Kotomi

Kotomi

Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Kotomi (written: 琴美, 寿弥, こと美 or ことみ in hiragana) is a feminine Japanese given name. Its meaning comes from the koto 琴, which is a Japanese stringed instrument, and -mi 美, a name suffix meaning "beauty" or "beautiful", but depending on the kanji used it can have many different meanings. Notable people with the name include:

• Kotomi Aoki (青木 琴美, born 1980), Japanese manga artist
• Kotomi Ishizaki (石崎 琴美, born 1979), Japanese curler
• Kotomi Kyono (京野 ことみ, born 1978), Japanese actress
• Kotomi Takahata (tennis) (高畑 寿弥, born 1989), Japanese tennis player
• Kotomi Takahata (actress) (高畑 こと美, born 1986), Japanese actress
• Kotomi Tosaki (戸崎 琴美, born 1989), Japanese volleyball player
• Kotomi Yamane (山根 ことみ, born 1974), Japanese women's shogi player
• Kotomi (born 1996), Japanese kickboxer

Fictional characters

• Kotomi Ichinose (一ノ瀬 ことみ), a character in the visual novel Clannad
• Kotomi Irie (入江 琴美), a character in the manga series Itazura na Kiss
• Kotomi Takanashi (梨 ことみ), a character in the manga series DNA²
• Kotomi Tsuda (津田 コトミ), a character in the manga series Seitokai Yakuindomo