Masami

Masami (まさみ,マサミ,雅美) is a common Japanese given name and can be given to either sex.

Possible writings

 * 惟美, meaning "Considerate beauty"
 * 真己, meaning "True self" or "Truth, Snake"
 * 昌美, meaning "Prosperous beauty"
 * 雅美, meaning "Gracious beauty"
 * 成美, meaning "Become beautiful"
 * マサミ in (katakana)
 * まさみ in (hiragana)

People with the name

 * Masami Akita (秋田 昌美), Japanese Noise musician
 * Masami Anno, Japanese director of the anime series Chūka Ichiban! which is based on the manga series of the same name
 * Masami Hirosaka (広坂 正美), Japanese radio-controlled car racer
 * Masami Horiuchi (堀内 正美), Japanese actor
 * Masami Ichimura (市村 政美), Japanese alpine skier
 * Masami Kikuchi (菊池 正美), Japanese voice actor
 * Masami Kobayashi (小林仁, 1890-1977), admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
 * Masami Kubota, Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics
 * Masami Kurumada (車田 正美), Japanese writer and manga artist known for his works such as Ring ni Kakero, Fūma no Kojirō, Saint Seiya, and B't X
 * Masami Kuwashima (桑島 正美), Japanese former racecar driver
 * Masami Mitsuoka (光岡昌美), Japanese pop singer
 * Masami Nagasawa (長澤 まさみ), Japanese TV drama and movie actress
 * Masami Ōbari (大張正己), Japanese anime character designer and director
 * Masami Odate (大館 昌美), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Masami Okui (奥井 雅美), Japanese pop musician
 * Masami Shiratama (白玉 雅己), Japanese musical composer and former bass guitarist for the band Porno Graffitti
 * Masami Suzuki (鈴木 真仁), voice actress from Japan
 * Masami Taki (滝 雅美), Japanese football manager
 * Masami Tanaka (田中 雅美), Olympic bronze medalist
 * Masami Teraoka, Japanese-American watercolor artist who mimics the style of traditional Japanese wood-block prints
 * Masami Tsuchiya, Japanese singer-songwriter and musician
 * Masami Tsuda (津田 雅美), Japanese manga artist; creator of Kare Kano
 * Masami Yoshida (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Masami Yūki (ゆうきまさみ), Japanese manga artist; creator of Patlabor

Fictional characters

 * Masami Eiri (英利 政美), villain from the anime Serial Experiments Lain
 * Masami Kaida, a character in the air combat video game The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces
 * Masami Oyamada (小山田雅美), from the manga and anime Someday's Dreamers
 * Masami Saotome (早乙女正美), from the live action film: Boogiepop and Others
 * Masami Yamada (山田 正臣), teacher from the anime Onegai Teacher
 * Masami Aomame, the full name of the lead female protagonist in Haruki Murakami's novel, 1Q84
 * Masami Yoshida the wealthy daughter of the Rainbow Factory Owner from The Amazing World of Gumball
 * Masami Fujii, a character in the manga/anime series Ro-Kyu-Bu!
 * Masami Iwasawa (岩沢雅美), the original lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of Girls Dead Monster from the anime Angel Beats!
 * Masami, the "kid" in Samurai of Hyuga