Hitomi (given name)

Hitomi (ヒトミ, ひとみ) is a feminine Japanese given name. It is often written with the single kanji 瞳 (Japanese for eye) or the two kanji 仁美. It can also come from 智 (hito) meaning "wisdom, intellect" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Individuals may alternatively write the name using the hiragana as ひとみ. The singer hitomi writes her stage name using the Latin alphabet.

Possible writings

 * 仁美, "benevolent, humane, noble, beauty"
 * 人美, "someone, person, beauty"
 * 一美, "one, beauty"
 * 均美, "level beauty"
 * 等美, "class, equal, beauty"
 * 傭美, "employ, hire, beauty"

Singers

 * Hitomi Furuya (古谷仁美, born 1976), a Japanese singer-songwriter
 * Hitomi Kuroishi (黒石ひとみ), a Japanese singer, author, and composer noted for her involvement with the soundtracks of the anime Last Exile and Code Geass
 * Hitomi Shimatani (島谷ひとみ, born 1980), a Japanese female pop singer whose songs include one of Inuyasha's opening theme song "Angelus"
 * Hitomi Takahashi (singer) (高橋 瞳), Japanese singer
 * Hitomi Yaida (矢井田 瞳 born 1978), Japanese pop/folk rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and musician
 * Hitomi Yoshizawa (吉澤 ひとみ, born 1985), Japanese pop singer and former leader of the J-pop group Morning Musume
 * Hitomi Isaka (井坂 仁美 ), member of the group Kamen Rider Girls
 * Hitomi Honda (本田仁美, born 2001), Japanese singer and member of AKB48 and Iz*One

Voice actresses/actresses

 * Hitomi (ひと美, born 1967), Japanese voice actress from Osaka
 * Hitomi Aizawa (相澤 仁美), Japanese actress, gravure idol and race queen
 * Hitomi Kobayashi (小林ひとみ, born 1965), important early Japanese AV idol
 * Hitomi Kuroki (黒木瞳, born 1960), Japanese actress who voiced Helen Parr/Elastigirl/Mrs. Incredible in the Japanese dub of The Incredibles
 * Hitomi Nabatame (生天目 仁美, born 1976), Japanese voice actress, whose roles include Nanao Ise from Bleach
 * Hitomi Satō (actress) (佐藤 仁美), Japanese actress
 * Hitomi Shiraishi (白石ひとみ, born 1971), Japanese AV Idol from the 1990s
 * Hitomi Takahashi (actress) (高橋 ひとみ), Japanese actress
 * Hitomi Yoshida (born 1984) Japanese voice actress

Other

 * Hitomi Jinno (神野 眸), Japanese swimmer
 * Hitomi Kamanaka (鎌仲ひとみ, born 1958), Japanese documentary filmmaker
 * Hitomi Kanehara (金原 ひとみ, born 1983), writer who wrote Hebi ni Piasu (Snakes and Earrings)
 * Hitomi Kashima (鹿島 瞳, born 1980), former Japanese butterfly swimmer
 * Hitomi Matsushita (松下 仁美), Japanese handball player
 * Hitomi Sato (table tennis) (佐藤 瞳), Japanese table tennis player
 * Hitomi Shimizu (冷水 ひとみ), Japanese musician and composer
 * Hitomi Shimura (紫村 仁美), Japanese hurdler
 * Hitomi Soga (曽我ひとみ, born 1959), Japanese woman who was abducted to North Korea to train agents in Japanese customs and language
 * Hitomi Takagaki (高垣 眸, 1898–1983), Japanese writer
 * Hitomi Watanabe (渡辺 眸), Japanese photographer
 * Hitomi Yamaguchi, author and contributor to Nakayoshi
 * Kinue Hitomi (人見 絹枝, 1907–1931), Japanese athlete and the first Japanese woman to receive an Olympic medal

Characters

 * Hitomi Kagewaki, the young castle lord from InuYasha
 * Hitomi Kanzaki, heroine of The Vision of Escaflowne
 * Hitomi Kisugi, one of the Cat's Eye trio
 * Hitomi, a character from the Dead or Alive series
 * Hitomi, a character in the Lego theme Exo-Force
 * Hitomi Shinonome, a character in Loveless (manga)
 * Hitomi, a major antagonist in Code:Breaker
 * Hitomi Shizuki, a minor character in Puella Magi Madoka Magica
 * Hitomi Manaka, main protagonist of the manga Nurse Hitomi's Monster Infirmary
 * Hitomi, friend of Yuri in Wedding Peach
 * Hitomi Tadano, a character in Komi Can't Communicate
 * Hitomi Takano, main protagonist of the manga Hitomi-chan is Shy With Strangers