Kei (given name)

Kei Chika-ura

Kei Chika-ura

is a Japanese male's personal name; used increasingly as a female's personal name, as a shortening of Keiko.

Written forms

Kei can be written using different kanji characters and can mean (with Wiktionary links):

• Template:Category handler (圭), "square jewel"
• Template:Category handler (恵), "blessing"
• Template:Category handler (慧), "wise"
• Template:Category handler (慶), "jubilation"
• Template:Category handler (敬), "respect"
• Template:Category handler (佳), "excellent"
• Template:Category handler (桂), "Japanese Judas-tree"
• Template:Category handler (啓), "disclose"
• Template:Category handler (硅), "silicon"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

• , Japanese singer
• , Japanese-American jazz pianist
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese footballer
• Kei Cozzolino (born 1987), Japanese-born Italian racing driver
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese actress, cinematographer, editor, writer and film director
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese football manager and coach
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese actor and film director
• , Japanese actor and musician
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese basketball player
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese singer and actor
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese photographer and installation artist
• , Japanese idol and singer
• , better known as Kobametal, Japanese music producer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese film director
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese synchronized swimmer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese adult film actress
• , Japanese film director
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese writer and academic
• , Japanese tennis player
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese singer-songwriter and composer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese photographer
• , Japanese businesswoman
• Kei Pilz (died 2001), Japanese chef
• , Japanese speed skater
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese comedian
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese luger
• , Japanese sprinter
• , Japanese dancer
• , Japanese television personality and motoring journalist
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese comedian, actor and musician
• , Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator
• Kei Tomozawa (born 1999), American soccer player
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese singer, musician and actress
• , Japanese actor and voice actor

Other people

• Kei (singer) (birthname Kim Ji-yeon, born 1995), South Korean singer of the girl group Lovelyz
• Kei Kamara (born 1984), Sierra Leonean footballer
• Kei Miller (born 1978), Jamaican poet and writer

Fictional characters

• , protagonist of the manga series Akira
• , a character in the manga series Dirty Pair
• , a character in the anime series Girls und Panzer
• , a character in the manga series Prétear
• Kei, a character in the film Moon Child
• Cyberdoll Kei, a character in the anime series Hand Maid May
• , the protagonist of the light novel series Sagrada Reset
• , a character in the light novel series Yumemiru Danshi wa Genjitsushugisha
• , a character in the visual novel series Muv-Luv
• , the protagonist of the visual novel Akai Ito
• , a character in the video game Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side
• Kei Karasuma, a character from Kamen Rider Blade
• , a character in the light novel series Classroom of the Elite
• , a character in the manga series Gantz
• , a character in the manga series Flying Witch
• , a character in the manga series Gantz
• , the protagonist of the anime series Please Teacher!
• , a character in the PS2 video game Forbidden Siren
• , a character in the video game series Ace Combat
• , a character in the light novel Boogiepop and Others
• , a character in the manga series Yuyushiki
• , a character in the visual novel Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two
• , a character in the manga series Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
• , a character in the manga series S · A: Special A
• , a character in the anime series Soar High! Isami
• , a character in the manga series Haikyu!! with the position of middle blocker from Karasuno High
• , the protagonist of the manga series The Day of Revolution
• , a character in the manga series Space Pirate Captain Harlock