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)
- Yoshi (Yoshie)
- Yuuri (Yuri, Yūri)
Read more about this topic: Unisex Given Names
Famous quotes containing the word japanese:
“The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.”
—Paul Theroux (b. 1941)
“The Japanese are, to the highest degree, both aggressive and unaggressive, both militaristic and aesthetic, both insolent and polite, rigid and adaptable, submissive and resentful of being pushed around, loyal and treacherous, brave and timid, conservative and hospitable to new ways.”
—Ruth Benedict (1887–1948)
“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)