Katsumi (かつみ, カツミ) is a common Japanese given name used by either sex.
Possible writings
Katsumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- as a given name
- 克己, "overcome, self/oneself"
- 克巳, "overcome, sixth earthly branch"
- 克美, "overcome, beauty"
- 勝己, "win, self/oneself"
- 勝巳, "win, sixth earthly branch"
- 勝美, "win, beauty"
- 勝実, "win, substance (or fruit)"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
- as a surname
- 勝見, "win, look"
People with the name
- Akinoshima Katsumi (安芸乃島 勝巳, born 1967), Japanese sumo wrestler
- Katsumi Asaba (浅葉 克己, born 1940), Japanese art director
- Katsumi Chou (長 克巳, born 1951), Japanese voice actor
- Katsumi Fukura (福良 勝己, born 1953), Japanese high jumper
- Katsumi Matsumura (松村 勝美, born 1944), Japanese volleyball player
- Katsumi Nakamura (中村 克, born 1994), Japanese swimmer
- Katsumi Nishikawa (西河 克己, 1918–2010), Japanese film director
- Katsumi Oda (小田 勝美, born 1952), Japanese volleyball player
- Katsumi Oenoki (大榎 克己, born 1965), Japanese football player
- Katsumi Ōno (大野 勝己, 1905–2006), Japanese diplomat
- Katsumi Shibata (柴田 勝巳, 1909–1940), Japanese field hockey player
- Katsumi Suzuki (鈴木 勝美, born 1956), Japanese voice actor
- Katsumi Tezuka (手塚 勝巳, 1912–?), Japanese actor
- Katsumi Toriumi (鳥海 勝美, born 1963), Japanese voice actor
- Katsumi Yanagishima (柳島 克巳, born 1950), Japanese cinematographer
- Katsumi Watanabe (渡部 勝美, born 1962), Japanese baseball player
- Katsumi Yamamoto (racing driver) (山本 勝巳, born 1973), Japanese racing driver
- Katsumi Yamamoto (rowing) (山本 克美, born 1946), Japanese rower
- Katsumi Yokota (横田 克己), Japanese video game designer
- Katsumi Yusa (遊佐 克美, born 1988), Japanese footballer
- Céline Tran (born 1979), stage names either Katsumi or Katsuni, French pornographic actress
People with the surname
- Tomejirō Katsumi (勝見 留次郎), one of the victims killed by Norio Nagayama
- Yosuke Katsumi (勝見 洋介), the 2016 champion of the All Japan Kendo Championship
- Motoi Katsumi (勝見 基), Captain of the Japanese destroyer Tanikaze (1940)
Fictional characters
- Katsumi Akagi (カツミ), a character in the manga and anime series Project ARMS
- Katsumi Kabuto (克美), a character in the manga series Tenjho Tenge
- Katsumi Kajio (克美), a character in the tokusatsu series Ultraman Gaia
- Katsumi Kelly, a character in the 1957 film Sayonara
- Katsumi Daido, a character in the 2010 movie Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate
- Katsumi Kida (克美), a character in the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Black
- Katsumi Liqueur, a character in the manga and anime series Silent Möbius
- Katsumi Sako (克己), a character in the manga and live-action drama series Life
- Katsumi Orochi, a character in the manga and anime series Grappler Baki
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This page was last edited on 18 January 2023, at 21:42