Narumi (鳴海) is a Japanese word for "the roaring of the sea". Narumi (なるみ, ナルミ) is also a feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname.

Possible writings[edit]

Narumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 鳴海, "the roaring of the sea"

as a given name

• 成美, "achieve, beauty"
• 成実, "achieve, truth"

as a surname

• 成実, "achieve, truth"
• 成海, "achieve, sea"
• 鳴海, "the roaring of the sea"

The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name[edit]

Given name[edit]

• Narumi Kakinouchi (成美, born 1962), Japanese manga artist, animator, director, and character designer
• Narumi Kurosaki (黒崎 愛海, 1995–2016), Japanese woman murdered in France
• Narumi Kurosu (黒須 成美, born 1991), Japanese modern pentathlete
• Narumi Miura (三浦 成美, born 1997), Japanese women's footballer
• Narumi Takahashi (成美, born 1992), Japanese pair skater
• Narumi Takahira (成美, born 1989), Japanese voice actress
• Narumi Tsunoda (なるみ, born 1962), Japanese voice actress
• Narumi Yasuda (成美, born 1966), Japanese actress
• Narumi Hidaka (奈留美, born 1968), Japanese voice actress
• Narumi Okawa (大川 成美, born 1990), Japanese AV idol

Surname[edit]

• August S. Narumi, Bronze Wolf recipient
• Kyoko Narumi (鳴海 杏子, born 1986 ), Japanese voice actress
• Riko Narumi (成海, born 1992), Japanese actress and model
• Takeshi Narumi (鳴海), a Japanese novelist and scriptwriter

Fictional characters[edit]

Given name[edit]

• Narumi (鳴海), a character from the manga and anime series Alice Academy
• Narumi Yatadera, a character from the Touhou Project

Surname[edit]

• Ayumu Narumi (鳴海), the main character in the manga and anime series Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning
• Kiyotaka Narumi (鳴海), the brother of Ayumu Narumi from the manga and anime series Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning
• Kiyotaka Narumi (成実), a character in the anime series Lucky Star
• Shogo Narumi (鳴海), a character in the manga series Beauty Pop
• Shizuto Narumi (成海), a minor character in the manga and anime series Yakitate!! Japan
• Yui Narumi (成実), a character in the anime series Lucky Star
• Shōhei Narumi (鳴海), a character in the video games Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army and Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon
• Akiko Narumi (鳴海), the lead female character of Kamen Rider W
  • Soukichi Narumi (鳴海), Akiko's father and former boss of one of the lead characters in Kamen Rider W
• Daisuke Narumi, a character in the Kuroko no Basuke

See also[edit]

• Narumi-juku (鳴海宿), the fortieth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō
• Narumi Station (鳴海駅), a train station located in Nagoya