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is the Japanese word meaning . In Japanese traditional martial arts such as karate, judo, aikido, Kūdō and kendo, it is a verbal command to "begin". Hajime is also a common Japanese given name for males.

In the Amami Islands, Hajime (元) is a surname.

Written forms

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"

  • 甫, "beginning" or "great"

  • 発, “emission”

The name can also be written in hiragana as はじめ and katakana as ハジメ.

People

Given name

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  • , Japanese voice actor

  • , Japanese manga artist; creator of manga Attack on Titan

  • , Japanese Vice-Admiral

  • , Japanese politician

  • , Japanese footballer and manager

  • , Japanese rower

  • , Japanese table tennis player

  • , Japanese novelist and manga story writer

  • , Japanese mecha (fictional walking robots) designer

  • , Japanese Marxist economist

  • , Japanese karateka

  • , Japanese activist, and a recycle shop owner

  • , Japanese golfer

  • , Japanese cellist and composer

  • , Japanese football player

  • , Japanese academic of Vedic, Hindu and Buddhist scriptures

  • , Japanese anime and film editor and director

  • , samurai who served in the Shinsengumi

  • , founder of Sammy Corporation

  • , Japanese photographer

  • , Japanese politician

  • , Japanese illustrator

  • , minister of war in the Imperial Japanese Army

  • , Japanese writer

  • , Japanese journalist

  • , Japanese politician

  • , Japanese philosopher

  • , Japanese professional fighting game player

  • , Japanese alpine skier

  • , Japanese manga artist

  • , Japanese animator and character designer

  • Watanabe Hajime (samurai), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period

  • , Japanese sport shooter

  • , Japanese amateur Go player

  • , Japanese politician

Surname

Characters

  • Hajime Aikawa (始), a character from the Japanese live-action television series Kamen Rider Blade

  • , a character from the anime series You and Idol Pretty Cure

  • Hajime Aoyagi (一), a character from the anime/manga series Yowamushi Pedal

  • Hajime Aoyama (ハジメ), a character from the anime series Ghost Stories

  • Hajime Fukuroda, a character from Japanese live-action television series Great Teacher Onizuka (2012)

  • , the protagonist of the visual novel Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

  • Hajime Ichinose (はじめ), the protagonist of Gatchaman Crowds

  • , a character from the anime series Haikyuu!! with the position of vice captain and wing spiker from Aoba Johsai High

  • Hajime Kashimo (鹿紫雲一), a character from the manga series Jujutsu Kaisen

  • Hajime Katsura (はじめ), a character from the anime/manga series Digimon Universe: App Monsters

  • Hajime Kindaichi (一), a character from the anime/manga series Kindaichi Case Files

  • Hajime Kunihiro (一), a female character from the anime/manga series Saki

  • Hajime Makunouchi, a character from the Danganronpa fangame, Super Danganronpa Another 2

  • , the protagonist in the anime and manga series Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest

  • , a character from the anime series Dagashi Kashi

  • , a character from the game franchise Ensemble Stars!

  • Hajime Tanaka (田中 一), a character in the Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan rhythm video game duology

  • Hajime Tenga (一), one of the main characters from the anime series Kiznaiver

  • Hajime Tsukishima (基), a character from the anime/manga series Golden Kamuy

  • Hajime Yagi (はじめ), a character from the anime/manga series The World of Narue

  • Hajime Yamaoka, a character from Ultraman Nexus who were killed and resurrected by Dark Zagi using the alias Mitsuhiko Ishibori

  • , a character from the anime series Tsukiuta. The Animation

  • , a character from the anime/manga series Rurouni Kenshin

Other uses

See also