Jun (given name)

Jun
Pronunciation	Joo-n
Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Other names
Related names	Junko Jun'ichi Junji

Jun (じゅん, ジュン) is a very common Japanese given name used by either sex.

Possible writings

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

• 純, "genuine/pure"
• 潤, "moisture"
• 淳, "pure/genuine"
• 順, "obey"
• 準, "conform to/consult with"
• 洵, "truth"
• 隼, "falcon"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• Jun (musician), a Japanese musician
• Jun Akiyama (準, born 1969), a Japanese professional wrestler
• Jun Aoyama (隼, born 1988), Japanese football player
• Jun Ashida (淳, born 1930), Japanese fashion designer
• Jun Azumi (淳, born 1962), Japanese politician
• Jun Etō (淳, 1933–1999), Japanese literary critic
• Jun Fan (振, 1940–1973), Martial artist, actor, philosopher
• Jun Fubuki (ジュン, born 1952), Japanese actress
• Jun Fukuda (純, 1923–2000), Japanese director
• Jun Fukuyama (潤, born 1978), Japanese voice actor
• Jun Hayashi (潤, born 1972), Japanese politician
• Jun Ichikawa (準, 1948–2008), Japanese film director and screenwriter
• Jun Ishikawa (author) (淳, 1899–1987), Japanese author, translator and literary critic
• Jun Izumida (純, born 1965), Japanese professional wrestler
• Jun Kaname (潤, born 1981), Japanese actor
• Jun Kaneko (born 1942), Japanese ceramic artist
• Jun Kasai (純, born 1974), Japanese professional wrestler
• Jun Kawada (順, 1882–1962), Japanese tanka poet and entrepreneur
• Jun Kondo (淳, born 1930), Japanese theoretical physicist
• Jun Konno (潤, born 1967), Japanese judoka
• Jun Kusanagi (純, born 1978), Japanese AV idol
• Jun Maki (準, 1948–2009), Japanese copywriter
• Jun Masuo (遵, born 1986), Japanese actor
• Jun Matsumoto (潤, born 1983), member of the J-Pop group Arashi
• Jun Miki (淳, 1919–1992), Japanese photographer
• Jun Miyake (純, born 1958), Japanese composer
• Jun Mizusawa (潤, born 1989), Japanese voice actress
• Jun Morinaga (純, born 1937), Japanese photographer
• Jun Murai (純, born 1955), Japanese computer scientist
• Jun Murakami (淳, born 1973), Japanese actor
• Jun Nagao (淳, born 1964), Japanese composer
• Jun Natsukawa (純, born 1980), Japanese gravure idol
• Jun Onose (潤), better known as J, Japanese musician
• Jun Osakada (淳, born 1974), Japanese sprinter
• Jun John Sakurai (純), a Japanese-American particle physicist and theorist
• Jun Seba (淳, 1974-2010), Japanese hip hop producer
• Jun Sena (じゅん, born 1974), Japanese musical actress of Takarazuka Revue
• Jun Senoue (純, born 1970), Japanese video game composer and musician
• Jun Shibata (淳, born 1976), Japanese pop singer-songwriter
• Jun Shibuki (淳, born 1968), Japanese musical actress and performer
• Jun Shikano (潤), a Japanese voice actress
• Jun Shiraoka (順, born 1944), Japanese photographer
• Jun Suemi (純, born 1959), Japanese illustrator
• Jun Tanaka (poet) (純, 1890–1966), Japanese poet
• Jun Tanaka (chef), British Japanese chef
• Jun Takami (順, 1907–1965), Japanese novelist and poet
• Jun Takeuchi (潤), Japanese video game director and producer
• Jun Togawa (純, born 1961), Japanese singer, musician and actress
• Jun Ushiroku (淳, 1884–1973), general in the Imperial Japanese Army
• Jun Yamaguchi (淳, born 1967), Japanese composer
• Jun Yamazaki (born 1956), Japanese diplomat
• Wakanami Jun (順, 1941–2007), Japanese sumo wrestler

Characters

• Jun Aoi (ジュン), a character in Martian Successor Nadesico series
• Jun Hono (ジュン), a character in the works of manga artist Go Nagai
• Jun Isashiki (純), a character in Ace of Diamond
• Jun Kazama (準), a character in the Tekken fighting games
• Jun Sakurada (ジュン), the protagonist of the anime series Rozen Maiden
• Jun Suzuki (鈴木 純), a character in the K-On! manga and anime series
• Jun Kurosu (淳), a character in Persona 2
• Jun Yabuki (ジュン) or Yellow Four II, a character in the Super Sentai series Choudenshi Bioman
• Jun Yamamoto (純), a character in Special A
• Jun Yamano (純), a character in the Yoroiden-Samurai Troopers series
• Jun (ジュン), a character in the anime Pokémon appearing in DP episode 101
• Jun Manjoume (準), a character in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
• Jun Kitami (淳), a character in Wangan Midnight
• Jun Sonoda, a character in Wangan Midnight
• Jun-A266, A Spartan soldier in Halo: Reach
• Jun Ushiro (宇白 順), a character in Bokurano: Ours
• Jun Naruse (成瀬 順), a character in The Anthem of the Heart

See also

• Iron Virgin Jun, a Japanese manga and OVA series created by Go Nagai
• Jun (disambiguation)
• Jeon (Korean name)