Cool Japanese Anime Names (male & female) With Meaning

.Anime is a special kind of animation that comes from Japan. I have previously written about Japanese cat names and girl names, but this is my piece about anime names.

List Of 82 Japanese Anime Names:

Anime Boy Names

Kouki

Kouki means “light and radiance” or “good fortune”.

Yamato

Yamato was the old poetic name for Japan and was used until the 7th or 8th century, when it changed to Nippon or “Land of the Rising Sun”.

Kiyoshi

“Pure” or “clear”, the same character used for clean water.

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Itachi

Itachi is the Japanese word for weasel. Grandparents warn their grandkids to have alertness of kama itachi. Some even say they feed on blood and leave you weak

Tomoya

Tomoya (”wisdom”) Okazaki is the main protagonist of the anime series Clannad.

Tsubasa

翼 is meaning “wing”. Captain Tsubasa is illustrated by Yōichi Takahashi.

Taichi

Taichi Kamiya is the protagonist in Digimon Adventure. It means “first-born son” or “great one.”

Shin

Shin truth (真) or advance (進). Save

Masato

“Man of integrity”.

Kaname

It means “essential point” or “the linchpin”.

Kenji

“Second son.”

Ryou

Ryo (”distant” or ”dragon”) Saeba is a sweeper/mercenary in the City Hunter series.

Itsuki

“Servant of God (Shinto)” or “one tree”. Itsuki Akazawa is from ”The angel next door spoils me rotten.”

Shota

Shota Aizawa teaches class 1-A in My Hero Academia. It means “to fly or soar” in Japanese.

Hayao

“Brave hero” or ”falcon.” Kakizaki Hayao flew a Valkyrie in the original Macross and Hayao Miyazaki is a manga artist who co-founded Studio Ghibli. ”

Naoki

Naoki is symbolizing “honest tree.”

Inuyasha

“Dog yaksha.” I like that a half demon ended up with a name that is half imported since the yaksha arrived in Japan from Sanskrit via Buddhist texts.

Akatsuki

Akatsuki was a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency space probe and is meaning ”dawn.”

Kazehaya

It means swift wind and Shouta Kazehaya is the deuteragonist of Kimi ni Todoke.

Ryota

Ryota (“clear and great”) Kise is able to imitate any move he watches.

Hayato

”Falcon person.” The Hayato were the people of southern Kyushu who resisted the Yamato Kingship. They were known for their martial prowess.

Sasuke

Sarutobi Sasuke was a legendary ninja listed as the leader of the Sanada Ten Braves. It means “to assist”.

Daichi

“Large wisdom” or ”great earth”. Daichi Sawamura was the captain at Karasuno High.

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Tetsuya

Kuroko Tetsuya is the star of Kuroko no Basuke and is known as the phantom sixth man of Teikou. It is symbolizing ”wise” or ”iron.”

Takeru

Yamato Takeru (”brave”) was a semi-legendary prince of the imperial dynasty and is worshiped as Otori-sama (The Great Bird).

Kaito

It means ”sea” or ”ocean.” Kaitou Kid is a character in the franchise Magic Kaito who steals jewels in white tails.

Rintaro

Mori Ogai, born Mori Rintaro, was an Army Surgeon general officer and one of the leading writers of the Meiji period. It means dignified big son.”

Ryuuji

Ryuuji (“second son of the dragon”) Takasu is the hero of Toradora!.

Denki

Denki (“electricity”) Kaminari has a very electrifying personality since he can discharge large amounts of this electricity.

Katsuki

“Self-control” or ”victory.”

Shoyo

“Flying high” or “soaring sun” is the meaning. Shoyo Hinata aspires to be like the “Little Giant.”

Souta

Souta Higurashi is the little brother of Kagome Higurashi and the name means “sudden wind and great”.

Osamu

Osamu (”to rule”) Tezuka, also known as “the Father of Manga,” has a complete oeuvre that includes over 700 volumes.

Hayate

Hayate the Combat Butler is illustrated by Kenjiro Hata and ran for 51 volumes. It is pronounced as HA-ya-teh and is meanign ”hurricaane.”

Haruto

Haruto means ”soar” or ”sun” and has the nicknames Haru and Ruto.

Anime Girl Names

Michiko

In 1959, Empress Michiko (“beautiful wise child”) was the first commoner to marry (with Akihito) into the imperial family.

Madoka

Puella Magi Madoka (”circle”) Magica is created by the Magica Quartet.

Shiori

“Woven poem” or ”bookmark.”

Sora

Sora Takenouchi, from Digimon Adventure, has the Crest of Love in the first season. It means ”sky.”

Sakura

Sakura is the cherry blossom that is considered the national flower of Japan. There are dozens of cherry tree varieties. Diminutives that I like include Saku-chan and Sakkun.

