Hajime (はじめ) is the Japanese word meaning "beginning" (初め, 始め). In the Japanese traditional martial arts such as karate, judo, aikido and kendo, it is a verbal command to "begin". Hajime is also a common Japanese given name for males, although it is occasionally used as a surname.
Hajime can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
始め, "beginning" or "start"初め, "beginning" or "first"as a given name一, "first"元, "beginning" or "origin"始, "beginning" or "start"肇, "beginning"基, "fundamental"創, "genesis"孟, "beginning" or "chief"朔, "first day of month"甫, "beginning" or "great"The name can also be written in hiragana as はじめ and katakana as ハジメ
Hajime Fukuma (創; born 1970), Japanese electronic musicianHajime Funada (元; born 1953), Japanese politicianHajime Hana (肇; 1930–1993), Japanese musician, actor and comedianHajime Iijima (肇), Japanese voice actorHajime Isayama, Japanese manga artist; creator of popular manga "Attack on Titan."Hajime Ishii (一; born 1934), Japanese politicianHajime Hirota (一; born 1968), Japanese politicianHajime Hosogai (萌; born 1986), Japanese football playerHajime Hosokawa (一; 1901–1970), first doctor to discover the Minamata diseaseHajime Kanzaka (一; born 1964), Japanese novelist and manga story writerHajime Katoki (ハジメ; born 1963), Japanese mecha (fictional walking robots) designerHajime Kawakami (肇; 1879–1946), Japanese Marxist economistHajime Kazumi (肇; born 1971), Japanese karatekaHajime Matsumoto (哉; born 1974), Japanese activist, and a recycle shop ownerHajime Meshiai (肇; born 1954), Japanese golferHajime Mizoguchi (肇; born 1960), Japanese cellist and composerHajime Moriyasu (一; born 1968), Japanese football playerHajime Nakamura (元; 1911–1999), Japanese academic of Vedic, Hindu and Buddhist scripturesHajime Okayasu (肇; born 1936), Japanese anime and film editor and directorHajime Satomi (治; born 1942), founder of Sammy CorporationHajime Sawatari (朔; born 1940), Japanese photographerHajime Sorayama (基; born 1947), Japanese illustratorHajime Sugiyama (元; 1880–1945), minister of war in the Imperial Japanese ArmyHajime Takano (孟; born 1944), Japanese journalistHajime Tanabe (元; 1889–1962), Japanese philosopherHajime Ueda (ハジメ), Japanese manga artistHajime Watanabe (animator) (はじめ; born 1957), Japanese animator and character designerHajime Yasunaga (一; 1901–1994), Japanese amateur Go playerHidenokuni Hajime (一; born 1971), Japanese sumo wrestlerSaitō Hajime (一, 1844–1915), samurai who served in the ShinsengumiWatanabe Hajime (samurai), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku periodChitose Hajime (元; born 1979), Japanese singerHajime Aikawa (始), a character from the Japanese live-action television series Kamen Rider BladeHajime Aoyama (ハジメ), a character from the anime series Ghost StoriesHajime Kunihiro (一), a female character from the anime/manga series SakiHajime Saitō (一), a character from the anime/manga series Rurouni KenshinHajime Hinata (創), the protagonist of the visual novel Danganronpa 2: Goodbye DespairHajime Ichinose (はじめ), the protagonist of Gatchaman CrowdsHajime Yagi (はじめ), a character from the anime/manga series The World of NarueHajime Kindaichi (一), a character from the anime/manga series Kindaichi Case FilesHajime Mutsuki (一), a character from the anime series Tsukiuta. The Animation and also a charismatic idol from Tsukino Production. Leader of the group "Six Gravity" consisting of six members including himself.Hajime Tenga (一), one of the main characters from the anime series KiznaiverHajime Iwaizumi (岩泉), a character from the anime series Haikyuu!!Hajime Yatate (肇), a pseudonym for the collective contributions of the Sunrise animation staff