a minor character in the manga and anime series Yakitate!! Japan
* Yui Narumi (成実), a character in the anime series Lucky Star
* Shōhei Narumi (鳴海), a character in the video games Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army and Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon
* Akiko Narumi (鳴海), the lead female character of Kamen Rider W
   * Soukichi Narumi (鳴海), Akiko's father and former boss of one of the lead characters in Kamen Rider W
* Daisuke Narumi, a character in the Kuroko no Basuke
