title: Mami (given name)
text: # Mami (given name)
  
  Mami (まみ, マミ) is a feminine Japanese given name.
  
  ## Possible writings
  
  Mami can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
  
  * 真美, "true, beauty"
  * 真実, "truth"
  * 茉美, "jasmine, beauty"
  * 麻実, "hemp, truth"
  * 麻美, "hemp, beauty"
  * 茉海, "jasmine, sea"
  * 舞美, "dance, beauty"
  * 待実, "wait, truth"
  * 待満, "wait, satisfy"
  * 増実, "increase, truth"
  * 麻弥, "hemp, complete"
  
  The name can also be written in hiragana, まみ or katakana, マミ.
  
  ## People
  
  * Mami Ayukawa (鮎川 麻弥; born 1961), Japanese singer
  * Mami Deguchi (出口 茉美; born 1985), Japanese voice actress
  * Mami Higashiyama (東山 麻美; born 1977), Japanese actress and singer
  * Mami Horikoshi (堀越 真己; born 1960), Japanese voice actress
  * Mami Ishino (石野 真美; born 1983), Japanese hurdler
  * Mami Karino (狩野 真美, born 1996), Japanese field hockey player
  * Mami Kataoka (片岡 真実 Japanese art curator and writer
  * Mami Kawada (川田 まみ; J-pop singer from Sapporo, Japan
  * Mami Kingetsu (金月 真美; born 1965), Japanese voice actress
  * Mami Kosuge (小菅 真美; born 1974), Japanese voice actress
  * Mami Koyama (小山 茉美; born 1955), Japanese voice actress
  * Mami Kudo (工藤真実; born 1964), Japanese ultramarathon runner
  * Mami Matsuyama (松山 まみ; born 1988), Japanese idol and cosplayer
  * Mami Mizutori (水鳥真美; (born 1960), Japanese diplomat
  * Mami Naito (内藤 真実; born 1986), Japanese badminton player
  * Mami Nakamura (中村 麻美; born 1979), Japanese actress
  * Mami Nomura (野村 真美; born 1964), Japanese actress
  * Mami Sasazaki (笹崎まみ), Japanese lead guitarist of SCANDAL
  * Mami Sato, Japanese bassist of the American rock band, The Warlocks
  * Mami Shimamoto (嶋本 麻美; born 1987), Japanese weightlifter
  * Mami Shindo-Honma (進藤-本間 真美, born 1975), Japanese biathlete
  * Mami Uchiseto (内瀬戸 真実, born 1992), Japanese volleyball player
  * Mami Yamaguchi (山口 麻美; born 1986), Japanese soccer player
  * Mami Yamasaki (山崎 真実; born 1985), Japanese gravure idol
  * Mami Yoshida (吉田 真未; born 1986), Japanese volleyball player
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Mami Inagaki, a character from Strike Witches
  * Mami Kuroi, a character in the manga and anime series Hell Teacher Nūbē
  * Mami Teramoto, a character from the English-language webcomic series Megatokyo
  * Mami Tomoe (巴 マミ), a character from Puella Magi Madoka Magica
  * Mami Honda (本多マミ), a character from the manga Gals! and its anime adaption, Super GALS! Kotobuki Ran
  * Mami Kosaka (高坂 マミ), a character in the tokusatsu series Guruguru Medaman
  * Mami Nanami (七海 麻美), a character from the manga and anime Rent-A-Girlfriend
  