Japanese
Despite there being only a small number of Japanese unisex names in use, unisex names are widely popular. Many high-profile Japanese celebrities such as Hikaru Utada, Jun Matsumoto, Ryo Nishikido, Tomomi Kahala, Harumi Nemoto, Izumi Sakai, and Shizuka Arakawa have unisex names.
- Akira
- Ataru
- Chiaki
- Haruka
- Harumi
- Hikaru
- Hiromi
- Hitomi
- Izumi
- Jun
- Juri
- Kaoru
- Katsumi
- Kazumi
- Kei
- Makoto
- Masami
- Mikoto
- Mitsuki
- Nagisa
- Nao
- Naomi
- Natsuki
- Rei
- Ryou (Ryoo, Ryō)
- Satsuki
- Shinobu
- Shizuka
- Shou (Shoo, Shō)
- Tomomi
- Tsubasa
- Tsukasa
- Yutaka
- Yuu (Yu, Yū)
- Yuuki (Yuki, Yūki)
- Yuuri (Yuri, Yūri)
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Famous quotes containing the word japanese:
“The Japanese say, “If the flower is to be beautiful, it must be cultivated.””
—Lester Cole, U.S. screenwriter, Nathaniel Curtis, and Frank Lloyd. Nick Condon (James Cagney)
“No human being can tell what the Russians are going to do next, and I think the Japanese actions will depend much on what Russia decides to do both in Europe and the Far East—especially in Europe.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“A pragmatic race, the Japanese appear to have decided long ago that the only reason for drinking alcohol is to become intoxicated and therefore drink only when they wish to be drunk.
So I went out into the night and the neon and let the crowd pull me along, walking blind, willing myself to be just a segment of that mass organism, just one more drifting chip of consciousness under the geodesics.”
—William Gibson (b. 1948)