Kumi (name)
# Kumi (name)

Kumi (くみ, クミ) is a given name.

## Possible writings in Japanese

### 組, "group, party, pair, band, class"

**as a given name**

* 久美, "long time, beauty" (also read Hisami)
* 久実, "long time, fruit"
* 来未, "come, not yet"
* 九美, "nine, beauty"
* 九海, "nine seas"

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

## People

### with the given name Kumi

* Kumi (born 1976), vocalist of the Japanese band Love Psychedelico
* Kumi Araki (荒木 久美, born 1965), Japanese long-distance runner
* Kumi Koda (倖田 來未, born 1982), Japanese pop and neo soul singer
* Kumi Miyasato (宮里 久美, born 1969), Japanese pop singer and voice actress
* Kumi Mizuno (水野 久美, born 1937), Japanese actress
* Kumi Mori (born 1985), Japanese handball goalkeeper
* Kumi Naidoo (born 1965), South African human rights activist and head of Greenpeace
* Kumi Nakada (中田 久美, born 1965), former professional volleyball player
* Kumi Otoshi (大利 久美, born 1985), Japanese race walker
* Kumi Sakuma (佐久間 紅美, born 1976), Japanese voice actress
* Kumi Sasaki (idol) (佐々木 久美, born 1996), Japanese idol
* Kumi Sasaki (musician) (佐々木 久美), Japanese recording artist
* Kumi Taguchi (actress) (田口 久美), Japanese-American actress
* Kumi Taguchi (journalist) (田口 久美, born 1975), Australian television broadcaster and presenter
* Kumi Tanioka (谷岡 久美, born 1974), Japanese video game music composer
* Kumi Yokoyama (横山 久美, born 1993), Japanese football striker
* Kumi Yamada (山田 久美, born 1967), women's professional shogi player

## Fictional characters

### with the given name Kumi

* Kumi, a ladybug in the cartoon series Beat Bugs
* Kumi, a fox Gacha pet in the Korean online video game Grand Chase
* Kumi, a character in the popular children's doll franchise Bratz
* Kumi Mashiba, a character in the manga and anime series Fighting Spirit
* Kumi Ōkubo, a character in the Japanese fighting game series Asuka 120% Burning Festival
* Kumi Hayami, a character in the magical girl anime series Magical Fairy Persia
* Kumi Kawamura, a character in the manga series Alien Nine
* Kumi Hirose, a character in the role-playing game Revelations: Persona
* Kumi Sugimoto, a character in the manga and anime series Captain Tsubasa
* Kumi Mashiba, a character in the anime series (Makunouchi Ippo's love interest) Hajime no Ippo
* Kazeumi Kumi (Bukubukuchagama), a character in the light novel, anime And manga series (Overlord)
* Kumi Kibashi, a character in Gal*Gun!
