Sumire

Sumire
Viola mandshurica (Fuji Dawn)
Pronunciation	Su-mi-ré
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Japanese
Origin
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japanese
Other names
Related names	Akane Tsubaki Sakura

Sumire (菫, すみれ, スミレ) is a feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

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

• 菫, "violet"

as a name

• 紫花, "purple, flower"
• 純麗, "purity, lovely"
• 澄玲, "lucidity, sound of jewels"
• 澄麗, "lucidity, lovely"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• Sumire (純恋, 1987–2009), Japanese fashion model
• Sumire (すみれ, born 1990), Japanese fashion model and actress
• Sumire Haruno (寿美礼, born 1972), Japanese Takarasienne
• Sumire Satō (born 1993), Japanese idol
• María Sumire, Peruvian politician and member of Union for Peru party
• Sumire Matsuda (born 1999)
• Sumire Morohoshi (born 1999), Japanese voice actress
• Sumire Uesaka (born 1991), Japanese voice actress

Characters

• Sumire, the main heroine of the 1999 novel Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
• Sumire Hoshino (スミレ), a character in the manga and anime series Pāman
• Sumire Iwaya (澄麗), the main character of the manga and TV drama series Tramps Like Us
• Sumire Kanou (すみれ), a character in the manga and anime series Toradora!
• Sumire Kanzaki (すみれ), a character in the Japanese media franchise Sakura Wars
• Sumire Kasugano (すみれ), a character in the anime series Sally the Witch
• Sumire Ryuzaki (スミレ), a character in the manga and anime series The Prince of Tennis
• Sumire Shinohara, a character in the anime series Super Doll Licca-chan
• Sumire Shōda (スミレ), a character in the manga and anime series Gakuen Alice
• Sumire Takahana (スミレ), the main heroine of the manga series Venus Versus Virus
• Sumire, the main character from the manga Midnight Children by Shinjo Mayu
• Sumire Uemoto, a character from The World God Only Knows
• Sumire, the baby character of the manga Ore no Ko desu ka? by Kurita Riku
• Sumire Hikami, the character from Aikatsu! (season 3)
• Sumire Saitō (菫), a character in the manga series K-On!
• Sumire Kameyama, a character in the drama series "Massan", sister of Masaharu Kameyama

Other uses

• Sumire September love, a 1982 hit song by Japanese band Ippu-Do, covered by Shazna in 1997 and Megamasso in 2011
• Sumire, a 2003 song on the Japanese band Yuzu
• Sumire, a song on The Gazette's 2004 album Madara
• The project code name of the Sony Xperia Z5 smartphone

See also

• Sumire 16 sai!!, a Japanese manga and TV drama series