Kurumi

Kurumi

Gender	Female
Language(s)	Japanese
Origin
Meaning	walnut
Other names
Alternative spelling	胡桃

Kurumi (胡桃) is the Japanese word for walnut. It is also given name in Japan, primarily for women (though occasionally for men, such as novelist Kurumi Inui). It may refer to:

People

Actors

• Kurumi Hashimoto (橋本来留美), female child actress
• Kurumi Mamiya (間宮くるみ), female voice actor
• Kurumi Morishita (森下くるみ), female adult video actress
• Kurumi Sawagi (沢樹くるみ), female actress, formerly in the Flower Troupe of the Takarazuka Revue
• Kurumi Takase (高瀬くるみ), female voice actor

Authors

• Kurumi Inui (乾くるみ), male mystery novelist
• Kurumi Mishima (三嶋くるみ), female manga artist
• Kurumi Morisaki (森崎くるみ), female manga artist and illustrator

Idols

• Kurumi Inoue (井上胡桃), female tarento
• Kurumi Kojima (小島くるみ), female tarento
• Kurumi Yamauchi (山内久留実), female idol and member of Bishōjo Club 31

Musicians

• Kurumi Enomoto (榎本くるみ), female musician, formerly with the stage name Kurumi (くるみ)
• Kurumi Kobato (小鳩くるみ), stage name of Natsue Washizu for her music career (such as the eponymous theme song for the anime Attack No. 1)
• Kurumi Hamasaki (浜崎くるみ), stage name of musician Ayumi Hamasaki during her early modelling days
• Kurumi Milk (みるくくるみ), former stage name of anime singer Riryka

Sports

• Kurumi Nara (奈良くるみ), female tennis player

Characters

• Kurumi (胡桃), a character in the manga Needless
• Kurumi (くるみ), the titular character of the manga Steel Angel Kurumi
• Kurumi Akino (秋野来実), the protagonist of the shōjo manga Haou Airen
• Kurumi Imari (伊万里胡桃), a character in the eroge video game Bible Black
• Kurumi Kasuga (春日くるみ), a character in the anime Kimagure Orange Road
• Kurumi Matsumoto (松本くるみ), a character in the anime Seraphim Call
• Kurumi Mimino (美々野くるみ), a character in the anime Yes! PreCure 5
• Kurumi Mimori (美森くるみ), a character in the science-fiction manga Wingman
• Kurumi Morimoto (森本くるみ), the titular character in the Ryō Takase shōjo manga Kurumi to Shichinin no Koibitotachi (くるみと七人のこびとたち, Kurumi and the Seven Lovers)
• Kurumi Momose (桃瀬くるみ), a character in the manga Pani Poni
• Kurumi Sahana (早華胡桃), a character in the anime Sundome
• Kurumi Sakurajōsui (桜上水くるみ), a character in the dating sim game Ijiwaru My Master
• Kurumi Usagi (加藤くるみ), the protagonist of the 1995 dorama White Love Story
• Erika Kurumi, a character in the anime ''HeartCatch PreCure!''
• Ume Kurumizawa (胡桃沢梅), a character in the shōjo manga Kimi ni Todoke with the nickname Kurumi
• Tokisaki Kurumi (時崎 狂三), an antagonist in the anime Date A Live with her angel, Zaphkiel

Other uses

• Kurumi (くるみ), a song by Mr. Children and one of the A-sides of their 2003 single, Tenohira/Kurumi, and the theme song for the Takashi Komatsu film Kōfuku na Shokutaku (幸福な食卓).
• Kurumi.com, an informational site on state highways in Connecticut and abroad.