Ai (given name)
# Ai (given name)

Ai is a Japanese and Chinese given name.

In Japanese, it is almost always used as a feminine Japanese given name, written as あい in hiragana, アイ in katakana, 愛, 藍 or 亜衣 in kanji. It could mean love, affection (愛), or indigo (藍). The kanji 亜衣 is only associated as a proper noun, it could mean Asian clothes.

In Chinese, it is commonly used as a feminine given name, but it also is given as a male name, written as "爱/愛", "艾" or other characters. It could mean love, affection (愛), or mugwort (艾).

## Notable people from Japan with the name

### Athletes

* Ai Fujinuma (藤沼 亜衣, born 1982), Japanese table tennis player.
* Ai Fukuhara (福原 愛), Japanese professional table tennis player.
* Ai Miyazato (宮里藍, born 1985), Japanese professional golf player.
* Ai Otomo (大友 愛), Japanese volleyball player.
* Ai Sugiyama (杉山愛, born 1975), retired Japanese professional tennis player.
* Ai Shibata, (柴田 亜衣), Japanese professional swimmer.
* Ai Shishime, (志々目愛), Japanese professional judoka.
* Ai Ogura, (小椋 藍, born 2001), Japanese male motorcycle racer.

### Singers

* Ai (singer) (植村 愛 カリーナ, born 1981), Japanese-American singer and songwriter.
* Ai Kago (加護 亜依, born 1988), Japanese pop singer, actress, author and former member of J-pop group Morning Musume.
* Ai Kawashima (川嶋 あい), Japanese pop singer, songwriter and pianist.
* Ai Otsuka (大塚 愛, born 1982), Japanese pop singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, and actress.
* Ai Takahashi (高橋 愛, born 1986), Japanese pop singer and former member of Morning Musume.
* Ai Takaoka (高岡 亜衣, born 1982), Japanese singer-songwriter.

### Voice actresses

* Ai Furihata (降幡 愛), born 1994
* Ai Kakuma (加隈 亜衣), born 1988
* Ai Kayano (茅野 愛衣) born 1987
* Ai Kobayashi (小林 愛), born 1973
* Ai Maeda (前田 愛), born 1975
* Ai Nagano (永野 愛), born 1974
* Ai Nonaka (野中 藍), born 1981
* Ai Orikasa (折笠 愛), born 1963
* Ai Shimizu (清水 愛), born 1981, also a singer and professional wrestler
* Ai Kakuma, born 1988
* Fairouz Ai (ファイルーズあい), born 1993, Japanese-Egyptian voice actress

### Other

* Ai Iijima (飯島 愛, 1972 – 2008), Japanese media personality, writer, and actress.
* Ai Iino (飯野 愛, born 1986), Japanese shogi player.
* Ai Haruna (はるな 愛), Japanese TV personality and singer.
* Ai Hashimoto (橋本 愛), Japanese actress and model.
* Ai Iwamura (岩村愛), Japanese actress.
* Ai Kato (加藤 あい), Japanese actress and model.
* Ai Kidosaki (城戸崎 愛, 1925–2020), Japanese chef.
* Ai Kume (久米 愛, 1911–1976), Japanese lawyer.
* Ai Kuwabara, Japanese jazz pianist.
* Ai Maeda (actress) (前田 愛), Japanese model, actress, and singer.
* Ai Morinaga (森永あい), Japanese manga artist.
* Ai Moritaka (森高 愛, born 1990), Japanese model and actress.
* Ai Ogawa (愛小川, 1947–2010) American poet.
* Ai Shinozaki (gravure idol) (篠崎 愛), Japanese singer, gravure idol, and actress.
* Ai Takabe (高部 あい), Japanese actress and voice actress.
* Ai Tominaga (冨永 愛), Japanese fashion model and actress.
* Ai Yazawa (矢沢あい), Japanese manga author.

## Notable people from China with the name

* Ai Weiwei, Chinese artist and activist.

### Philosophy

* Xu Ai, Chinese philosopher during the mid-late Ming Dynasty.

### Sports

* Zhang Ai, female Chinese softball player.

## Mythical and fictional

* Ai (Aria), a character in the anime series Aria.
* Ai, a character in Darling In The FranXX.
* Ai (Digimon Tamers), a character in the anime series Digimon Tamers.
* Ai, the main character in Dōbutsu no Mori (film).
* Ai (DokiDoki! PreCure), a character in the anime series DokiDoki! PreCure.
* Ai, the female protagonist of the SNK Playmore fighting game Neo Geo Battle Coliseum.
* Ai, one of the main characters in the anime and eroge game Popotan.
* Ai (Tick! Tack!), a character in the visual novel Tick! Tack!.
* Ai Amano, the main character in the manga and anime series Video Girl Ai.
* Ai Doruyashi, a rival in the video game Yandere Simulator
* Ai Ebihara, a character in Persona 4.
* Ai Enma, the main character of the anime and manga Hell Girl.
* Ai Haibara a.k.a. Shiho Miyano, a character in Detective Conan.
* Ai Hoshino, one of main characters in manga and anime series Oshi no Ko.
* Ai Mikami, a character in the manga and anime series Future Diary.
* Ai Mori, a character in The Law of Ueki.
* Ai Myoujin, the Fighter of the Breathless team in the anime Loveless.
* Ai Nakashima, a sister is Makoto Nakashima and character in Haikyū!!.
* Ai Nanasaki, a character in Amagami SS (Anime) and the game Amagami.
* Ai Natsuki, a character in Yes! Pretty Cure 5.
* Ai Omori, a character in Happiness Charge PreCure!.
* Ai Shindou, a character in the anime and light novel series Beyond the Boundary.
* Ai Tanabe, a character in Planetes.
* Ai Yazawa, a character in Battle Royale II: Requiem.
* T-AI or Ai-chan, a character in Transformers: Robots in Disguise.
* Ai, a character in InuYasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island.
* Ai Fuyuumi, a character in Oreshura.
* Ai Mikaze, a character in Uta no Prince-sama.
* Ai Miyashita (宮下 愛), a character in the media project Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
* Ai Mizuno, a character from the MAPPA idol anime series Zombie Land Saga.
* Wang Ai Ling, a character in the Chinese Lilo & Stitch spin-off series Stitch & Ai.
* Ai Kaga, a character in the manga/anime series Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei
* Ai Coleman, a character from Dorohedoro.
* Kizuna AI, Japanese Virtual YouTuber and channel host.
* Ai Hayasaka, a character in the anime and manga series Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai.
