Emi (えみ, エミ, 絵美, 恵美) is a feminine Japanese given name and is occasionally used as a surname.

Possible writings

Emi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

as a given name

• 恵美, "blessing, beauty"
• 絵美, "picture, beauty"
• 映見, "reflect, look"
• 映美, "reflect, beauty"
• 笑, "smile"
• 栄美, "prosperous, beauty"
• 恵未, "blessing, not yet"
• 恵実, "blessing, fruit"
• 慧美, "wisdom, beauty"

The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

as a surname

• 江見, "bay, look"
• 江美, "bay, beauty"

People with the name

• emi (エミ), US based Japanese visual artist, emi-arts.com
• Emi Akimoto (秋元 恵美, born 1956), Japanese hurdler
• Emi Fujita (恵美, born 1963), Japanese singer
• Emi Hashino (恵美, born 1973), Japanese comedian and stage actress
• Emi Hinouchi (エミ, born 1982), Japanese urban music singer-songwriter
• Emi Inui (絵美, born 1983), Japanese softball player
• Emi Kaneko (恵美, born 1965), Japanese politician
• Emi Kawabata (川端 絵美, born 1970), Japanese skier
• Emi Kobayashi (恵美, born 1983), Japanese gravure idol
• Emi Kuroda (エミ, born 1978), Japanese actress
• Emi Lo (born 1991), non-binary Taiwanese-Chinese-American voice actor
• Emi Matsui (江美, born 1963), Japanese javelin thrower
• Emi Morimoto (born 1981), Japanese drummer
• Emi Motoi (えみ), Japanese voice actress
• Emi Motokawa (恵美), Japanese professional wrestler
• Emi Nakajima (中島 依美, born 1990), Japanese women's footballer
• Emi Nitta (恵海, born 1985), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Emi Nonaka (絵美)(born 1984), Japanese ice hockey player
• Emi Shimizu (清水 絵美, born 1990), Japanese curler
• Emi Shinohara (恵美, born 1963), Japanese voice actress
• Emi Suzuki (えみ, born 1985), Chinese-Japanese actress and fashion model
• Emi Tawata (えみ, born 1984), Japanese singer
• Emi Uwagawa (恵美), Japanese voice actress
• Emi Wada (惠美, born 1937), Japanese costume designer
• Emi Wakui (映見, born 1970), Japanese actress
• Emi Watanabe (絵美, born 1958), Japanese figure skater
• Emi Wong (王樂婷, born 1992), Hong Kong YouTuber
• Emi Yamamoto (山本 絵美, born 1982), Japanese women's footballer

Fictional characters

• Emi Isuzu (絵美), a character in the Tenjho Tenge series
• Emi Ibarazaki (茨崎 笑美), a character in the visual novel Katawa Shoujo
• Emi Yusa, a character in the anime and manga The Devil is a Part-Timer!
• Emi Igawa, a character in the anime and manga Your Lie In April
• Emi Toshiba, a background character in Konami's Dance Dance Revolution dance game series

See also

• Mimasaka-Emi Station, a train station in Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
• Magical Star Magical Emi, a magical girl anime series