Nozomi (given name)

Nozomi (ノゾミ, のぞみ) is a unisex Japanese given name.

Different ways of writing

Although the name Nozomi is generally written with the kanji for wish 望, hope 希, のぞみ in hiragana, or ノゾミ in katakana, it can have other different meanings depending on which kanji is used. Some possible variations of Nozomi include:

• 臨, "face, attend, command"
• 望美, "wishful beauty"
• 望海, "wishful ocean"
• 望実, "wishful truth"
• 満, "satisfy, full"
• 希実, "hopeful truth"
• 希美, "hopeful beauty"
• 望魅, "wishful fascination"
• 希, "hope, rare'" (an example of nanori)

People with the name

• Nozomi Hiroyama (廣山 望), retired Japanese soccer player
• Nozomi Kawahara (川原 希), Japanese male professional golfer
• Nozomi Komuro (小室 希), Japanese skeleton racer
• Nozomi Masu (升 望), Japanese voice actress
• Nozomi Momoi (桃井 望, 1978-2002), a Japanese AV idol
• Nozomi Nakano (中野 希望), Japanese fencer who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Nozomi Ōhashi (大橋 のぞみ), Japanese child actress and singer
• Nozomi Okuhara (奥原 希望), Japanese badminton player
• Nozomi Ōsako (大迫 希), Japanese male soccer player
• Nozomi Sasaki (disambiguation)
  • Nozomi Sasaki (model) (佐々木 希), Japanese female model
  • Nozomi Sasaki (voice actress) (ささき のぞみ/佐々木 望), Japanese voice actress
• Nozomi Shimizu (清水 望, born 1996), Japanese badminton player
• Nozomi Takeuchi (竹内 のぞみ/竹内 希実), Japanese gravure idol and female talent
• Nozomi Tanaka (田中 希実, born 1999), Japanese long-distance runner
• Nozomi Tsuji (辻 希美), Japanese pop singer
• Nozomi Watanabe (渡辺 心), Japanese ice dancer
• Nozomi Yamago (山郷 のぞみ), Japanese soccer player
• Nozomi Yamamoto (山本 希望), Japanese voice actress

Fictional characters

• Nozomi Harasaki (原崎 望), a character in the video game Shenmue
• Nozomi Kaibara (柏原 ノゾミ), a character from the anime series Chance Pop Session
• Nozomi Kasaki, (傘木 希美), a character from the novel series Sound! Euphonium and one of the main characters in Liz and the Blue Bird
• Nozomi Kaminashi (神無 のぞみ), the main protagonist of the manga/anime series Keijo
• Nozomi Kujō (九条 望実), a character in the manga series Bleach
• Nozomi Sakurai (桜井 のぞみ), one of the three main characters in the anime Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama
• Nozomi Shirakawa (白河 望), a character in the film Linda Linda Linda
• Nozomi Suemitsu (末光 望美), a character in the video game Persona 3
• Nozomi Watabe (渡部 望み), a character in manga series Haikyū!!, the position is Libero and the number is #7.
• Nozomi Yumehara (夢原 のぞみ), a character from the anime metaseries Yes! PreCure 5
• Nozomi Tōjō (東條 希), a character from the anime series Love Live!
• Nozomi Kiriya (霧谷 希), a character from the light novel, manga/anime series Mayoi Neko Overrun!
• Nozomi (希), a character from the anime series Sonny Boy.

See also

• Nozomi (disambiguation)
• Nozomu

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This page was last edited on 11 February 2024, at 05:41