Yoshimi

Pronunciation	(YOH-shee-mee)
Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Depends on the kanji used
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Yoshiko

Yoshimi is a unisex Japanese given name and can also be used as a surname.

Written forms

Forms in 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
• Yoshimi Ashikawa (芦川 よしみ, born 1958), Japanese actress and singer
• Yoshimi Goda (合田 良実, 1935–2012), Japanese Coastal Engineer
• Yoshimi Hayashi (1923–2006), American lawyer
• Yoshimi Ishibashi (石橋 義三, born 1949), Japanese professional race car driver
• Yoshimi Iwasaki (岩崎 良美, born 1961), Japanese actress and singer
• Yoshimi Kobayashi (小林 良美, born 1968), Japanese softball player
• Yoshimi Masaki (正木 嘉美, born 1962), Japanese judoka
• Yoshimi Minami (南 義美, 1915–1944), Japanese ace fighter pilot
• Yoshimi Nishida (西田 祥実, 1892–1944), Japanese general
• Yoshimi Osawa (大澤 慶巳, 1926–2022), Japanese judoka
• Yoshimi Ozaki (尾崎 好美, born 1981), Japanese long-distance runner
• Yoshimi Takeuchi (竹内 好, 1910–1977), Japanese Sinologist
• Yoshimi Uchida (内田 善美, born 1953), Japanese manga artist
• Yoshimi Usui (臼井 吉見, 1905–1987), Japanese writer and critic
• Yoshimi Yamashita (山下 良美, born 1986), Japanese football referee
• Yoshimi P-We or Yoshimi Yokota (横田 佳美, born 1968), a Japanese musician and drummer of the rock band Boredoms
• Yoshimi Watanabe (渡辺 喜美, born 1952), Japanese politician

People with the surname

• Naho Yoshimi (吉見 菜保, born 1972), Japanese ice hockey player
• Shunya Yoshimi (吉見 俊哉, born 1957), Japanese sociologist
• Yoshiaki Yoshimi (吉見 義明, born 1946), Japanese professor

Fictional characters

• Agent Yoshimi, a character from the television series Duck Dodgers
• Yoshimi Akashi (明石 好美), a character from the manga series Zettai Karen Children and its anime adaptions
• Yoshimi, a minor character in the manga and anime series Di Gi Charat
• Yoshimi Ibaraki, a character from the game Blue Archive
• Yoshimi Sakanaka (阪中 佳実), a character from the Haruhi Suzumiya series
• Yoshimi Satou (佐藤良美), a character from the video game and anime Tsuyokiss
• Yoshimi Yahagi (矢作好美), a character in the novel, film, and manga Battle Royale
• Yoshimi, title character of The Flaming Lips 2002 album, and song of the same name, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

Places

• Yoshimi, Saitama, a town located in Hiki District, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Other

• Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, a 2002 album by The Flaming Lips
• Yoshimi, a software synthesizer for Linux.