Nozomi (given name)

Nozomi (ノゾミ, のぞみ) is a feminine Japanese given name.

Different ways of writing

Although the name Nozomi is generally written with the Kanji for beauty 美, wish 望, hope 希, のぞみ in hiragana, or ノゾミ in katakana, it can have other different meanings depending on which kanji is used. Some possible variations of Nozomi include:

• 臨, "face, attend, command"
• 望美, "wishful beauty"
• 望海, "wishful ocean"
• 望実, "wishful truth"
• 満, "satisfy, full"
• 希実, "hopeful truth"
• 希美, "hopeful beauty"
• 望魅, "wishful fascination"

People

• Nozomi Chikamura (望実 近村), Japanese voice actress
• Nozomi Hiroyama (廣山 望), retired Japanese soccer player
• Nozomi Kawahara, Japanese professional golfer
• Nozomi Komuro (小室 希), Japanese skeleton racer
• Nozomi Masu (升 望), Japanese voice actress
• Nozomi Mayu (希美 まゆ), Japanese adult video actress, gravure idol, and singer
• Nozomi Momoi (桃井望, 1978-2002), a Japanese AV idol
• Nozomi Nakano, a Japanese fencer who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games
• Nozomi Nishimura, a Japanese-American Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University
• Nozomi Ōhashi (大橋 のぞみ), Japanese child actress and singer
• Nozomi Okuhara (のぞみ奥原), Japanese badminton player
• Nozomi Osako, Japanese soccer player
• Nozomi Sasaki (model) (佐々木 希), Japanese female model
• Nozomi Sasaki (voice actress) (ささき のぞみ), Japanese voice actress
• Nozomi Takeuchi (竹内のぞみ/竹内希実), Japanese gravure idol and female talent
• Nozomi Tsuji (杉浦 希美), Japanese pop singer
• Nozomi Watanabe (渡辺 心), Japanese ice dancer
• Nozomi Yamago (山郷のぞみ), Japanese soccer player
• Nozomi Yamamoto (山本 希望), Japanese voice actress

Fictional characters

• Nozomi Harasaki, character in the video game Shenmue
• Nozomi Kaibara, a character from the anime series Chance Pop Session
• Nozomi Kujō (九条 望実), a character in the manga series Bleach
• Nozomi Shirakawa (白河望), a character in the film Linda Linda Linda
• Nozomi Yumehara (夢原 のぞみ), a character from the anime metaseries Pretty Cure
• Nozomi Tojō (東條 希), a character from the anime series Love Live!

Other

• Nozomi (book), a photobook by Nozomi Sasaki
• Nozomi Entertainment, the anime license and distribution division of retailer The Right Stuf International
• Nozomi (probe), a space probe which orbited Mars, but was later discontinued due to electrical failures
• Nozomi (train), a high-speed train service running on the Tōkaidō/Sanyō Shinkansen lines in Japan
• Nozomi Witches, a manga series by Toshio Nobe