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Hitomi (given name)

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Pronunciation
  
(HEE-toh-mee)

Language(s)
  
Japanese

Region of origin
  
Japan

Gender
  
Feminine

Word/name
  
Japanese

Hitomi (given name)

Meaning
  
瞳 pupil of the eye 智 wisdom, intellect 美beautiful although it can have different meanings depending on the kanji used

Hitomi (ヒトミ, ひとみ) is a feminine Japanese given name. It is often written with the single kanji 瞳 (Japanese for eye) or the two kanji 仁美. It can also come from 智 (hito) meaning "wisdom, intellect" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Individuals may alternatively write the name using the hiragana as ひとみ. The singer hitomi writes her stage name using the Latin alphabet.

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Possible writings

  • 仁美, "benevolent, humane, noble, beauty"
  • 人美, "someone, person, beauty"
  • 一美, "one, beauty"
  • 均美, "level beauty"
  • 等美, "class, equal, beauty"
  • 傭美, "employ, hire, beauty"

    • Singers

  • Hitomi Furuya (古谷仁美, born 1976), a Japanese singer-songwriter
  • Hitomi Kuroishi (黒石ひとみ), a Japanese singer, author, and composer noted for her involvement with the soundtracks of the anime Last Exile and Code Geass
  • Hitomi Shimatani (島谷ひとみ, born 1980), a Japanese female pop singer whose songs include one of Inuyashas opening theme songs "Angelus"
  • Hitomi Takahashi (singer) (高橋 瞳, born 1989), a Japanese rock/pop singer who is famous for her Gundam Seed Destiny song "Bokutachi no Yukue"
  • Hitomi Yaida (矢井田 瞳 born 1978), A Japanese pop/folk rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and musician
  • Hitomi Yoshizawa (吉澤 ひとみ, born 1985), Japanese pop singer and former leader of the J-pop group Morning Musume
  • Hitomi Isaka (井坂 仁美 ), member of the group Kamen Rider Girls

    • Voice actresses/actresses

  • Hitomi (ひと美, born 1967), Japanese voice actress from Osaka, Japan
  • Hitomi Aizawa (相澤 仁美), Japanese actress, gravure idol and race queen
  • Hitomi Hayasaka (早坂ひとみ, born 1982), Japanese actress, model and AV Idol
  • Hitomi Kobayashi (小林ひとみ, born 1965), important early Japanese AV idol
  • Hitomi Kuroki (黒木瞳, born 1960), Japanese actress who voiced Helen Parr/Elastigirl/Mrs. Incredible in the Japanese dub of The Incredibles
  • Hitomi Nabatame (生天目 仁美, born 1976), Japanese voice actress, whose roles include Nanao Ise from Bleach
  • Hitomi Shiraishi (白石ひとみ, born 1971), Japanese AV Idol from the 1990s
  • Hitomi Takahashi (actress) (高橋 ひとみ, born 1961), Japanese actress

    • Other

  • Hitomi Kamanaka (鎌仲ひとみ, born 1958), Japanese documentary filmmaker
  • Hitomi Kanehara (金原 ひとみ, born 1983), writer who wrote Hebi ni Piasu (Snakes and Earrings)
  • Hitomi Kashima (鹿島 瞳, born 1980), former Japanese butterfly swimmer
  • Hitomi Soga (曽我ひとみ, born 1959), Japanese woman who was abducted to North Korea to train agents in Japanese customs and language
  • Hitomi Takagaki (高垣 眸, 1898–1983), Japanese writer
  • Hitomi Yamaguchi, author and contributor to Nakayoshi
  • Kinue Hitomi (人見 絹枝, 1907–1931), Japanese athlete and the first Japanese woman to receive an Olympic medal

    • Characters

  • Hitomi Kagewaki, the young castle lord from InuYasha
  • Hitomi Kanzaki, heroine of The Vision of Escaflowne
  • Hitomi Kisugi, one of the Cat's Eye trio
  • Hitomi, a character from the Dead or Alive series
  • Hitomi, a character in the Lego theme Exo-Force
  • Hitomi Shinonome, a character in Loveless (manga)
  • Hitomi, a major antagonist in Code:Breaker
  • Hitomi Shizuki, a minor character in Puella Magi Madoka Magica
  • Hitomi Manaka, main protagonist of the manga Nurse Hitomi's Monster Infirmary

    • References

    Hitomi (given name) Wikipedia
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