Tamaki (name)

Tamaki is both a Japanese surname and a unisex Japanese given name, as well as a Māori name. In the Okinawan language, Tamaki is read as Tamagusuku, Tamagushiku or Tamashiro. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Koji Tamaki (玉置浩二) (born 1958), Japanese singer/songwriter
• Brian Tamaki (born 1958), leader of Destiny Church, based in New Zealand
• Denny Tamaki, Japanese politician, governor of Okinawa Prefecture
• Hiroshi Tamaki (born 1980), an actor, singer, and model from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
• Jillian Tamaki, Canadian illustrator and writer
• Mariko Tamaki, Canadian artist and writer
• Nami Tamaki (born 1988), pop singer from Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
• Yuichiro Tamaki, Japanese politician
• Yukiko Tamaki (born 1980), Japanese voice actress

Given name

• Tamaki Katori (香取 環, born 1938), Japanese actress
• Tamaki Matsumoto (松元 環季, born 1999), Japanese voice actress and actress
• Tamaki Tokuyama (徳山 璉, 1903–1942), Japanese singer
• Tamaki Kunishi, Japanese musician, member of post-rock group Mono

Fictional characters

• Tamaki (たまき), from the Dead or Alive video game series
• Tamaki Amajiki (天喰 環) from My Hero Academia
• Tamaki Honda (本田 珠輝), protagonist of the manga series Magic of Stella
• Tamaki Kousaka (向坂 環) in ToHeart2
• Tamaki Kotatsu (環 古達) from Fire Force
• Tamaki Kawazoe (川添 珠姫) in Bamboo Blade
• Tamaki Suoh (須王 環) in Ouran High School Host Club
• Iroha Tamaki (環 いろは) from Magia Record
• Mari Tamaki (玉木 マリ), a character in the anime series A Place Further than the Universe
• Shinichirō Tamaki (玉城 真一郎) from Code Geass