title: Masami
text: # Masami
  
  Masami (まさみ,マサミ,雅美) is a common Japanese given name and can be given to either sex.
  
  ## Possible writings
  
  * 惟美, meaning "Considerate beauty"
  * 真己, meaning "True self" or "Truth, Snake"
  * 昌美, meaning "Prosperous beauty"
  * 雅美, meaning "Gracious beauty"
  * 成美, meaning "Become beautiful"
  * マサミ in (katakana)
  * まさみ in (hiragana)
  
  ## People with the name
  
  * Masami Akita (秋田 昌美), Japanese Noise musician
  * Masami Anno, Japanese director of the anime series Chūka Ichiban! which is based on the manga series of the same name
  * Masami Hirosaka (広坂 正美), Japanese radio-controlled car racer
  * Masami Horiuchi (堀内 正美), Japanese actor
  * Masami Ichimura (市村 政美, born 1950), Japanese alpine skier
  * Masami Kikuchi (菊池 正美), Japanese voice actor
  * Masami Kobayashi (小林仁, 1890-1977), admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
  * Masami Kubota, Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics
  * Masami Kurumada (車田 正美), Japanese writer and manga artist known for his works such as Ring ni Kakero, Fūma no Kojirō, Saint Seiya, and B't X
  * Masami Kuwashima (桑島 正美), Japanese former racecar driver
  * Masami Mitsuoka (光岡昌美), Japanese pop singer
  * Masami Nagasawa (長澤 まさみ), Japanese TV drama and movie actress
  * Masami Ōbari (大張正己), Japanese anime character designer and director
  * Masami Odate (大館 昌美), Japanese professional wrestler
  * Masami Okui (奥井 雅美), Japanese pop musician
  * Masami Shiratama (白玉 雅己), Japanese musical composer and former bass guitarist for the band Porno Graffitti
  * Masami Suzuki (鈴木 真仁), voice actress from Japan
  * Masami Taki (滝 雅美, born 1972), Japanese football manager
  * Masami Tanaka (田中 雅美), Olympic bronze medalist
  * Masami Teraoka, Japanese-American watercolor artist who mimics the style of traditional Japanese wood-block prints
  * Masami Tsuchiya, Japanese singer-songwriter and musician
  * Masami Tsuda (津田 雅美), Japanese manga artist; creator of Kare Kano
  * Masami Yoshida (disambiguation), multiple people
  * Masami Yūki (ゆうきまさみ), Japanese manga artist; creator of Patlabor
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Masami Eiri (英利 政美), villain from the anime Serial Experiments Lain
  * Masami Kaida, a character in the air combat video game The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces
  * Masami Oyamada (小山田雅美), from the manga and anime Someday's Dreamers
  * Masami Saotome (早乙女正美), from the live action film: Boogiepop and Others
  * Masami Yamada (山田 正臣), teacher from the anime Onegai Teacher
  * Masami Aomame, the full name of the lead female protagonist in Haruki Murakami's novel, 1Q84
  * Masami Yoshida the wealthy daughter of the Rainbow Factory Owner from The Amazing World of Gumball
  * Masami Fujii, a character in the manga/anime series Ro-Kyu-Bu!
  * Masami Iwasawa (岩沢雅美), the original lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of Girls Dead Monster from the anime Angel Beats!
  * Masami, the "kid" in Samurai of Hyuga
  