is a common Japanese given name and can be given to either sex.
Written forms
Forms in kanji can include:
- æÂÂç¾Â, meaning "Considerate beauty"
- çÂÂå·±, meaning "True self"
- çÂÂå·³, meaning "Truth, Snake"
- æÂÂç¾Â, meaning "Prosperous beauty"
- éÂÂ
ç¾Â, meaning "Gracious beauty"
- æÂÂç¾Â, meaning "Become beautiful"
People with the name
- , Japanese Noise musician
- Masami Anno, Japanese director of the anime series ChÃ
«ka Ichiban! which is based on the manga series of the same name
- , Okinawan martial arts master
- , Japanese sumo wrestler
- , Japanese science fiction editor, author, critic, and translator
- , Japanese animator and director
- , Japanese radio-controlled car racer
- , Japanese comedian, actress, singer and tarento
- , Japanese rugby union player and coach
- , Japanese actor
- , Japanese alpine skier
- , Japanese former footballer and manager
- , Japanese economist
- , Japanese professional baseball infielder
- , Japanese sports shooter
- , Japanese voice actor
- , Japanese racing driver
- , Japanese rugby union player
- , Japanese voice actor and narrator
- , Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
- , Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics
- , Japanese manga artist and writer
- , Japanese former racecar driver
- Masami Masuda (born 1944), known as Cusi Masuda, Japanese-American artist, sculptor and painter
- , Japanese pop singer
- , Japanese diver
- , Japanese TV drama and movie actress
- , Japanese former swimmer
- , Japanese former politician
- , Japanese anime director, animation director and mecha and character designer
- , Japanese professional wrestler
- Masami Ohinata, Japanese academic and president of Keisen University in Tokyo
- , Japanese daimyÃ
 during late-Edo period
- , Japanese singer and songwriter
- , Japanese singer and songwriter
- , Japanese former football player
- , Japanese film and stage actor
- , Japanese alto-saxophonist and composer
- , Japanese musical composer and former bass guitarist for the band Porno Graffitti
- , Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
- , Japanese basketball player
- , Japanese football manager
- , Japanese politician and former ice hockey player and coach
- , Japanese former breaststroke swimmer
- , Japanese volleyball player
- , Japanese-American watercolor artist who mimics the style of traditional Japanese wood-block prints
- , Japanese convicted terrorist and senior member of Aum Shinrikyo
- , Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer
- , Japanese manga artist
- , Japanese-Canadian karate instructor and practitioner
- , Japanese writer
- , Japanese katsudÃ
Â-benshi, voice actor, actress, choreographer and a tarento
- , Japanese volleyball player
- , Japanese javelin thrower
- , Japanese sprinter
- ,known as Devil Masami Japanese professional wrestler
- , Japanese manga artist
Fictional characters
- Masami Eiri (è±å© æÂ¿ç¾Â), villain from the anime Serial Experiments Lain
- Masami Kaida, a character in the air combat video game '
- Masami Oyamada (å°Âå±±ç°éÂÂ
ç¾Â), from the manga and anime Someday's Dreamers
- Masami Saotome (æÂ©ä¹Â女æÂ£ç¾Â), from the live action film: Boogiepop and Others
- Masami Yamada (å±±ç° æÂ£è£), 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 Kousa, a yakuza boss in the manga/anime series Black Lagoon
- Masami Fujii, a character in the manga/anime series Ro-Kyu-Bu!
- Masami Iwasawa (岩沢éÂÂ
ç¾Â), the original lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of Girls Dead Monster from the anime Angel Beats!
See also