title: Asami
text: # Asami
  
  Asami (あさみ, アサミ) is a feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname.
  
  ## Possible writings
  
  Asami can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
  
  ### as a given name
  
  * 麻美, "hemp, beauty"
  * 朝美, "morning, beauty"
  * 朝海, "morning, sea"
  
  The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
  
  ### as a surname
  
  * 浅見, "shallow, look"
  * 浅海, "shallow sea"
  
  ## People
  
  ### with the given name Asami
  
  * Asami Abe (安倍 麻美, born 1985), Japanese singer
  * Asami Chiba (千葉 麻美, born 1985), Japanese sprinter
  * Asami Hirono (広野 あさみ, born 1990), Japanese snowboarder
  * Asami Imai (今井 麻美, born 1977), Japanese voice actress
  * Asami Imajuku (今宿 麻美, born 1978), Japanese fashion model, actress, and singer
  * Asami Jō (城 麻美, born 1975), Japanese AV Idol
  * Asami Kai (甲斐 麻美, born 1987), Japanese actress
  * Asami Kimura (木村 麻美, born 1984), Japanese pop singer
  * Asami Kodera (小寺 麻美, born 1978), Japanese female mixed martial artist
  * Asami Konno (紺野 あさ美, born 1987), Japanese pop singer
  * Asami Mizukawa (水川 あさみ, born 1983), Japanese actress
  * Asami Nagakiya (長木谷 麻美, 1985–2016), Japanese musician
  * Asami Sanada (真田 アサミ, born 1977), Japanese voice actress
  * Asami Seto (瀬戸 麻沙美, born 1993), Japanese voice actress
  * Asami Shimoda (下田 麻美, born 1986), Japanese voice actress
  * Asami Sugiura (杉浦 亜紗美, born 1985), Japanese actress and AV Idol
  * Asami Tachibana (橘 麻美, born 1987), Japanese composer, arranger, pianist and music producer
  * Asami Tada (多田 あさみ, born 1988), Japanese gravure idol
  * Asami Tano (田野 アサミ, born 1987), Japanese voice actress
  * Asami Tojo (東城 麻美, 1972–2007), Japanese manga artist
  * Asami Ueno (上野愛 咲美, born 2001), Japanese professional Go player
  * Asami Yoshida (voice actress) (吉田 麻実), Japanese voice actress
  * Asami Yoshida (basketball) (吉田 亜沙美, born 1987), Japanese professional basketball player
  * Asami Zdrenka, English-Japanese pop singer.
  
  ### with the surname Asami
  
  * Atsuo Asami (浅見 敦夫), Japanese astronomer
  * Haruna Asami (浅見 八瑠奈, born 1988), Japanese judoka.
  * Hikaru Asami (朝海 ひかる, born 1972), Japanese performing artist
  * Mina Asami (浅見 美那, born 1958), Japanese TV actress
  * Reina Asami (浅見 れいな, born 1983), Japanese actress and mode
  * Sayaka Asami (浅見 清香), the participant in the obstacle course competition show Kunoichi
  * Takeshi Asami (浅見 武), Japanese racecar driver
  * Yuma Asami (麻美 ゆま), Japanese adult video actress
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  ### with the given name Asami
  
  * Asami Matsumoto (朝海), a minor character in the anime and manga series Nana
  * Asami Yamazaki (麻美), a central character from the 1999 Japanese horror film Audition
  * Asami Sato is a character in the animated series The Legend of Korra.
  * Asami Nakaoka is a character in the ongoing Japanese manga Highschool of the Dead, who made a brief but significant appearance for a few chapters.
  * Asami Minagawa, a secondary character from Mushi-Uta.
  * Asami "Sam" Koizumi, a minor character in DC's animated series Young Justice.
  
  ### with the family name Asami
  
  * Chiaki Asami (浅見), a character in the manga series Sanctuary
  * Ryuichi Asami (麻見), a character in the manga series Finder
  * Saki Asami (浅海 サキ), a character in the manga series Puella Magi Kazumi Magica
  