Izumi
Encyclopedia
, meaning "spring
" (source of water), is a common Japanese
given name
, family name
and place name. While a unisex name
, it is more commonly used by women. Alternate spellings include 和泉, 泉水, いずみ and いづみ.
Spring (hydrosphere)
A spring—also known as a rising or resurgence—is a component of the hydrosphere. Specifically, it is any natural situation where water flows to the surface of the earth from underground...
" (source of water), is a common Japanese
Japanese name
in modern times usually consist of a family name , followed by a given name. "Middle names" are not generally used.Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters of usually Chinese origin in Japanese pronunciation...
given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
, family name
Family name
A family name is a type of surname and part of a person's name indicating the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is widespread in cultures around the world...
and place name. While a unisex name
Unisex name
A unisex name, also known as an epicene name, is a given name that is often given to either a boy or a girl. Some countries, however, require that a given name be gender-specific or have enough names with male and female versions...
, it is more commonly used by women. Alternate spellings include 和泉, 泉水, いずみ and いづみ.
Places
- Izumi, OsakaIzumi, Osakais a city located in Osaka, Japan.The city was founded on September 1, 1956.As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 181,935 and the density of 2,140 persons per km². The total area is 84.98 km². It is the last station on the Semboku Kousoku monorail line （泉北高速鉄道） at Izumi Chuo...
, city in Osaka - Izumi Hall -a prestigious concert hall in OsakaOsakais a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
- Izumi, KagoshimaIzumi, Kagoshimais a city located in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan.On March 13, 2006, the towns of Noda and Takaono from Izumi District merged into the city. As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 56,205 and a density of 170 persons per km². The total area is 330.06 km².The city was founded on April...
, city in Kagoshima - Izumi, KumamotoIzumi, Kumamotowas a village located in Yatsushiro District, Kumamoto, Japan.On August 1, 2005 Izumi, along with the towns of Kagami and Senchō, and the villages of Sakamoto and Tōyō, all from Yatsushiro District, was merged into the expanded city of Yatsushiro and no longer exists as an independent...
, village in Kumamoto - Izumi-ku, SendaiIzumi-ku, Sendaiis the northernmost ward of Sendai, in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Although Izumi-ku is mostly a residential area, it is also home to several college campuses; and companies such as Alps, Freescale Semiconductor, and Toppan have a large presence in the Izumi Parktown Industrial Park.As of November...
, ward of Sendai - Izumi ProvinceIzumi Provincewas a province of Japan. It is also referred to as . It lay in Kinai, and its area today composes the south-western part of Osaka Prefecture . The Ōshōji in Sakai was the border with Settsu Province, until the beginning of the Meiji period, when the boundary was changed to be at the Yamato River...
, former province - Izumi (Japanese: ), suburb of TokyoTokyo, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
in Suginami ward - Izumi DomainIzumi DomainThe was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in southern Mutsu Province. At the end of its history, it was ruled by a branch of the Honda clan.-References:*http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/mutudewa/izumi.html...
, a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in southern Mutsu Province
Given name
- Izumi Aki (actress)Izumi Aki (actress)Izumi Aki , a.k.a. Yasuko Takahashi is a Japanese actress.Izumi made her film debut in 1980 in Shishi Production's Ryōjoku gishiki and often stars in Nikkatsu films and in other independent works...
(born 1960), actress - Izumi InamoriIzumi Inamoriis a Japanese actress signed to Burning Production.-Biography:Izumi Inamori was born and grew up in the city of Kagoshima. After graduating from the local high school, Inamori went to University of Texas at Arlington to study English abroad...
(born 1972), Japanese actress - Izumi MatsumotoIzumi Matsumoto, pen name , is a Japanese manga artist best known for Kimagure Orange Road. His career started in 1982, publishing his comic Milk report in the manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump. But real success came in 1984, publishing in the same magazine his masterpiece Kimagure Orange Road...
(real name Kazuya Terashima, born 1958), manga artist - Izumi Mori, a Japanese model and actress
- Izumi SakaiIzumi Sakai, born 6 February 1967 in Kurume, Japan – 27 May 2007 was a Japanese Pop singer, song writer, and member of the group Zard.- Biography :Born in Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan, Sakai grew up in Hadano, Kanagawa. Her father was a driving instructor, and she had a younger brother and younger sister...
(1967–2007), singer - Izumi TakemotoIzumi Takemotois a Japanese manga artist. He attended Nihon University and majored in business. His first experience with science fiction was through the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and the majority of his works reflect this SF influence. He is also a cat lover, and while cats frequently appear in his works,...
(born 1959), manga artist and illustrator - Izumi KazutoIzumi Kazutois a female Japanese manga artist.-Manga:, published in Manga Time from 2003-2004.**Note: She published the manga under the name .*Volume 1: ISBN 9784832275096*Volume 2: ISBN 9784832275409...
(born 1979), manga artist - Izumi NakadaiIzumi, meaning "spring" , is a common Japanese given name, family name and place name. While a unisex name, it is more commonly used by women...
, member of Bon-Bon BlancoBon-Bon BlancoBon-Bon Blanco is a Japanese pop group during 2002~2009. The origin of the name is Spanish. The group used to belong to Columbia Music Entertainment, but has moved to Bouncy Records in 2006.-Members:Its members are:... - Izumi Ochiai, founder member of the Japanese band AION
Organizations
- Izumi school, one of the schools of KyōgenKyogenis a form of traditional Japanese comic theater. It developed alongside Noh, was performed along with Noh as an intermission of sorts between Noh acts, on the same Noh stage, and retains close links to Noh in the modern day; therefore, it is sometimes designated Noh-kyōgen...
