Kaori

Kaori

Pronunciation	[kaoɾi]
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Variant form(s)	Kaoru

This article is about the given name. For the Taiwanese company, see Kaori heat treatment company.

Kaori (香織 "scent/aroma, fabric/weave" and occasionally rendered "perfume", かおり [kaoɾi]) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Kaori (voice actress) (born 1976), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Kaori Asada (浅田香織, born 1973), musician known as Bonnie Pink
• Kaori Asoh (born 1967), Japanese actress and voice actress
• Kaori Chiba (born 1981), field hockey player
• Kaori Chinen (知念かおり, born 1974), Go player
• Kaori Ekuni (江國香織, born 1964), author
• Kaori Fukuhara (福原香織, born 1986), Japanese voice actress
• Kaori Hamura, artist and illustrator
• Kaori Housako (宝迫香織, born 1988), Japanese professional wrestler
• Kaori Icho (伊調馨, born 1984), Japanese sport wrestler
• Kaori Iida (飯田圭織, born 1981), musician and former Morning Musume member
• Kaori Inoue (井上 香織, born 1982), Japanese volleyball player
• Kaori Ito (伊藤 郁女, born 1979), Japanese dancer and choreographer
• Kaori Ishihara (born 1993), idol, actress, voice actress and singer
• Kaori Iwabuchi (岩渕 香里, born 1993), Japanese ski jumper
• Kaori Iwasaki (岩崎 香, born 1969), Japanese swimmer
• Kaori Kato (born 1977), Japanese women cricketer
• Kaori Kawamura (1971–2009), Japanese singer
• Kaori Kobayashi, Japanese jazz saxophonist and flautist
• Kaori Maeda (前田 佳織里, born 1996), Japanese voice actress
• Kaori Manabe (born 1981), Japanese television personality and model
• Kaori Maruya (born 1965), member of the New Komeito Party
• Kaori Matsumoto (松本 薫, born 1987), Japanese judoka
• Kaori Mizuhashi (水橋かおり, born 1974), voice actress
• Kaori Mizumori (born 1973), enka singer
• Kaori Mochida (持田香織, born 1978), singer and vocalist of Every Little Thing
• Kaori Momoi (桃井かおり, born 1952), actress
• Kaori Mori (born 1979), badminton player
• Kaori Morita (森田 香織, born 1995), Japanese long-distance runner
• Kaori Moriwaka (森若香織, born 1963), musician and former member of The Go-Bang's and Ram Jam World
• Kaori Muraji (村治佳織, born 1978), classical guitarist
• Kaori Nanao, a Japanese singer
• Kaori Natori (名取香り, born 1982), Japanese singer
• Kaori Nazuka (名塚佳織, born 1985), Japanese voice actress
• Kaori Oda, a singer
• Kaori Oguri (小栗香織, born 1970), actress
• Kaori Oinuma (老沼カオリ, born 2000), Japanese-Filipina actress
• Kaori Onozawa (小野澤 香理, born 1979), Japanese handball player
• Kaori Sakagami (born 1974), Japanese singer
• Kaori Sakamoto (坂本花織, born 2000), Japanese figure skater
• Kaori Shima, singer known by the stage name Ua
• Kaori Shimamura (嶋村 かおり, born 1971), Japanese nude model, gravure idol, television personality and actress
• Kaori Shimizu (清水香里, born 1983), Japanese voice actress
• Kaori Takahashi (synchronised swimmer) (高橋 馨, born 1974), Japanese synchronized swimmer
• Kaori Takahashi (actress) (高橋 かおり, born 1975), Japanese actress
• Kaori Uekawa (上川 香織, born 1974), Japanese shogi player
• Kaori Utatsuki, J-pop singer
• Kaori Yamaguchi (born 1964), Japanese retired judoka
• Kaori Yanase (簗瀬 かおり, born 1967), Japanese swimmer
• Kaori Yoneyama (米山香織, born 1981), Japanese professional wrestler
• Kaori Yuki (由貴香織里), manga artist

Fictional characters

• Kaori Kuromine, a.k.a. Kaolinite/Kaorinite, one of the main antagonists in the 3rd Arc/season of Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon Manga.
• Kaori (Akira), Tetsuo Shima's girlfriend in the film Akira
• Kaori Izumi, a character in the manga and anime Best Student Council
• Kaori Kinjo, a minor character in the Blood+ anime
• Kaori Makimura, Ryo Saeba's love interest in the manga and anime City Hunter
• Kaori Nishidake, a character in the video game franchise SSX
• Kaori Saito, a character in the manga Jiraishin
• Kaori Sakuragi, a character in the manga and anime Strawberry Panic!
• Kaori Yanase (Variable Geo), a character in the Variable Geo video games
• Kaori Suzumeda, a manager of Fukurodani in Haikyū!!
• Kaori, a character in the manga and anime series Azumanga Daioh
• Kaori Kanzaki, a character from the visual novel and franchise A Certain Magical Index
• Kaori Miyazono, a main character from the manga and anime series Your Lie in April
• Kaori Minami, a character in Battle Royale
• Kaori Tanaka, a supporting character in Shiki
• Kaori Rokumeikan, a character in Choujin Sentai Jetman
• Kaori Hasegawa, a character in Corpse Party
• Kaori Itami, a character in ACE Academy
• Kaori Itami, a character in ACE Academy
• Kaori, Rin Hojo's arranged fiance in the manga and anime series Initial D
• Kaori Shirasaki: character from Arifureta from commonplace to world's strongest
• Kaori Itadori, yuji Itadori’s mother in the manga Jujutsu Kaisen

See also

• Kaoru (disambiguation)
• Agathis, also known as Kauri, an evergreen genus