Kaoru

Kaoru is a Japanese given name for males or females. 2Name Meanings The name's meaning varies depending on its written form: 薫/郁/芳 — "fragrance", common for both males and females 馨/香 — "fragrance", more common for females かおる —　purely phonetic form in hiragana; no inherent meaning かをる — same as above, using を as an archaic substitute for お カオル — phonetic form in katakanaAs a distinctly unisex name, its usage in popular culture has risen in recent years to give the named character an air of androgyny. Such characters commonly have overt androgynous qualities as well. A similar name, in terms of both pronunciation and meaning, is Kaori. It is used exclusively for females. 2People Kaoru 薫 (m) (one of the guitarists of Dir En Grey) Kaoru Abe 阿部薫 (m) (free Jazz saxophonist) Kaoru Fujino かほる (voice actor) Kaoru Hasuike 薫 (m) (academic, writer, translator, and Japanese national once abducted by North Korea) Kaoru Ide, Japanese architect Kaoru Ikeya 薫 (m) (astronomer) Kaoru Inoue 馨 (m) (statesman) Kaoru Ishibashi (m) (musician, Kishi Bashi) Kaoru Ishikawa (m) (business theorist, developer of the Ishikawa diagram) Kaoru Kakizakai (柿堺 香, born 1959), Japanese musician Kaoru Kobayashi (m) (actor) Kaoru Maeda 薫 (f) (professional wrestler) Kaoru Mori 薫 (f) (manga author) Kaoru Shimamura (嶋村 カオル, 1969–2013), Japanese voice actress Kaoru Sugayama かおる (f) (volleyball player) Kaoru Takamura (髙村 薫, born 1953), Japanese novelist and essayist Kaoru Takayama (高山 薫, born 1988), Japanese footballer Kaoru Uno 薫 (m) (mixed martial artist) Kaoru Usui 薫 (m) (photographer) Kaoru Wada 薫 (m) (composer) Kaoru Yosano 馨 (m) (politician) 2Fictional characters Kaoru (f) - Rilakkuma and Kaoru Kaoru Toki 時 カオル (f) - Seitokai Yakuindomo Kaoru (m) - Uninhabited Planet Survive! Kaoru Akashi (f) - Zettai Karen Children Kaoru (f) - Daughter of Smoke and Bone Kaoru Amane 薫 (f) - Taiyou no Uta Kaoru Asahina (m) - Junjo Romantica Fujiwara no Kaoru a.k.a. Murasaki Shikibu (m) - Akane-sasu Sekai de Kimi to Utau Kaoru Genji 薫 (m) - Tale of Genji Kaoru Hanabishi (m) - Ai Yori Aoshi Kaoru Hitachiin 馨 (m) - Ouran High School Host Club Kaoru Hondobou (m) - Gyakuten Saiban 3 Kaoru Kaidoh 薫 (m) - Prince of Tennis Kaoru Kameyama (m) - Aibō Kaoru Kamiya 薫 (f) - Rurouni Kenshin Kaoru Kiryuu 薫 (f) - Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star Kaoru Kiryūin (m) - Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tataka