Asami
# Asami

Asami (あさみ, アサミ) is a feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname.

## Possible writings

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

### as a given name

* 麻美, "hemp, beauty"
* 朝美, "morning, beauty"
* 朝海, "morning, sea"

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

### as a surname

* 浅見, "shallow, look"
* 浅海, "shallow sea"

## People

### with the given name Asami

* Asami Abe (安倍 麻美, born 1985), Japanese singer
* Asami Chiba (千葉 麻美, born 1985), Japanese sprinter
* Asami Hirono (広野 あさみ, born 1990), Japanese snowboarder
* Asami Imai (今井 麻美, born 1977), Japanese voice actress
* Asami Imajuku (今宿 麻美, born 1978), Japanese fashion model, actress, and singer
* Asami Jō (城 麻美, born 1975), Japanese AV Idol
* Asami Kai (甲斐 麻美, born 1987), Japanese actress
* Asami Kimura (木村 麻美, born 1984), Japanese pop singer
* Asami Kodera (小寺 麻美, born 1978), Japanese female mixed martial artist
* Asami Konno (紺野 あさ美, born 1987), Japanese pop singer
* Asami Mizukawa (水川 あさみ, born 1983), Japanese actress
* Asami Nagakiya (長木谷 麻美, 1985–2016), Japanese musician
* Asami Sanada (真田 アサミ, born 1977), Japanese voice actress
* Asami Seto (瀬戸 麻沙美, born 1993), Japanese voice actress
* Asami Shimoda (下田 麻美, born 1986), Japanese voice actress
* Asami Sugiura (杉浦 亜紗美, born 1985), Japanese actress and AV Idol
* Asami Tachibana (橘 麻美, born 1987), Japanese composer, arranger, pianist and music producer
* Asami Tada (多田 あさみ, born 1988), Japanese gravure idol
* Asami Tano (田野 アサミ, born 1987), Japanese voice actress
* Asami Tojo (東城 麻美, 1972–2007), Japanese manga artist
* Asami Ueno (上野愛 咲美, born 2001), Japanese professional Go player
* Asami Yoshida (voice actress) (吉田 麻実), Japanese voice actress
* Asami Yoshida (basketball) (吉田 亜沙美, born 1987), Japanese professional basketball player
* Asami Zdrenka, English-Japanese pop singer.

### with the surname Asami

* Atsuo Asami (浅見 敦夫), Japanese astronomer
* Haruna Asami (浅見 八瑠奈, born 1988), Japanese judoka.
* Hikaru Asami (朝海 ひかる, born 1972), Japanese performing artist
* Mina Asami (浅見 美那, born 1958), Japanese TV actress
* Reina Asami (浅見 れいな, born 1983), Japanese actress and mode
* Sayaka Asami (浅見 清香), the participant in the obstacle course competition show Kunoichi
* Takeshi Asami (浅見 武), Japanese racecar driver
* Yuma Asami (麻美 ゆま), Japanese adult video actress

## Fictional characters

### with the given name Asami

* Asami Matsumoto (朝海), a minor character in the anime and manga series Nana
* Asami Yamazaki (麻美), a central character from the 1999 Japanese horror film Audition
* Asami Sato is a character in the animated series The Legend of Korra.
* Asami Nakaoka is a character in the ongoing Japanese manga Highschool of the Dead, who made a brief but significant appearance for a few chapters.
* Asami Minagawa, a secondary character from Mushi-Uta.
* Asami "Sam" Koizumi, a minor character in DC's animated series Young Justice.

### with the family name Asami

* Chiaki Asami (浅見), a character in the manga series Sanctuary
* Ryuichi Asami (麻見), a character in the manga series Finder
* Saki Asami (浅海 サキ), a character in the manga series Puella Magi Kazumi Magica