- Izumi TodoIzumi TodoIzumi Todo , who is credited with creating series like Ojamajo Doremi and Futari wa Pretty Cure, is a collective pseudonym for the staff at Toei Animation...
is a collective pseudonym used to refer to the staff of Toei AnimationToei AnimationToei Animation Co., Ltd. is a Japanese animation studio owned by Toei Co., Ltd. The studio was founded in 1948 as Japan Animated Films . In 1956, Toei purchased the studio and it was reincorporated under its current name...
Surname
- Aki Izumi, Japanese idol
- Kyōka IzumiKyoka Izumiis the pen name of a Japanese author of novels, short stories, and kabuki plays who was active from the late Meiji to the early Shōwa periods. He is best known for a characteristic brand of Romanticism preferring tales of the supernatural heavily influenced by works of the earlier Edo period in...
(1873–1939), Japanese author - Shigechiyo IzumiShigechiyo Izumiwas a Japanese centenarian who was titled the oldest living person after the death of Niwa Kawamoto, also from Japan. His case was first verfied by Guinness World Records, who titled him the oldest person ever, but Guinness have in recent years backed from their previous statement; in the Guinness...
, previously verfied by Guinness to be the oldest man ever, but who's case is now considred unproven - Tokuji IzumiTokuji Izumiis a Japanese attorney . He was a career judge and a Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan. Following his retirement, Izumi participated in a public campaign against the re-election of two of his former colleagues, Justices Wakui and Nasu, in protest against the votes they had cast in an electoral...
(born 1939), Supreme Court of Japan member - Rei IzumiRei Izumiis a female Japanese manga artist. She is well-known for being the artist to the manga .hack//Legend of the Twilight, and Hibiki's Magic. She is also notable for being the character designer for the visual novel True Tears.-Works:Manga...
, female Japanese manga artist - Hiroshi IzumiHiroshi IzumiHiroshi Izumi is a Japanese judoka and mixed martial artist.He won the Men's -90kg category silver medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004 and the gold medal at the World judo championship games in Cairo, Egypt on 2005....
(born 1982), Japanese judoka and mixed martial artist - Masayuki Izumi (born 1980), Japanese actor
Given name
- Izumi (Shelly) of Pocket Monsters (PokémonPokémon (anime), abbreviated from , is a children's TV anime series, which has since been adapted for the North and South American, Australian and European television markets...
) - Izumi Curtis, a character in Fullmetal Alchemist
- Izumo Hoshino, a character in All About Lily Chou-ChouAll About Lily Chou-Chouis a 2001 Japanese film written and directed by Shunji Iwai. The film portrays the rough lives of high school children in Japan, and centres around the music of a fictional singer Lily Chou-Chou.-Plot:...
- Izumi Izosaki, a character in I"s
- Izumi Kanai, a character in Battle Royale
- Izumi Orimoto (Zoe Orimoto), a character in Digimon FrontierDigimon Frontieris the 4th Digimon TV series first broadcast in 2002. After prompted to do so by unusual phone messages, the five main characters go to a subway station and take a train to the Digital World. Once there, they meet two secondary characters, Bokomon and Neemon, who act as guides, and tell the...
- Izumi Sawatari, a character in He Is My MasterHe Is My Masteris a gag comedy manga which ran in Monthly Shōnen Gangan, later spun off into a television anime series in the harem genre with a lolicon aspect. The manga is authored by two individuals: Mattsu who does the story and his ex-wife Asu Tsubaki who does the artwork...
- Sano Izumi, a character in Hanazakari no Kimitachi e
- Himuro Izumi, a character in Princess NinePrincess NinePrincess Nine, or , is a 26-episode Japanese anime broadcast in Japan in 1998. The television series was produced by Phoenix Entertainment in Japan, released by ADV Films in North America, aired from April 8 to October 14, 1998 on NHK, ran for 26 episodes, and six volumes of the series were...
Surname
- Konata Izumi, protagonist in the Lucky Star series
- Koushiro "Izzy" IzumiIzzy IzumiIzzy Izumi, known in Japan as , is a character in the anime and manga series Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02.He is partnered with Tentomon. Izzy is a computer expert and spends a large fraction of his time trying to figure stuff out on his "PiBook" laptop. Izzy lives with his adopted...
Koushiro Izumi, a character in Digimon - Shion Izumi, a character in GantzGantzis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. Gantz tells the story of Kei Kurono and his friend Masaru Kato who die in a train accident and become part of a semi-posthumous "game" in which they and several other recently deceased people are forced to hunt down and kill aliens...
- Ako Izumi, a character in Negima
- Kaori Izumi, a character in Best Student Council
- Hina Izumi, a character in Kamen Rider OOOKamen Rider OOOis a 2010-2011 Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's Kamen Rider Series, being the twelfth series in the Heisei period run and the twenty-first overall. It began airing on September 5, 2010, the week following the conclusion of Kamen Rider W, joining Tensou Sentai Goseiger and then Kaizoku...
- Shingo Izumi, a character in Kamen Rider OOOKamen Rider OOOis a 2010-2011 Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's Kamen Rider Series, being the twelfth series in the Heisei period run and the twenty-first overall. It began airing on September 5, 2010, the week following the conclusion of Kamen Rider W, joining Tensou Sentai Goseiger and then Kaizoku...