Yayoi (given name)
For other uses, see Yayoi (disambiguation).
| Yayoi | |
|---|---|
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Yayoi Yoshioka, a Japanese women's rights activist | |
| Pronunciation | Yayoi |
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Japanese |
| Meaning |
March extensive, life |
| Region of origin | Japanese |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Satsuki |
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Yayoi (やよい, ヤヨイ) is a feminine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Yayoi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 弥生, "March"
- as a given name
- 彌生, "extensive, life"
The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People
- Yayoi Jinguji (弥生), Japanese voice actress
- Yayoi Kusama (彌生 or 弥生), Japanese artist
- Yayoi Matsumoto (弥生, born 1990), Japanese swimmer
- Yayoi Wachi (弥生), Japanese composer and sound designer
- Yayoi Yoshioka (彌生), Japanese physician and women's rights activist
Fictional characters
- Yayoi Kise, aka Cure Peace from the shoujo anime Smile PreCure!
- Yayoi, the main heroine of the manga series Mugen Spiral
- Yayoi Tsubaki, a character in the fighting game series BlazBlue
- Yayoi Fujisawa (やよい), a character in the anime series Stellvia of the Universe
- Yayoi Inuzuka (弥生), a character in the light novel, manga, and anime series Kure-nai
- Yayoi Matsunaga (弥生), a character in the anime series Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective
- Yayoi (弥生) Yukino (雪野), the main character in the anime series Queen Millennia
- Yayoi Kamishiro, a main character and possible love interest in the video game Lux-Pain
- Yayoi (弥生), the landlady and "mother" of Hiroe Ogawa in the hentai anime and manga F3: Frantic, Frustrated & Female
- Yayoi Aoba, a character of the manga and anime series Captain Tsubasa
- Yayoi Shioiri, a character in the manga Loveless
- Yayoi Takatsuki, a character in the video games series THE iDOLM@STER
- Yayoi Kunizuka, a character in the light novel, manga and anime series Psycho-Pass
- Yayoi Ulshade/KyoryuViolet II, a character in the tokusatsu series "Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger"
References
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