Hajime

Hajime (はじめ) is the Japanese word meaning "beginning" (初め, 始め). In the Japanese traditional martial arts such as karate, judo, aikido, Kūdō and kendo, it is a verbal command to "begin". Hajime is also a common Japanese given name for males.

In the Amami Islands, Hajime (元) is a surname.

Possible writings
Hajime can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: The name can also be written in hiragana as はじめ and katakana as ハジメ.
 * 始め, "beginning" or "start"
 * 初め, "beginning" or "first"
 * as a given name
 * 一, "first"
 * 元, "beginning" or "origin"
 * 始, "beginning" or "start"
 * 肇, "beginning"
 * 基, "fundamental"
 * 創, "genesis"
 * 孟, "beginning" or "chief"
 * 甫, "beginning" or "great"

Given name

 * Hajime Funada (船田 元), Japanese politician
 * Hajime Hana (ハナ 肇), Japanese musician, actor and comedian
 * Hidenokuni Hajime (英ノ国 一), Japanese sumo wrestler
 * Hajime Hirota (広田 一), Japanese politician
 * Hajime Hosogai (細貝 萌), Japanese football player
 * Hajime Hosokawa (細川 一), first doctor to discover the Minamata disease
 * Hajime Iijima (飯島 肇), Japanese voice actor
 * Hajime Isayama (諫山 創), Japanese manga artist; creator of manga Attack on Titan
 * Hajime Ishibashi (石橋甫), Japanese Vice-Admiral
 * Hajime Ishii (石井 一), Japanese politician
 * Hajime Ishii (footballer) (石井 肇), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Hajime Ishikawa (石川 元), Japanese rower
 * Hajime Kagimoto (鍵本 肇), Japanese table tennis player
 * Hajime Kanzaka (神坂 一), Japanese novelist and manga story writer
 * Hajime Katoki (カトキ ハジメ), Japanese mecha (fictional walking robots) designer
 * Hajime Kawakami (河上 肇), Japanese Marxist economist
 * Hajime Kazumi (数見 肇), Japanese karateka
 * Hajime Matsumoto (松本 哉), Japanese activist, and a recycle shop owner
 * Hajime Meshiai (飯合 肇), Japanese golfer
 * Hajime Mizoguchi (溝口 肇), Japanese cellist and composer
 * Hajime Moriyasu (森保 一), Japanese football player
 * Hajime Nakamura (中村 元), Japanese academic of Vedic, Hindu and Buddhist scriptures
 * Hajime Okayasu (岡安 肇), Japanese anime and film editor and director
 * Saitō Hajime (斎藤 一), samurai who served in the Shinsengumi
 * Hajime Satomi (里見 治), founder of Sammy Corporation
 * Hajime Sawatari (沢渡 朔), Japanese photographer
 * Hajime Seki (關 一), Japanese politician
 * Hajime Sorayama (空山 基), Japanese illustrator
 * Hajime Sugiyama (杉山 元), minister of war in the Imperial Japanese Army
 * Hajime Taguchi (田口 一), Japanese writer
 * Hajime Takano (高野 孟), Japanese journalist
 * Hajime Tamura (田村 元), Japanese politician
 * Hajime Tanabe (田辺 元), Japanese philosopher
 * Hajime Taniguchi (谷口 一), Japanese professional fighting game player
 * Hajime Tomii (富井 一), Japanese alpine skier
 * Hajime Ueda (ウエダ ハジメ), Japanese manga artist
 * Hajime Watanabe (animator) (渡辺 はじめ), Japanese animator and character designer
 * Watanabe Hajime (samurai), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period
 * Hajime Watanuki (綿貫 甫), Japanese sport shooter
 * Hajime Yasunaga (安永 一), Japanese amateur Go player
 * Hajime Yoshikawa (吉川 元), Japanese politician

Surname

 * Chitose Hajime (元; born 1979), Japanese singer

Characters

 * Hajime Aikawa (始), a character from the Japanese live-action television series Kamen Rider Blade
 * Hajime Aoyagi (一), a character from the anime/manga series Yowamushi Pedal
 * Hajime Aoyama (ハジメ), a character from the anime series Ghost Stories
 * Hajime Fukuroda, a character from Japanese live-action television series Great Teacher Onizuka (2012)
 * Hajime Hinata (日向 創), the protagonist of the visual novel Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
 * Hajime Ichinose (はじめ), the protagonist of Gatchaman Crowds
 * Hajime Iwaizumi (岩泉 一), a character from the anime series Haikyuu!! with the position of vice captain and wing spiker from Aoba Johsai High
 * Hajime Katsura (はじめ), a character from the anime/manga series Digimon Universe: App Monsters
 * Hajime Kindaichi (一), a character from the anime/manga series Kindaichi Case Files
 * Hajime Kunihiro (一), a female character from the anime/manga series Saki
 * Hajime Makunouchi, a character from the Danganronpa fangame, Super Danganronpa Another 2
 * Hajime Nagumo (南雲 ハジメ), the protagonist in the anime and manga series Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest
 * Hajime Owari (尾張 ハジメ), a character from the anime series Dagashi Kashi
 * Hajime Shino (紫之 創), a character from the game franchise Ensemble Stars!
 * Hajime Tanaka (田中 一), a character in the Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan rhythm video game duology
 * Hajime Tenga (一), one of the main characters from the anime series Kiznaiver
 * Hajime Tsukishima (基), a character from the anime/manga series Golden Kamuy
 * Hajime Yagi (はじめ), a character from the anime/manga series The World of Narue
 * Mutsuki Hajime (睦月 始), a character from the anime series Tsukiuta. The Animation
 * Saitō Hajime (斎藤 一), a character from the anime/manga series Rurouni Kenshin
 * Hajime Kashimo (鹿紫雲一), a character from the manga series Jujutsu Kaisen

Other uses

 * Hajime Yatate (肇), a pseudonym for the collective contributions of the Sunrise animation staff
 * Hajime (malware)