# Natsuki

Natsuki (なつき, ナツキ) is a common Japanese given name. While it is a unisex name, it is more commonly used by women. It can also be used as a surname.

## Written forms

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

### as a given name

* 夏稀, "summer, rare"
* 夏生, "summer, life"
* 夏紀, "summer, chronicle"
* 夏樹, "summer, wood"
* 夏姫, "summer, princess"
* 夏希, "summer, hope"
* 菜月, "greens, moon"
* 菜月, "Rapeseed flower, moon"
* 那月, "rich/beautiful, moon"
* 夏妃, "summer, queen"
* 夏季, "summer, seasons"
* 懐季, "reminiscence, yearn, seasons"
* 懐希, "reminiscence, yearn, hope"
* ナツキ, katakana for "Natsuki"
* なつき, hiragana for "Natsuki"

### as a surname

* 夏木, "summer, tree"
* 夏樹, "summer, wood"

## People
### Given name

* Natsuki Ikezawa (池澤 夏樹, born 1945), Japanese poet, novelist, essayist, and translator
* Natsuki Katō (加藤 夏希, born 1985), Japanese actress
* Natsuki Hanae (花江 夏樹, born 1991), Japanese voice actor and singer
* Natsuki Harada (原田 夏希, born 1984), a Japanese actress
* Natsuki Mizu (水 夏希, born 1972), a Japanese musical actress who was a member of the all-female musical troupe, Takarazuka Revue from 2006 to 2010
* Natsuki Nidaira (仁平 菜月, born 1998), Japanese badminton player
* Natsuki Oie (大家 夏稀, born 1998), Japanese badminton player
* Natsuki Okamoto (岡本 奈月, born 1989), a Japanese fashion model and actress
* Natsuki Sumeragi (皇 名月 or 皇 なつき, born 1967), Japanese illustrator and manga artist who is famous for incorporating both Korean and Chinese history into her works
* Natsuki Takaya (高屋 奈月, born 1973), Japanese manga artist best known for creating the manga series, Fruits Basket
* Natsuki Nishi (born 1972), Japanese Olympic sprint canoer
* Natsuki Sato (佐藤 夏希, born 1990), J-pop singer and former member of the all-female Japanese group AKB48
* Natsuki Ozawa (小沢 なつき, born 1972), Japanese singer, actress, and pornographic actress

### Surname

* Mari Natsuki (中島 淳子, born 1952), Japanese singer, dancer and actress
* Rio Natsuki (夏樹 リオ, born 1969), Japanese voice actress
* Yōko Natsuki (夏樹 陽子, born 1952), Japanese actress

## Fictional characters
### Given name

* Natsuki, a character from the manga Bad Company
* Natsuki, a character from the visual novel game Doki Doki Literature Club!
* Natsuki Kisumi, the title character of Natsuki Crisis, a Japanese manga and 2 episode OVA
* Natsuki Kuga (なつき), a character from the anime series My-HiME
* Natsuki Kruger (ナツキ), a character from the anime series My-Otome
* Natsuki Mamiya (菜月), a main character from the 2006 Japanese tokusatsu series, GoGo Sentai Boukenger
* Natsuki Nakagawa (中川 夏紀), a character from the anime Sound! Euphonium
* Natsuki Shinohara, a character from the animated movie Summer Wars
* Natsuki Shinomiya (那月), a character from the otome game series Uta no Prince-sama
* Natsuki Smith-Mizuki, a character from the manga Shonan Junai Gumi

### Surname

* Musashi Natsuki (夏木六三四), the title character of Musashi no Ken
* Rin Natsuki (夏木りん, a.k.a Cure Rouge), a character from the anime Yes! Pretty Cure 5
** Ai and Yu Natsuki, Rin's younger siblings
** Kazuyo Natsuki, Rin, Ai, and Yu's mother
* Subaru Natsuki, protagonist of the light novel series Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World