Kaori (香織 "scent/aroma, fabric/weave" and occasionally rendered "perfume", かおり [kaoɾi]) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Kaori (voice actress) (born 1976), Japanese voice actress and singer
- Kaori Asada (浅田香織, born 1973), musician known as Bonnie Pink
- Kaori Asoh (born 1967), Japanese actress and voice actress
- Kaori Chiba (born 1981), field hockey player
- Kaori Chinen (知念かおり, born 1974), Go player
- Kaori Ekuni (江國香織, born 1964), author
- Kaori Fukuhara (福原香織, born 1986), Japanese voice actress
- Kaori Hamura, artist and illustrator
- Kaori Housako (宝迫香織, born 1988), Japanese professional wrestler
- Kaori Icho (伊調馨, born 1984), Japanese sport wrestler
- Kaori Iida (飯田圭織, born 1981), musician and former Morning Musume member
- Kaori Inoue (井上 香織, born 1982), Japanese volleyball player
- Kaori Ito (伊藤 郁女, born 1979), Japanese dancer and choreographer
- Kaori Ishihara (born 1993), idol, actress, voice actress and singer
- Kaori Iwabuchi (岩渕 香里, born 1993), Japanese ski jumper
- Kaori Iwasaki (岩崎 香, born 1969), Japanese swimmer
- Kaori Kato (born 1977), Japanese women cricketer
- Kaori Kawamura (1971–2009), Japanese singer
- Kaori Kobayashi, Japanese jazz saxophonist and flautist
- Kaori Maeda (前田 佳織里, born 1996), Japanese voice actress
- Kaori Ofuji (born 2003) study Deakin Uni, Mel. International Trade Tokyo. Grandpa Honma Hiroya property tycoon in Tokyo.
- Kaori Manabe (born 1981), Japanese television personality and model
- Kaori Maruya (born 1965), member of the New Komeito Party
- Kaori Matsumoto (松本 薫, born 1987), Japanese judoka
- Kaori Mizuhashi (水橋かおり, born 1974), voice actress
- Kaori Mizumori (born 1973), enka singer
- Kaori Mochida (持田香織, born 1978), singer and vocalist of Every Little Thing
- Kaori Momoi (桃井かおり, born 1952), actress
- Kaori Mori (born 1979), badminton player
- Kaori Morita (森田 香織, born 1995), Japanese long-distance runner
- Kaori Moriwaka (森若香織, born 1963), musician and former member of The Go-Bang's and Ram Jam World
- Kaori Muraji (村治佳織, born 1978), classical guitarist
- Kaori Nanao, a Japanese singer
- Kaori Natori (名取香り, born 1982), Japanese singer
- Kaori Nazuka (名塚佳織, born 1985), Japanese voice actress
- Kaori Oda, a singer
- Kaori Oguri (小栗香織, born 1970), actress
- Kaori Oinuma (老沼カオリ, born 2000), Japanese-Filipina actress
- Kaori Onozawa (小野澤 香理, born 1979), Japanese handball player
- Kaori Sakagami (born 1974), Japanese singer
- Kaori Sakamoto (坂本花織, born 2000), Japanese figure skater
- Kaori Shima, singer known by the stage name Ua
- Kaori Shimamura (嶋村 かおり, born 1971), Japanese nude model, gravure idol, television personality and actress
- Kaori Shimizu (清水香里, born 1983), Japanese voice actress
- Kaori Takahashi (synchronised swimmer) (高橋 馨, born 1974), Japanese synchronized swimmer
- Kaori Takahashi (actress) (高橋 かおり, born 1975), Japanese actress
- Kaori Uekawa (上川 香織, born 1974), Japanese shogi player
- Kaori Utatsuki, J-pop singer
- Kaori Yamaguchi (born 1964), Japanese retired judoka
- Kaori Yanase (簗瀬 かおり, born 1967), Japanese swimmer
- Kaori Yoneyama (米山香織, born 1981), Japanese professional wrestler
- Kaori Yuki (由貴香織里), manga artist
Fictional characters
- Kaori Kuromine, a.k.a. Kaolinite/Kaorinite, one of the main antagonists in the 3rd Arc/season of Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon Manga.
- Kaori (Akira), Tetsuo Shima's girlfriend in the film Akira
- Kaori Izumi, a character in the manga and anime Best Student Council
- Kaori Kinjo, a minor character in the Blood+ anime
- Kaori Makimura, Ryo Saeba's love interest in the manga and anime City Hunter
- Kaori Nishidake, a character in the video game franchise SSX
- Kaori Saito, a character in the manga Jiraishin
- Kaori Sakuragi, a character in the manga and anime Strawberry Panic!
- Kaori Yanase (Variable Geo), a character in the Variable Geo video games
- Kaori Suzumeda, a manager of Fukurodani in Haikyū!!
- Kaori, a character in the manga and anime series Azumanga Daioh
- Kaori Kanzaki, a character from the visual novel and franchise A Certain Magical Index
- Kaori Miyazono, a main character from the manga and anime series Your Lie in April
- Kaori Minami, a character in Battle Royale
- Kaori Tanaka, a supporting character in Shiki
- Kaori Rokumeikan, a character in Choujin Sentai Jetman
- Kaori Hasegawa, a character in Corpse Party
- Kaori Itami, a character in ACE Academy
- Kaori Itami, a character in ACE Academy
- Kaori, Rin Hojo's arranged fiance in the manga and anime series Initial D
- Kaori Shirasaki: character from Arifureta from commonplace to world's strongest
- Kaori Itadori, yuji Itadori’s mother in the manga Jujutsu Kaisen
See also
- Kaoru (disambiguation)
- Agathis, also known as Kauri, an evergreen genus
References
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