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Izumi

, meaning "spring" or "source of water", is a Japanese given name and surname. It is sometimes translated as "fountain" in reference to natural springs and should not be confused with architectural fountains, which are called funsui (噴水) in Japanese. While a unisex name, it is more commonly used by women. It can alternately be written as , , , or .

As given name

  • , actress
  • , stage name Minami Takayama, voice actress and singer
  • , Japanese actress
  • , Japanese sprint canoeist
  • , Tibetologist
  • , actress
  • , Japanese swimmer
  • , contemporary artist
  • , manga artist
  • , pianist
  • , manga artist
  • , actress and singer
  • , professional Go player
  • , former football player
  • , real name Kazuya Terashima, manga artist
  • , model and tarento
  • , real name Motohisa Yamawaki, Kyōgen actor
  • , founder member of the Japanese band Aion
  • Izumi Nakadai (born 1988), member of Bon-Bon Blanco
  • , United Nations official
  • , real name Sachiko Kamachi, singer
  • , real name Keiko Ishida, actress
  • , American anthropologist
  • , Japanese novelist and actor
  • , health scientist, founder of the Tabata protocol
  • , manga artist and illustrator
  • , manga artist
  • , actress
  • , football player
  • , Japanese politician
  • , singer and actress
  • , princess during the Asuka period and Nara period

As surname

  • , Japanese-born Indian footballer
  • Bob Izumi (born 1958), Canadian angler
  • , judoka and mixed martial artist
  • , former long-distance runner
  • , manga artist
  • , Japanese baseball player
  • , author
  • Masaki Izumi (born 1961), Japanese shogi player
  • Masako Izumi (1947–2025), Japanese actress, singer and adventurer
  • , actor
  • , football player
  • , real name Sayo Takemoto (née Eguchi), actress and singer
  • , fashion model and gravure idol
  • , football player
  • , previously verified by Guinness to be the oldest man ever, but whose case is now disputed
  • , mid Heian period poet, member of the Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry
  • Sayoko Izumi (泉, born 1988), singer-songwriter
  • , Japanese painter and printmaker
  • , actor
  • , politician
  • , actor
  • , actor
  • , archaeologist
  • , Supreme Court of Japan member

Fictional characters

Characters with the given name

Characters with the surname

References