Hajime

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Hajime


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caption= Hajime Tanabe, a philosopher
pronunciation= Ha-ji-mé
gender = Male
meaning = It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
region =
origin = Japanese
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footnotes = nihongo|Hajime|はじめ, ハジメ is the Japanese word meaning Nihongo|"beginning"|初め, 始め. In the Japanese traditional martial arts such as karate, judo, aikido and kendo, it is a verbal command to "begin". Hajime is also a common masculine Japanese given name which rarely used as a surname.

Possible writings

Hajime can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*始め, "beginning" or "start"
*初め, "beginning" or "first";as a given name
*一, "first"
*元, "beginning" or "origin"
*始, "beginning" or "start"
*肇, "beginning"
*基, "fundamental"
*創, "genesis"
*孟, "beginning" or "chief"
*朔, "first day of month"The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Real people

;with the given name Hajime
*Hajime Funada (元), a Japanese politician
*Hajime Hana (肇), a Japanese musician, actor and comedian
*Hajime Iijima (肇), a Japanese voice actor
*Hajime Ishii (一), a Japanese politician
*Hajime Hirasawa (創), a Japanese game music composer
*Hajime Hirota (一), a Japanese politician
*Hajime Hosogai (萌), a Japanese football player
*Hajime Hosokawa (一), the first doctor to discover the Minamata disease
*Hajime Kanzaka (一), a Japanese novelist and manga story writer
*Hajime Katoki (ハジメ), a Japanese mecha designer
*Hajime Kawakami (肇), a Japanese Marxist economist
*Hajime Kazumi (肇), a Japanese karateka
*Hajime Matsumoto (哉), a Japanese activist, and a recycle shop owner
*Hajime Meshiai (肇), a Japanese golfer
*Hajime Mizoguchi (肇), a Japanese cellist and composer
*Hajime Moriyasu (一), a Japanese football player
*Hajime Nakamura (元), a Japanese academic of Vedic, Hindu and Buddhist scriptures
*Hajime Okayasu (肇), a Japanese anime and film editor and director
*Hajime Satomi (治), the founder of Sammy Corporation
*Hajime Sawatari (朔), a Japanese photographer
*Hajime Sorayama (基), a Japanese illustrator
*Hajime Sugiyama (元), the minister of war in the Imperial Japanese Army
*Hajime Takano (孟), a Japanese journalist
*Hajime Tanabe (元), a Japanese philosopher
*Hajime Ueda (ハジメ), a Japanese manga artist
*Hajime Wakai (淑), a Japanese video game composer
*Hajime Watanabe (はじめ), a Japanese animator and character designer
*Hajime Yasunaga (一), a Japanese amateur Go player
*Hidenokuni Hajime (一), a Japanese sumo wrestler
*Saitō Hajime (一, 1844-1915), a samurai who served in the "Shinsengumi"
*Watanabe Hajime a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period;with the surname Hajime
*Chitose Hajime (元), a Japanese singer

Fictional characters

;with the given name Hajime
*Hajime Aikawa (始), a character in the Japanese tokusatsu series "Kamen Rider Blade"
*Hajime Aoyama (ハジメ), a character in the anime series "Ghost Stories"
*Hajime Saitō (一), a character in the anime and manga series "Rurouni Kenshin"

Other uses

*Hajime Yatate (肇), a pseudonym for the collective contributions of the Sunrise animation staff

ee also

*Hajime no Ippo, the Japanese title of the manga series "Fighting Spirit"