Emi (えみ, エミ, 絵美, 恵美) is a very common feminine Japanese given name and is occasionally used as a surname.
Emi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
as a given name恵美, "blessing, beauty"絵美, "picture, beauty"映見, "reflect, look"映美, "reflect, beauty"笑, "smile"栄美恵未恵実慧美The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
as a surname江見江美Emi Fujita (恵美; born 1963), Japanese singerEmi Hashino (恵美; born 1973), Japanese comedian and stage actressEmi Hinouchi (エミ; born 1982), Japanese urban music singer-songwriterEmi Inui (絵美; born 1983), Japanese softball playerEmi Kaneko (恵美; born 1965), Japanese politicianEmi Kobayashi (恵美; born 1983), Japanese gravure idolEmi Kuroda (エミ; born 1978), Japanese actressEmi Matsui (江美; born 1963), Japanese javelin throwerEmi Motoi (えみ), a Japanese voice actressEmi Motokawa (恵美), a Japanese professional wrestlerEmi Nonaka (絵美), a Japanese ice hockey playerEmi Shinohara (恵美; born 1963), Japanese voice actressEmi Suzuki (えみ; born 1985), Chinese-Japanese actress and fashion modelEmi Tawata (えみ; born 1984), Japanese singerEmi Uwagawa (恵美), a Japanese voice actressEmi Wada (惠美; born 1937), Japanese costume designerEmi Wakui (映見; born 1970), Japanese actressEmi Watanabe (絵美; born 1958), Japanese figure skater