Masami
# Masami

Masami (まさみ,マサミ,雅美) is a common Japanese given name and can be given to either sex.

## Possible writings

* 惟美, meaning "Considerate beauty"
* 真己, meaning "True self" or "Truth, Snake"
* 昌美, meaning "Prosperous beauty"
* 雅美, meaning "Gracious beauty"
* 成美, meaning "Become beautiful"
* マサミ in (katakana)
* まさみ in (hiragana)

## People with the name

* Masami Akita (秋田 昌美), Japanese Noise musician
* Masami Anno, Japanese director of the anime series Chūka Ichiban! which is based on the manga series of the same name
* Masami Hirosaka (広坂 正美), Japanese radio-controlled car racer
* Masami Horiuchi (堀内 正美), Japanese actor
* Masami Ichimura (市村 政美, born 1950), Japanese alpine skier
* Masami Kikuchi (菊池 正美), Japanese voice actor
* Masami Kobayashi (小林仁, 1890-1977), admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
* Masami Kubota, Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics
* Masami Kurumada (車田 正美), Japanese writer and manga artist known for his works such as Ring ni Kakero, Fūma no Kojirō, Saint Seiya, and B't X
* Masami Kuwashima (桑島 正美), Japanese former racecar driver
* Masami Mitsuoka (光岡昌美), Japanese pop singer
* Masami Nagasawa (長澤 まさみ), Japanese TV drama and movie actress
* Masami Ōbari (大張正己), Japanese anime character designer and director
* Masami Odate (大館 昌美), Japanese professional wrestler
* Masami Okui (奥井 雅美), Japanese pop musician
* Masami Shiratama (白玉 雅己), Japanese musical composer and former bass guitarist for the band Porno Graffitti
* Masami Suzuki (鈴木 真仁), voice actress from Japan
* Masami Taki (滝 雅美, born 1972), Japanese football manager
* Masami Tanaka (田中 雅美), Olympic bronze medalist
* Masami Teraoka, Japanese-American watercolor artist who mimics the style of traditional Japanese wood-block prints
* Masami Tsuchiya, Japanese singer-songwriter and musician
* Masami Tsuda (津田 雅美), Japanese manga artist; creator of Kare Kano
* Masami Yoshida (disambiguation), multiple people
* Masami Yūki (ゆうきまさみ), Japanese manga artist; creator of Patlabor

## Fictional characters

* Masami Eiri (英利 政美), villain from the anime Serial Experiments Lain
* Masami Kaida, a character in the air combat video game The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces
* Masami Oyamada (小山田雅美), from the manga and anime Someday's Dreamers
* Masami Saotome (早乙女正美), from the live action film: Boogiepop and Others
* Masami Yamada (山田 正臣), teacher from the anime Onegai Teacher
* Masami Aomame, the full name of the lead female protagonist in Haruki Murakami's novel, 1Q84
* Masami Yoshida the wealthy daughter of the Rainbow Factory Owner from The Amazing World of Gumball
* Masami Fujii, a character in the manga/anime series Ro-Kyu-Bu!
* Masami Iwasawa (岩沢雅美), the original lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of Girls Dead Monster from the anime Angel Beats!
* Masami, the "kid" in Samurai of Hyuga
