title: Narumi
text: # Narumi
  
  Narumi (鳴海) is a Japanese word for "the roaring of the sea". Narumi (なるみ, ナルミ) is also a feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname.
  
  ## Possible writings
  
  Narumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
  
  * 鳴海, "the roaring of the sea"
  
  ### as a given name
  
  * 成美, "achieve, beauty"
  * 成実, "achieve, truth"
  
  ### as a surname
  
  * 成実, "achieve, truth"
  * 成海, "achieve, sea"
  * 鳴海, "the roaring of the sea"
  
  The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
  
  ## People with the name
  
  ### Given name
  
  * Narumi Kakinouchi (成美, born 1962), Japanese manga artist, animator, director, and character designer
  * Narumi Kurosaki (黒崎 愛海, 1995–2016), Japanese woman murdered in France
  * Narumi Kurosu (黒須 成美, born 1991), Japanese modern pentathlete
  * Narumi Miura (三浦 成美, born 1997), Japanese women's footballer
  * Narumi Takahashi (成美, born 1992), Japanese pair skater
  * Narumi Takahira (成美, born 1989), Japanese voice actress
  * Narumi Tsunoda (なるみ, born 1962), Japanese voice actress
  * Narumi Yasuda (成美, born 1966), Japanese actress
  * Narumi Hidaka (奈留美, born 1968), Japanese voice actress
  * Narumi Okawa (大川 成美, born 1990), Japanese AV idol
  
  ### Surname
  
  * August S. Narumi, Bronze Wolf recipient
  * Kyoko Narumi (鳴海 杏子, born 1986 ), Japanese voice actress
  * Riko Narumi (成海, born 1992), Japanese actress and model
  * Takeshi Narumi (鳴海), a Japanese novelist and scriptwriter
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  ### Given name
  
  * Narumi (鳴海), a character from the manga and anime series Alice Academy
  * Narumi Yatadera, a character from the Touhou Project
  
  ### Surname
  
  * Ayumu Narumi (鳴海), the main character in the manga and anime series Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning
  * Kiyotaka Narumi (鳴海), the brother of Ayumu Narumi from the manga and anime series Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning
  * Kiyotaka Narumi (成実), a character in the anime series Lucky Star
  * Shogo Narumi (鳴海), a character in the manga series Beauty Pop
  * Shizuto Narumi (成海), a minor character in the manga and anime series Yakitate!! Japan
  * Yui Narumi (成実), a character in the anime series Lucky Star
  * Shōhei Narumi (鳴海), a character in the video games Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army and Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon
  * Akiko Narumi (鳴海), the lead female character of Kamen Rider W
     * Soukichi Narumi (鳴海), Akiko's father and former boss of one of the lead characters in Kamen Rider W
  * Daisuke Narumi, a character in the Kuroko no Basuke
  