Izumi (name)

Izumi is a Japanese given name that can be used with both sexes, but is mainly given to women. The name is also common as a family name.

The name primarily means "source", although different spellings can have different or additional meanings. The ENAMDICT name dictionary lists around 150 different Japanese spellings, 100 of which are female names.

Izumi is the given name of the following people:

• Izumi Kazuto (* 1979), manga artist
• Izumi Kitta (* 1984), Japanese musician
• Izumi Matsumoto (real name Kazuya Terashima; * 1958), manga artist
• Izumi Miyazaki (* 1994), Japanese photographer
• Izumi Nakadai , member of Bon-Bon Blanco
• Izumi Nakamitsu (* 1963), Japanese UN diplomat
• Izumi Ochiai , member of the Japanese group AION
• Izumi Sakai (1967-2007), singer
• Izumi Shimada (* 1948), Japanese anthropologist and archaeologist
• Izumi Takemoto (* 1959), manga artist
• Izumi Tōdō , collective pseudonym of the Toei Animation staff,

Izumi is a family name for the following people:

• Daisuke Izumi († 2012), Japanese television editor
• Hiroshi Izumi (* 1982), Japanese judoka
• Izumi Hyonosuke , Japanese medic and medical historian
• Izumi Kyōka (1873-1939), Japanese writer
• Masanobu Izumi (* 1944), Japanese football player
• Megumi Izumi (* 1983), Japanese biathlete
• Miyuki Izumi (* 1975), Japanese soccer player
• Ryūji Izumi (* 1993), Japanese football player
• Izumi Shigechiyo (1865–1986), Japanese age record holder
• Izumi Shikibu (976? -?), Japanese poet
• Shin'ya Izumi (* 1937), Japanese politician
• Sōtarō Izumi (* 1992), Japanese football player
• Tokuji Izumi (* 1939), Japanese lawyer