Anime Names

Popular Japanese name exemplified by the distinguished conductor Seiji Ozawa.

Koji, also written as Kōji, is a common name among men in Japan. It is also featured as a character name in many anime series.

Sachiko was one of the first Japanese names familiar to Americans when it was used in the 1950s by actress Shirley Maclaine for her daughter, called the adorable short form Sachi. While Sachiko does not rank on the US Social Security baby names list, Sachi was given to 25 girls in the most recent year counted.

Akari is a gender-neutral Japanese name used fairly evenly between the sexes in the US.

Common name among Japanese men that can be written with a variety of kanji, giving it different meanings.

An extremely common Japanese name, especially among women.

Kinoko Komori is a character in the anime series My Hero Academia. Appropriately, one of her primary interests is mushrooms.

Electrifying Japanese name.

As well as meaning victory, the name Katsu is strongly associated with heroism and masculinity.

Popular choice for female anime characters.

Kiba means "fang" in Japanese, and while not a common name for boys in Japan, it's popped up multiple times for fictional characters. Kiba Inuzuka is a Naruto character with a strong attachment to his dog.

A redhead supporting hero in Naruto, whose name refers to the greater good he contributes to even after his death.

Older Japanese name given new life in the anime series One Piece.

Yuta Okkotsu is a major character in the anime series Jujutsu Kaisen. The kanji used in the Japanese manga give his name the meaning "grief," in reference to the loss of his dear childhood friend, Rika. In practice, men who bear this name use the kanji meaning "gentle."

Japanese word for "scarecrow" that is used as a name in Howl's Moving Castle and Naruto.

Historia originated as a Greek term and is the basis for the word "history" in many languages, including English and Spanish. It is used as a name for the character Historia Reiss in the anime series Attack on Titan.

Like many single-syllable R names right now, Raye is on the rise.

Strong Japanese unisex choice. Dragons are a symbol of power in Japan.

Tobi is typically used as an alternate spelling of Toby, a common nickname for Tobias. In the anime series Naruto, the name Tobi is written in kanji giving it the meaning "ten tails."

Kaguya-hime no Monogatari, "The Tale of Princess Kaguya," is a Japanese folk story, also called "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter." In the story, a bamboo cutter finds a baby girl from the moon nestled in a glowing bamboo stalk. Her name is Kaguya, meaning "shining."