Jun (given name)

is a Japanese given name used by either gender.

Written forms

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

• 純, "genuine/pure"
• 潤, "moisture"
• 淳, "pure/genuine"
• 順, "obey"
• 準, "conform to/consult with"
• 洵, "truth"
• 隼, "falcon"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

• Jun (musician), Japanese musician
• Jun Akiyama (準, born 1969), Japanese wrestler
• Jun Akiyama (秋山 淳, born 1973), Japanese video game developer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese actress
• Jun Aoyama (隼, born 1988), Japanese football player
• Jun Ashida (淳, 1930–2018), Japanese fashion designer
• Jun Azumi (淳, born 1962), Japanese politician
• Jun Banaag (born 1951), Filipino radio anchor
• , Japanese women's footballer
• Jun Etō (淳, 1933–1999), Japanese literary critic
• Jun Falkenstein (淳, 1969), Japanese-American animation director
• Jun Fan (Bruce Lee) (振, 1940–1973), martial artist, actor, philosopher
• Jun Fubuki (ジュン, born 1952), Japanese actress
• Jun Fukuda (純, 1923–2000), Japanese director
• Jun Fukushima (福島 潤, born 1976), Japanese voice actor and narrator
• Jun Fukuyama (福山 潤, born 1978), Japanese voice actor and singer
• , Japanese manga artist
• Jun Hayashi (潤, born 1972), Japanese politician
• Jun Ichikawa (準, 1948–2008), Japanese film director and screenwriter
• , Japanese television personality, singer, actor and comedian
• Jun Ishikawa (author) (淳, 1899–1987), Japanese author, translator and literary critic
• Jun Ishikawa (composer) (石川 淳, Ishikawa Jun, born 1964), a Japanese composer who was formerly employed at game company HAL Laboratory, best known for composing for the Kirby series
• Jun Itoda (潤, born 1972), Japanese comedian
• Jun Izumida (純, born 1965), Japanese wrestler
• Jun Kaname (潤, born 1981), Japanese actor
• Jun Kaneko (born 1942), Japanese ceramic artist
• Jun Kasai (純, born 1974), Japanese wrestler
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese tennis player
• Jun Kawada (順, 1882–1962), Japanese tanka poet and entrepreneur
• , Japanese footballer
• Jun Kondo (淳, born 1930), Japanese theoretical physicist
• Jun Konno (潤, born 1967), Japanese judoka
• Jun Konno (voice actor) (金野 潤, Konno Jun, born 1975)
• Jun Maki (準, 1948–2009), Japanese copywriter
• Jun Masuo (遵, born 1986), Japanese actor
• Jun Matsumoto (潤, born 1983), member of the J-pop group Arashi
• Jun Miki (淳, 1919–1992), Japanese photographer
• , Japanese entomologist
• Jun Miyake (純, born 1958), Japanese composer
• , Japanese footballer
• Jun Mizusawa (潤, born 1989), Japanese voice actress
• Jun Morinaga (純, born 1937), Japanese photographer
• Jun Mochizuki (淳), Japanese mangaka
• Jun Murai (純, born 1955), Japanese computer scientist
• Jun Murakami (淳, born 1973), Japanese actor
• Jun Nagai (純, born 1944), Japanese middle-distance runner
• Jun Nagao (淳, born 1964), Japanese composer
• Jun Nagura (潤, born 1968), Japanese comedian and actor
• Jun Natsukawa (純, born 1980), Japanese gravure idol
• , Japanese communist and hijacker
• , Japanese footballer
• Jun Onose (潤), better known as J, Japanese musician
• Jun Osakada (淳, born 1974), Japanese sprinter
• Jun John Sakurai (純), Japanese American particle physicist and theorist
• Jun Sawada (born 1955), Japanese businessman, CEO of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
• Jun Seba (淳, 1974-2010), Japanese hip hop producer
• Jun Sena (じゅん, born 1974), Japanese musical actress of Takarazuka Revue
• Jun Senoue (純, born 1970), Japanese video game composer and musician
• Jun Shibata (淳, born 1976), Japanese pop singer-songwriter
• Jun Shibuki (淳, born 1968), Japanese musical actress and performer
• Jun Shikano (潤), a Japanese voice actress
• Jun Shiraoka (順, born 1944), Japanese photographer
• Jun Suemi (純, born 1959), Japanese illustrator
• Jun Tanaka (poet) (純, 1890–1966), Japanese poet
• Jun Tanaka (chef), British Japanese chef
• Jun Takami (順, 1907–1965), Japanese novelist and poet
• Jun Takeuchi (潤), Japanese video game director and producer
• Jun Togawa (純, born 1961), Japanese singer, musician and actress
• Jun Ushiroku (淳, 1884–1973), general in the Imperial Japanese Army
• Jun Yamaguchi (淳, born 1967), Japanese composer
• , Japanese sprinter
• Jun Yamazaki (born 1956), Japanese diplomat
• Wakanami Jun (順, 1941–2007), Japanese sumo wrestler

Fictional characters

• Jun Aoi (ジュン), a character in Martian Successor Nadesico series
• Jun Himeya, a character in Ultraman Nexus
• Jun Hono (ジュン), a character in the works of manga artist Go Nagai
• Jun Isashiki (純), a character in Ace of Diamond
• Jun Kazama (準), a character in the Tekken fighting games
• Jun Fudo, the protagonist of Devil Lady
• Jun Sakurada (ジュン), the protagonist of the anime series Rozen Maiden
• Jun Sazanami (ジュン), a character from the Japanese franchise Ensemble Stars!
• Jun Shiomi (汐見 潤), a character from the Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma manga and anime series
• Jun Suzuki (鈴木 純), a character in the K-On! manga and anime series
• Jun Kurosu (淳), a character in Persona 2
• Jun Kazari (飾利 潤), a character in the Magia Record mobile game for the Puella Magi Madoka Magica anime franchise
• Jun Motomiya (ジュン), a character in Digimon Adventure 02
• Jun Yabuki (ジュン) or Yellow Four II, a character in the Super Sentai series Choudenshi Bioman
• Jun Yamamoto (純), a character in Special A
• Jun Yamano (純), a character in the Yoroiden-Samurai Troopers series
• Jun (ジュン), a character in the anime Pokémon appearing in DP episode 101
• Jun Manjoume (準), a character in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
• Jun-A266, A Spartan soldier in Halo: Reach
• Jun Ushiro (宇白 順), a character in Bokurano: Ours
• Jun Naruse (成瀬 順), a character in The Anthem of the Heart
• Tao Jun, a character in Shaman King
• Jun Sato, a character in Star Wars Rebels
• Jun Kiyama, a character in Denshi Sentai Denziman
• Jun Shirogane, a character in Princess Connect! Re:Dive

See also

• Iron Virgin Jun, a Japanese manga and OVA series created by Go Nagai
• Jun (disambiguation)
• Jeon (Korean name)