Eri (name)

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Eri


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gender = Female
meaning = it can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
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origin = Japanese
related names = Eriko
Erika
Rie
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nihongo|Eri|えり, エリ is a common feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Eri can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*恵理, "blessing, reason"
*絵里, "picture, hometown"
*絵梨, "picture, pear"
*絵理, "picture, reason"
*江里, "inlet, hometown"
*恵里, "blessing, hometown"
*恵利, "blessing, profit"
*江利, "inlet, profit"
*恵梨, "blessing, pear"
*枝里, "branch, hometown"
*英梨, "excel, pear"The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Real people

;with the given name Eri
*Eri Nobuchika (エリ), a Japanese pop singer and songwriter
*Eri Kamei (絵里), a member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume
*Eri Fukatsu (絵里), a Japanese actress
*Eri Itō (恵里), a Japanese vocalist
*Eri Kawai (英里), a Japanese singer
*Eri Murakawa (絵梨), a　Japanese actress
*Eri Yamanoi (絵理), a Japanese former freestyle swimmer
*Eri Kitamura (英梨), a Japanese voice actress and singer
*Eri Shingyōji (恵里), a Japanese rock singer
*Eri Yamada (恵里), a Japanese softball player
*Eri Yamaguchi (衛里), a Japanese long-distance runner;with the surname Eri
*Chiemi Eri (江利), a Japanese singer and actress

Fictional characters

;with the given name Eri
*Eri Kasamoto (エリ), a playable character from the Metal Slug series
*Eri (絵理), a character in the anime and manga series "InuYasha"
*Eri Sawachika (愛理), a character in the anime and manga series "School Rumble"
*Eri Takigawa (エリ), a character in the Japanese television drama "Last Friends"