Yoshimi

Pronunciation| (YOH-shee-mee)

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Gender| Unisex
Origin
Word/name| Japanese
Meaning| Depends on the kanji used
Region of origin| Japan
Other names
Related names| Yoshiko

Yoshimi is a unisex Japanese given name and can also be used as a surname.

## Possible writings

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* 佳美, meaning "excellent, beautiful"
* 良美, meaning "good, beautiful"
* 好美, meaning "like, beautiful"
* 芳美, meaning "fragrant, beautiful"

## People with the given name

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* Yoshimi (吉見), a guitarist and composer from the pop rock band Funta
* Yoshimi Ashikawa (芦川 よしみ, born 1958), Japanese actress and singer
* Yoshimi Goda (合田 良実, 1935–2012), Japanese Coastal Engineer
* Yoshimi Hayashi (1923–2006), American lawyer
* Yoshimi Ishibashi (石橋 義三, born 1949), Japanese professional race car driver
* Yoshimi Iwasaki (岩崎 良美, born 1961), Japanese actress and singer
* Yoshimi Kobayashi (小林 良美, born 1968), Japanese softball player
* Yoshimi Masaki (正木 嘉美, born 1962), Japanese judoka
* Yoshimi Minami (南 義美, 1915–1944), Japanese ace fighter pilot
* Yoshimi Nishida (西田 祥実, 1892–1944), Japanese general
* Yoshimi Osawa (大澤 慶巳, 1926–2022), Japanese judoka
* Yoshimi Ozaki (尾崎 好美, born 1981), Japanese long-distance runner
* Yoshimi Takeuchi (竹内 好, 1910–1977), Japanese Sinologist
* Yoshimi Uchida (内田 善美, born 1953), Japanese manga artist
* Yoshimi Usui (臼井 吉見, 1905–1987), Japanese writer and critic
* Yoshimi Yamashita (山下 良美, born 1986), Japanese football referee
* Yoshimi P-We or Yoshimi Yokota (横田 佳美, born 1968), a Japanese musician and drummer of the rock band Boredoms
* Yoshimi Watanabe (渡辺 喜美, born 1952), Japanese politician

## People with the surname

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* Naho Yoshimi (吉見 菜保, born 1972), Japanese ice hockey player
* Shunya Yoshimi (吉見 俊哉, born 1957), Japanese sociologist
* Yoshiaki Yoshimi (吉見 義明, born 1946), Japanese professor

## Fictional characters

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* Agent Yoshimi, a character from the television series Duck Dodgers
* Yoshimi Akashi (明石 好美), a character from the manga series Zettai Karen Children and its anime adaptions
* Yoshimi, a minor character in the manga and anime series Di Gi Charat
* Yoshimi Ibaraki, a character from the game Blue Archive
* Yoshimi Sakanaka (阪中 佳実), a character from the Haruhi Suzumiya series
* Yoshimi Satou (佐藤良美), a character from the video game and anime Tsuyokiss
* Yoshimi Yahagi (矢作好美), a character in the novel, film, and manga Battle Royale
* Yoshimi, title character of The Flaming Lips 2002 album, and song of the same name, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

## Places

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* Yoshimi, Saitama, a town located in Hiki District, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

## Other

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* Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, a 2002 album by The Flaming Lips
* Yoshimi, a software synthesizer for Linux.

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