Kurumi

”Walnut.” Kurumi Tokisaki of Date A Live is the most dangerous Spirit ever known.

Hotaru

”Firefly.” Firefly viewing is a traditional summer activity and lasts from May to around July in different regions of the country.

Konan

“South of the lake”.

Kanao

“Straight flower.” Tsuyuri Kanao decides everything by coin flip (to either do something or not) until someone tells her to stop.

Yuri

”Purity and beauty.”

Kaoru

Kaoru (“fragrance”) Kamiya has a kendo school in Rurouni Kenshin.

Chika

Chika (”thousand flower”) Fujiwara does the dancing (the song was performed by Konomi Kohara) in Kaguya-sama.

Megumi

Megumi Tadokoro, also known as “Tohoku’s Leaping Rabbit”, cooks Tohoku regional food in Food Wars. It means ”grace” or ”blessing.”

Hinata

“Facing the sun.”

Shizuru

Shizuru (“quiet flow”) Fujino speaks in Kyoto dialect (a soft “Southern Belle” voice) through all of My-HiME.

Nozomi

Meaning ”wish” or ”desire,” Nozomi is the fastest train service and covers Tokyo to Osaka in 2 hours 21 minutes.

Homura

Akemi Homura has the capacity to reset time for one month. It is meaning ”blaze” or ”flame.”

Mika

“Beautiful excellence” or ”new moon.”

Mikasa

Isayama got inspiration for Mikasa Ackerman after the battleship Mikasa and was used in the Battle of Port Arthur. This was Admiral Togo’s flagship at Tsushima. It was powered by two vertical triple-expansion steam engines and the name is symbolizing “three bamboo hats.”

Himeko

“Child of the princess”.

Akane

Akane (“madder plant”) Tendo is the deuteragonist in Ranma ½.

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Manami

Manami Okuda is good at chemistry and mathematics in Assassination Classroom. “Love, beauty” is one of the meanings.

Fuyumi

”Winter” or ”beauty.” Todoroki Fuyumi is the older sister of Natsuo and Shoto.

Chinatsu

Chinatsu (“a thousand summers”) Yoshikawa is from YuruYuri as well as she joined the Amusement Club.

Umeko

Tsuda Umeko was the founder of Tsuda University and was featured on the ¥5,000 banknotes. It is interpreted as “plum blossom child.”

Etsuko

”Child of joy.”

Noriko

Noriko (”rule”) Takaya is the pilot of Buster Machine 1 and is loosely based on Hiromi Oka.

Ayami

“Colorful beauty” or “beautiful color.”

Chiharu

Chiharu Mihara is on the school’s cheerleading squad in the series Cardcaptor Sakura. It means “thousand springs.”

Shinobu

Shinobu Kocho sacrificed herself to defeat the Upper Moon Doma. It is a verb meaning “recall”.

Kaede

“Maple leaf” and it is estimated that around 1,000 varieties of maple exist.

Hideko

Hideko (“child of splendor”) Takamine was favoured as the leading actress by Naruse.

Chiriko

Chiriko (”wisdom”) was born in Jozen in western Kōnan and is the youngest of the warriors.

Ayumu

”To dream” or “to step forward.” Ayumu Nishizawa appeared in Hayate the Combat Butler. “Capital child” is the meaning.

Motoko

Motoko Minagawa (“fundamental, child”) is a character in the Fruits Basket series.

Kyoko

Sakura Kyoko fights with a spear that can become a chain to tie people.

Ayame

Ayame is symbolizing the flower iris. Hanging iris leaves under the eaves of farmhouses was done to prevent disasters.

Maiko

A maiko is the apprentice stage of a Kyoto geiko as well as a “dancing girl.”

Arisa

Arisa (“have, thin silk”) Ichigaya plays keyboard in Poppin’Party and is a student at Hanasakigawa Girls’ High School.

Akemi

“Bright, beauty.” Akemi Miyano is a low-ranking member of the Black Organization in the series Case Closed.

Tomoyo

Tomoyo Daidouji is the best friend of Sakura Kinomoto and also films every one of Sakura’s battles. It is meaning “knowledge of the world” or “wise generation”.

Hitomi

Hitomi (”humane” or ”benevolent”) Kanzaki reads a prediction of misfortune and disaster with a pendant in Escaflowne.

Natsuki

“Rich/beautiful, moon” or “summer, princess.” Natsuki Kug is a serious high school student in My-HiME.

Chiyoko

“Child of one thousand generations.”

Kushina

Uzumaki Kushina (crimson/red) was the 2nd jinchūriki of the Nine-Tails, Kurama.

Asuka

It means “fragrance of tomorrow”. The Asuka period lasted from 538 to 710 and is characterized by the widespread adoption of the Chinese writing system. It is also when Buddhism arrived in the country.

Yukino

”Snow.”