Tamaki (name)

Tamaki is both a Japanese surname and a unisex Japanese given name, as well as a Māori name. In the Okinawan language, Tamaki is read as Tamagusuku, Tamagushiku or Tamashiro.[1] Notable people with the name include:

Surname

Japanese/Okinawan origin

• Denny Tamaki (玉城 デニー, born 1959), Japanese politician, current Governor of Okinawa Prefecture
• Ellen Tamaki (born 1992), American actress
• Fumiya Tamaki (玉城 史也, born 1993), Japanese football player
• Hiroshi Tamaki (玉木 宏, born 1980), Japanese actor and singer
• Jillian Tamaki (born 1980), Canadian American illustrator and comic artist
• Kōji Tamaki (玉置 浩二, born 1958), Japanese singer-songwriter
• Mariko Tamaki (born 1975), Canadian artist and writer
• Nami Tamaki (玉置 成実, born 1988), Japanese singer
• Nina Tamaki (玉城 仁菜, born 1996), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Tomotaka Tamaki (玉木 朋孝, born 1975), Japanese former professional baseball player
• Yuichiro Tamaki (玉木 雄一郎, born 1969), Japanese politician
• Yukiko Tamaki (環有 希, born 1980), Japanese voice actress
• Yutaka Tamaki (玉置 隆, born 1986), Japanese professional baseball player

Māori origin

• Brian Tamaki (born 1958), New Zealand Christian fundamentalist religious leader
• Kiwi Tāmaki (died c. 1741), Māori warrior and paramount chief

Given name

• Tamaki Katori (香取 環, born 1938), Japanese actress
• Tamaki Matsumoto (松元 環季, born 1999), Japanese voice actress and actress
• Tamaki Tokuyama (徳山 璉, 1903–1942), Japanese singer
• Tamaki Kunishi, Japanese musician, member of post-rock group Mono

Fictional characters

• Tamaki (たまき), from the Dead or Alive video game series
• Tamaki Amajiki (天喰 環) from My Hero Academia
• Tamaki Honda (本田 珠輝), protagonist of the manga series Magic of Stella
• Tamaki Kousaka (向坂 環) in ToHeart2
• Tamaki Kotatsu (環 古達) from Fire Force
• Tamaki Kawazoe (川添 珠姫) in Bamboo Blade
• Tamaki Suoh (須王 環) in Ouran High School Host Club
• Iroha Tamaki (環 いろは) from Magia Record
• Mari Tamaki (玉木 マリ), a character in the anime series A Place Further than the Universe
• Shinichirō Tamaki (玉城 真一郎) from Code Geass
• Tamaki Yamazaki (山崎 珠姫), a character of the manga series Tamayomi

References

1. says, N. L. (2015-04-28). "Surnames S – Z". liuchiuan. Retrieved 2020-08-28.