Nozomi (ノゾミ, のぞみ) is a feminine Japanese given name.
Although the name Nozomi is generally written with the Kanji for beauty 美, wish 望, hope 希, のぞみ in hiragana, or ノゾミ in katakana, it can have other different meanings depending on which kanji is used. Some possible variations of Nozomi include:
臨, "face, attend, command"
望美, "wishful beauty"
望海, "wishful ocean"
望実, "wishful truth"
満, "satisfy, full"
希実, "hopeful truth"
希美, "hopeful beauty"
望魅, "wishful fascination"
Nozomi Chikamura (望実 近村), Japanese voice actress
Nozomi Hiroyama (廣山 望), retired Japanese soccer player
Nozomi Kawahara, Japanese professional golfer
Nozomi Komuro (小室 希), Japanese skeleton racer
Nozomi Masu (升 望), Japanese voice actress
Nozomi Mayu (希美 まゆ), Japanese adult video actress, gravure idol, and singer
Nozomi Momoi (桃井望, 1978-2002), a Japanese AV idol
Nozomi Nakano, a Japanese fencer who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games
Nozomi Nishimura, a Japanese-American Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University
Nozomi Ōhashi (大橋 のぞみ), Japanese child actress and singer
Nozomi Okuhara (のぞみ奥原), Japanese badminton player
Nozomi Osako, Japanese soccer player
Nozomi Sasaki (model) (佐々木 希), Japanese female model
Nozomi Sasaki (voice actress) (ささき のぞみ), Japanese voice actress
Nozomi Takeuchi (竹内のぞみ/竹内希実), Japanese gravure idol and female talent
Nozomi Tsuji (杉浦 希美), Japanese pop singer
Nozomi Watanabe (渡辺 心), Japanese ice dancer
Nozomi Yamago (山郷のぞみ), Japanese soccer player
Nozomi Yamamoto (山本 希望), Japanese voice actress
Nozomi Harasaki, character in the video game Shenmue
Nozomi Kaibara, a character from the anime series Chance Pop Session
Nozomi Kujō (九条 望実), a character in the manga series Bleach
Nozomi Shirakawa (白河望), a character in the film Linda Linda Linda
Nozomi Yumehara (夢原 のぞみ), a character from the anime metaseries Pretty Cure
Nozomi Tojō (東條 希), a character from the anime series Love Live!
Nozomi (book), a photobook by Nozomi Sasaki
Nozomi Entertainment, the anime license and distribution division of retailer The Right Stuf International
Nozomi (probe), a space probe which orbited Mars, but was later discontinued due to electrical failures
Nozomi (train), a high-speed train service running on the Tōkaidō/Sanyō Shinkansen lines in Japan
Nozomi Witches, a manga series by Toshio Nobe
