# Yoshimi

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| pronunciation = (YOH-shee-mee)
| gender = Unisex
| meaning = Depends on the [kanji](/source/kanji) used
| region = Japan 
| origin = Japanese
| related names = [Yoshiko](/source/Yoshiko)
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'''Yoshimi''' is a unisex [Japanese given name](/source/Japanese_given_name) and can also be used as a surname.

== Written forms ==
Forms in [kanji](/source/kanji) can include:
*佳美, meaning "excellent, beautiful" 
*良美, meaning "good, beautiful" 
*好美, meaning "like, beautiful" 
*芳美, meaning "fragrant, beautiful"

==People with the given name==
* Yoshimi (吉見), a guitarist and composer from the pop rock band [Funta](/source/Funta)
*{{Nihongo|[Yoshimi Ashikawa](/source/Yoshimi_Ashikawa)|芦川 よしみ||born 1958}}, Japanese actress and singer
*{{Nihongo|[Yoshimi Goda](/source/Yoshimi_Goda)|合田 良実||1935–2012}}, Japanese Coastal Engineer
*[Yoshimi Hayashi](/source/Yoshimi_Hayashi) (1923–2006), American lawyer
* {{Nihongo|[Yoshimi Ishibashi](/source/Yoshimi_Ishibashi)|石橋 義三||born 1949}}, Japanese professional race car driver
* {{Nihongo|[Yoshimi Iwasaki](/source/Yoshimi_Iwasaki)|岩崎 良美||born 1961}}, Japanese actress and singer
*{{Nihongo|[Yoshimi Kobayashi](/source/Yoshimi_Kobayashi)|小林 良美||born 1968}}, Japanese softball player
*{{Nihongo|[Yoshimi Masaki](/source/Yoshimi_Masaki)|正木 嘉美||born 1962}}, Japanese judoka
*{{Nihongo|[Yoshimi Minami](/source/Yoshimi_Minami)|南 義美||1915–1944}}, Japanese ace fighter pilot
*{{Nihongo|[Yoshimi Nishida](/source/Yoshimi_Nishida)|西田 祥実||1892–1944}}, Japanese general
*{{Nihongo|[Yoshimi Osawa](/source/Yoshimi_Osawa)|大澤 慶巳||1926–2022}}, Japanese judoka
*{{Nihongo|[Yoshimi Ozaki](/source/Yoshimi_Ozaki)|尾崎 好美||born 1981}}, Japanese long-distance runner
*{{Nihongo|[Yoshimi Takeuchi](/source/Yoshimi_Takeuchi)|竹内 好||1910–1977}}, Japanese Sinologist
*{{Nihongo|[Yoshimi Uchida](/source/Yoshimi_Uchida)|内田 善美||born 1953}}, Japanese manga artist
*{{Nihongo|[Yoshimi Usui](/source/Yoshimi_Usui)|臼井 吉見||1905–1987}}, Japanese writer and critic
*{{Nihongo|[Yoshimi Yamashita](/source/Yoshimi_Yamashita)|山下 良美||born 1986}}, Japanese football referee
* [Yoshimi P-We](/source/Yoshimi_P-We) or Yoshimi Yokota (横田 佳美, born 1968), a Japanese musician and drummer of the rock band [Boredoms](/source/Boredoms)
*{{Nihongo|[Yoshimi Watanabe](/source/Yoshimi_Watanabe)|渡辺 喜美||born 1952}}, Japanese politician

==People with the surname==
*{{Nihongo|[Naho Yoshimi](/source/Naho_Yoshimi)|吉見 菜保||born 1972}}, Japanese ice hockey player
*{{Nihongo|[Shunya Yoshimi](/source/Shunya_Yoshimi)|吉見 俊哉||born 1957}}, Japanese sociologist
*{{Nihongo|[Yoshiaki Yoshimi](/source/Yoshiaki_Yoshimi)|吉見 義明||born 1946}}, Japanese professor

==Fictional characters==
* Agent Yoshimi, a character from the television series ''[Duck Dodgers](/source/Duck_Dodgers)''
* Yoshimi Akashi (明石 好美), a character from the manga series  ''[Zettai Karen Children](/source/Zettai_Karen_Children)'' and its anime adaptions
* Yoshimi, a minor character in the manga and anime series  ''[Di Gi Charat](/source/Di_Gi_Charat)'' 
* Yoshimi Ibaraki, a character from the game ''[Blue Archive](/source/Blue_Archive)''
* Yoshimi Sakanaka (阪中 佳実), a character from the ''[Haruhi Suzumiya](/source/Haruhi_Suzumiya)'' series
* Yoshimi Satou (佐藤良美), a character from the video game and anime ''[Tsuyokiss](/source/Tsuyokiss)''
* [Yoshimi Yahagi](/source/Yoshimi_Yahagi) (矢作好美), a character in the novel, film, and manga ''[Battle Royale](/source/Battle_Royale_(novel))''
* Yoshimi, title character of The Flaming Lips 2002 album, and song of the same name, ''[Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots](/source/Yoshimi_Battles_the_Pink_Robots)''

==Places==
* [Yoshimi, Saitama](/source/Yoshimi%2C_Saitama), a town located in Hiki District, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

==Other==
* ''[Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots](/source/Yoshimi_Battles_the_Pink_Robots)'', a 2002 album by [The Flaming Lips](/source/The_Flaming_Lips)
* Yoshimi, a software synthesizer for [Linux](/source/Linux).

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Category:Japanese-language surnames
Category:Japanese unisex given names

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