Kaori can also be written with the kanji 花 (ka) meaning "flower" (with the Kan-On Reading) combined with 織 (ri) meaning "to weave, to knit" (with the Kun and Nanori Reading).
Kaori (花織) Sakamoto (坂本), born in 2000, is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2022 Olympic bronze medalist, a two-time World champion (2022, 2023), the 2018 Four Continents champion, a two-time NHK Trophy champion, the 2022 Skate America champion, and a three-time Japanese national champion. In addition to her individual bronze, she is also a bronze medalist in the 2022 Olympic team event. Sakamoto represented Japan at the 2018 Winter Olympics, finishing sixth. At the junior level, she is the 2017 World Junior bronze medalist and the 2016-17 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist.
Kaori Oinuma (老沼 カオリ, Oinuma Kaori) is a Filipino-Japanese actress and model known for being a finalist in Philippine reality television series, Pinoy Big Brother: Otso. She is also a part of the first batch of stars under Rise Artists Studio, a talent management arm of ABS-CBN Films.
Kaori Asoh is a Japanese voice actress and theatre actress. She is also a singer and a composer, and performed songs for the Wild Arms video game series. She is managed by Amuse, Inc. She voiced the title character Ririka Moriya/Nurse Angel in Nurse Angel Ririka SOS. And sang two of the ending themes.
Kaori (佳織) Minami is a fictional character in the novel 'Battle Royale'. She is the girl #20.Her name is written 佳織 and comes from 佳 (ka) meaning "beautiful, good, excellent" combined with 織 (ori) meaning "to weave, to fabric".Kaori can be written かおり in hiragana.
Kaori was a popular Japanese name for girls.It entered the top 10 in 1973. It peaked at #3 in 1982 and left the top 10 after 1988.香織 (ka + weaving) is the most popular spelling.
This name (when used in the USA) is not always bestowed on Japanese-Americans. I know because I happen to have met a non-Japanese girl of around six years old. This name is also used in the excellent young adult book, 'Hello, Universe', where it does belong to a Japanese girl.
― Anonymous User 12/4/2017
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Kaori was given to 38 baby girls and 5 baby boys born in the USA (2016).
Kaori Chiba is a female field hockey player from Japan. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics (2004 and 2008).Chiba became top scorer at the 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier in Rome, Italy, alongside Tomomi Komori (Japan), Rhona Simpson (Scotland) and Maryna Vynohradova (Ukraine), scoring six goals.
Kaori Icho is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She is a ten-time World Champion and four-time Olympic Champion, winning gold in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Icho was undefeated between 2003 and 2016. Chiharu Icho is Kaori's elder sister. On 29 January 2016 at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016 she lost to Orkhon Purevdorzh of Mongolia. This was her first loss after a long domination.She is the first female in any sport to win individual-event gold at four consecutive Olympics. On October 20th, 2016, she was awarded the People's Honour Award by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for her achievements, the second wrestler to receive the highest award, after Saori Yoshida in 2012.
Kaori Asada, known by her stage name Bonnie Pink, is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician. She speaks English, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. She writes and composes all her songs, and plays guitar and piano. Asada has said that the name Bonnie Pink is random and has no special meaning; she chose it because it was easy to remember and because she thought the words were cute together.
Kaori (O-cup) is a Japanese AV idol. She originally appeared for the Bon Bon Cherry label under the name Ibuki (いぶき). In her Bon Bon Cherry videos, her face is digitally hidden, while in her MAGURO appearances, she wears a mask. Her bust measurement is 140cm and she wears a metric O cup bra.
Kaori Inoue is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Denso Airybees. On the 23 September 2008 Airybees announced her marriage. She serves as the captain of the team from 2009. She was part of the Japanese team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Kaori Shimizu is a Japanese actress and voice actress affiliated with Three Tree productions, and formerly with Max Mix. Some of her major roles include the title characters in Serial Experiments Lain, Boogiepop Phantom, and A. LI. CE. She voices Shizuka Doi in Stratos 4, Noriko Nijō in Maria-sama ga Miteru, Akira Takano in School Rumble and Signum in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha.
This is my name. (I'm a Japanese female) Using Kanji "香", so it means fragrant. My father was a garden lover, so he chose this name for his first child, me.Kinda old-school female name in Japan, good to know babies in the U.S. are having the same name. (are they Japanese-American or not?)Also, people who's name is Kaori tend to called "Kaorin"as nickname. Me included.