# Kei (given name)

Kei (けい, ケイ) 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):
* 圭 (圭), "square jewel"
* 恵 (恵), "blessing"
* 慧 (慧), "wise"
* 慶 (慶), "jubilation"
* 敬 (敬), "respect"
* 佳 (佳), "excellent"
* 桂 (桂), "Japanese Judas-tree"
* 啓 (啓), "disclose"
* 硅 (硅), "silicon"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

## People with the name

* Kei (ケイ, born 1957), Japanese singer
* Kei Akagi (赤城 恵, born 1953), Japanese-American jazz pianist
* Kei Aoyama (青山 景, 1979–2011), Japanese manga artist
* Kei Aran (安蘭 けい, born 1970), Japanese actress
* Kei Chinen (知念 慶, born 1995), Japanese footballer
* Kei Cozzolino (born 1987), Japanese-born Italian racing driver
* Kei Enue (えぬえ けい), Japanese manga artist
* Kei Fujiwara (不二稿 京, born 1957), Japanese actress, cinematographer, editor, writer and film director
* Kei Hirose (廣瀬 慧, born 1995), Japanese footballer
* Kei Homma (本間 圭, born 1985), Japanese football manager and coach
* Kei Honda (本田 奎, born 1997), Japanese shogi player
* Kei Horie (堀江 慶, born 1978), Japanese actor and film director
* Kei Hosogai (細貝 圭, born 1984), Japanese actor and musician
* Kei Hosoya (細谷 圭, born 1988), Japanese baseball player
* Kei Igarashi (五十嵐 圭, born 1980), Japanese basketball player
* Kei Igawa (井川 慶, born 1979), Japanese baseball player
* Kei Ikeda (池田 圭, born 1986), Japanese footballer
* Kei Inoo (伊野尾 慧), Japanese singer and actor
* Kei Ishikawa (石川 慧, born 1993), Japanese footballer
* Kei Ito (伊東 慧, born 1991), Japanese photographer and installation artist
* Kei Jonishi (上西 恵, born 1995), Japanese idol and singer
* Key Kobayashi (小林 啓), better known as Kobametal, Japanese music producer
* Kei Koizumi (小泉 慶, born 1995), Japanese footballer
* Kei Kumai (熊井 啓, 1930–2007), Japanese film director
* Kei Kusunoki (楠 桂, born 1966), Japanese manga artist
* Kei Marumo (丸茂 圭衣, born 1992), Japanese synchronized swimmer
* Kei Mikuriya (御厨 景, born 1977), Japanese footballer
* Kei Mizutani (水谷 ケイ, born 1974), Japanese adult film actress
* Kei Morikawa (森川 圭), Japanese film director
* Kei Munechika (宗近 慧, born 1992), Japanese footballer
* Kei Nakano (中野 圭, born 1988), Japanese footballer
* Kei Nakazawa (中沢 けい, born 1959), Japanese writer and academic
* Kei Nishikori (錦織 圭, born 1989), Japanese tennis player
* Kei Nomoto (野本 圭, born 1984), Japanese baseball player
* Kei Ogura (小椋 佳, born 1944), Japanese singer-songwriter and composer
* Kei Omoto (尾本 敬, born 1984), Japanese footballer
* Kei Orihara (折原 恵, born 1948), Japanese photographer
* Oura Kei (大浦 慶, 1828–1884), Japanese businesswoman
* Kei Pilz (died 2001), Japanese chef
* Kei Saito (齋藤 慧, born 1996), Japanese speed skater
* Kei Sanbe (三部 敬), Japanese manga artist
* Kei Satō (佐藤 慶, 1928–2010), Japanese actor
* Kei Shimizu (清水 圭, born 1961), Japanese comedian
* Kei Shindō (真堂 圭, born 1984), Japanese voice actress
* Kei Sugimoto (杉本 圭, born 1982), Japanese footballer
* Kei Suma (すま けい, 1935–2013), Japanese actor
* Kei Taguchi (田口 計, born 1933), Japanese actor
* Kei Takahashi (高橋 敬, born 1979), Japanese luger
* Kei Takase (高瀬 慧, born 1988), Japanese sprinter
* Kei Takei (武井 慧, born 1946), Japanese dancer
* Kei Takeoka (竹岡 圭, born 1969), Japanese television personality and motoring journalist
* Kei Tanaka (田中 圭, born 1984), Japanese actor
* Kei Tani (谷 啓, 1932–2010), Japanese comedian, actor and musician
* Kei Taniguchi (谷口 圭, born 1974), Japanese footballer
* Kei Tomiyama (富山 敬, 1938–1995), Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator
* Kei Tomozawa (born 1999), American soccer player
* Kei Toume (冬目 景, born 1970), Japanese manga artist
* Kei Uemura (植村 慶, born 1981), Japanese footballer
* Kei Yamaguchi (山口 慶, born 1983), Japanese footballer
* Kei Yamamoto (山本 圭, born 1940), Japanese actor
* Kei Yasuda (保田 圭, born 1980), Japanese singer, musician and actress
* Kei Yoshimizu (吉水 慶, born 1940), 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

* Kei (Akira) (ケイ), protagonist of the manga series Akira
* Kei (Dirty Pair) (ケイ), a character in the manga series Dirty Pair
* Kei (ケイ), a character in the anime series Girls und Panzer
* Kei (Prétear) (蛍), 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
* Kei Asai (浅井 ケイ), the protagonist of the light novel series Sagrada Reset
* Kei Ashida (芦田 圭), a character in the light novel series Yumemiru Danshi wa Genjitsushugisha
* Kei Ayamine (彩峰 慧), a character in the visual novel series Muv-Luv
* Kei Hazuki (葉月 珪), a character in the video game Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side
* Kei Karasuma, a character from Kamen Rider Blade
* Kei Karuizawa (軽井沢 恵), a character in the light novel series Classroom of the Elite
* Kei Kishimoto (岸本 恵), a character in the manga series Gantz
* Kei Kuramoto (倉本 圭), a character in the manga series Flying Witch
* Kei Kurono (玄野 計), a character in the manga series Gantz
* Kei Kusanagi (草薙 桂), the protagonist of the anime series Please Teacher!
* Kei Makino (牧野 慶), a character in the PS2 video game Forbidden Siren
* Kei Nagase (永瀬 ケイ), a character in the video game series Ace Combat
* Kei Niitoki (新刻 敬), a character in the light novel Boogiepop and Others
* Kei Okano (岡野 佳), a character in the manga series Yuyushiki
* Kei Shindo (新藤 景), a character in the visual novel Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two
* Kei Shirogane (白銀 圭), a character in the manga series Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
* Kei Takishima (滝島 彗), a character in the manga series S · A: Special A
* Kei Tsukikage (月影 ケイ), a character in the anime series Soar High! Isami
* Kei Tsukishima (月島 蛍), a character in the manga series Haikyu!! with the position of middle blocker from Karasuno High
* Kei Yoshikawa (吉川 恵), the protagonist of the manga series The Day of Revolution
* Kei Yuki (有紀 蛍), a character in the manga series Space Pirate Captain Harlock