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Jun (given name)

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Pronunciation
  
Joo-n

Word/name
  
Japanese

Gender
  
Unisex

Related names
  
Junko Jun'ichi Junji

Meaning
  
It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.

Jun (じゅん, ジュン) is a very common Japanese given name used by either sex.

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Possible writings

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

  • 純, "genuine/pure"
  • 潤, "moisture"
  • 淳, "pure/genuine"
  • 順, "obey"
  • 準, "conform to/consult with"
  • 洵, "truth"
  • 隼, "falcon"
  • The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

    People

  • Jun (musician), a Japanese musician
  • Jun Akiyama (準, born 1969), a Japanese professional wrestler
  • Jun Aoyama (隼, born 1988), Japanese football player
  • Jun Ashida (淳, born 1930), Japanese fashion designer
  • Jun Azumi (淳, born 1962), Japanese politician
  • Jun Etō (淳, 1933–1999), Japanese literary critic
  • Jun Fan (振, 1940–1973), Martial artist, actor, philosopher
  • Jun Fubuki (ジュン, born 1952), Japanese actress
  • Jun Fukuda (純, 1923–2000), Japanese director
  • Jun Fukuyama (潤, born 1978), Japanese voice actor
  • Jun Hayashi (潤, born 1972), Japanese politician
  • Jun Ichikawa (準, 1948–2008), Japanese film director and screenwriter
  • Jun Ishikawa (author) (淳, 1899–1987), Japanese author, translator and literary critic
  • Jun Izumida (純, born 1965), Japanese professional wrestler
  • Jun Kaname (潤, born 1981), Japanese actor
  • Jun Kaneko (born 1942), Japanese ceramic artist
  • Jun Kasai (純, born 1974), Japanese professional wrestler
  • Jun Kawada (順, 1882–1962), Japanese tanka poet and entrepreneur
  • Jun Kondo (淳, born 1930), Japanese theoretical physicist
  • Jun Konno (潤, born 1967), Japanese judoka
  • Jun Kusanagi (純, born 1978), Japanese AV idol
  • Jun Maki (準, 1948–2009), Japanese copywriter
  • Jun Masuo (遵, born 1986), Japanese actor
  • Jun Matsumoto (潤, born 1983), member of the J-Pop group Arashi
  • Jun Miki (淳, 1919–1992), Japanese photographer
  • Jun Miyake (純, born 1958), Japanese composer
  • Jun Mizusawa (潤, born 1989), Japanese voice actress
  • Jun Morinaga (純, born 1937), Japanese photographer
  • Jun Murai (純, born 1955), Japanese computer scientist
  • Jun Murakami (淳, born 1973), Japanese actor
  • Jun Nagao (淳, born 1964), Japanese composer
  • Jun Natsukawa (純, born 1980), Japanese gravure idol
  • Jun Onose (潤), better known as J, Japanese musician
  • Jun Osakada (淳, born 1974), Japanese sprinter
  • Jun John Sakurai (純), a Japanese-American particle physicist and theorist
  • Jun Seba (淳, 1974-2010), Japanese hip hop producer
  • Jun Sena (じゅん, born 1974), Japanese musical actress of Takarazuka Revue
  • Jun Senoue (純, born 1970), Japanese video game composer and musician
  • Jun Shibata (淳, born 1976), Japanese pop singer-songwriter
  • Jun Shibuki (淳, born 1968), Japanese musical actress and performer
  • Jun Shikano (潤), a Japanese voice actress
  • Jun Shiraoka (順, born 1944), Japanese photographer
  • Jun Suemi (純, born 1959), Japanese illustrator
  • Jun Tanaka (poet) (純, 1890–1966), Japanese poet
  • Jun Tanaka (chef), British Japanese chef
  • Jun Takami (順, 1907–1965), Japanese novelist and poet
  • Jun Takeuchi (潤), Japanese video game director and producer
  • Jun Togawa (純, born 1961), Japanese singer, musician and actress
  • Jun Ushiroku (淳, 1884–1973), general in the Imperial Japanese Army
  • Jun Yamaguchi (淳, born 1967), Japanese composer
  • Jun Yamazaki (born 1956), Japanese diplomat
  • Wakanami Jun (順, 1941–2007), Japanese sumo wrestler
  • Characters

  • Jun Aoi (ジュン), a character in Martian Successor Nadesico series
  • Jun Hono (ジュン), a character in the works of manga artist Go Nagai
  • Jun Isashiki (純), a character in Ace of Diamond
  • Jun Kazama (準), a character in the Tekken fighting games
  • Jun Sakurada (ジュン), the protagonist of the anime series Rozen Maiden
  • Jun Suzuki (鈴木 純), a character in the K-On! manga and anime series
  • Jun Kurosu (淳), a character in Persona 2
  • Jun Yabuki (ジュン) or Yellow Four II, a character in the Super Sentai series Choudenshi Bioman
  • Jun Yamamoto (純), a character in Special A
  • Jun Yamano (純), a character in the Yoroiden-Samurai Troopers series
  • Jun (ジュン), a character in the anime Pokémon appearing in DP episode 101
  • Jun Manjoume (準), a character in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
  • Jun Kitami (淳), a character in Wangan Midnight
  • Jun Sonoda, a character in Wangan Midnight
  • Jun-A266, A Spartan soldier in Halo: Reach
  • Jun Ushiro (宇白 順), a character in Bokurano: Ours
  • Jun Naruse (成瀬 順), a character in The Anthem of the Heart
  • References

    Jun (given name) Wikipedia