is the Japanese word meaning . In Japanese traditional martial arts such as karate, judo, aikido, Kūdō and kendo, it is a verbal command to "begin". Hajime is also a common Japanese given name for males.
In the Amami Islands, Hajime (元) is a surname.
Written forms Hajime can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: 始め, "beginning" or "start" 初め, "beginning" or "first" as a given name 一, "first" 元, "beginning" or "origin" 始, "beginning" or "start" 肇, "beginning" 基, "fundamental" 創, "genesis" 孟, "beginning" or "chief" 甫, "beginning" or "great" 発, “emission” The name can also be written in hiragana as はじめ and katakana as ハジメ.
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Surname Chitose Hajime (元; born 1979), Japanese singer
Characters Hajime Aikawa (始), a character from the Japanese live-action television series Kamen Rider Blade , a character from the anime series You and Idol Pretty Cure Hajime Aoyagi (一), a character from the anime/manga series Yowamushi Pedal Hajime Aoyama (ハジメ), a character from the anime series Ghost Stories Hajime Fukuroda, a character from Japanese live-action television series Great Teacher Onizuka (2012) , the protagonist of the visual novel Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Hajime Ichinose (はじめ), the protagonist of Gatchaman Crowds , a character from the anime series Haikyuu!! with the position of vice captain and wing spiker from Aoba Johsai High Hajime Kashimo (鹿紫雲一), a character from the manga series Jujutsu Kaisen Hajime Katsura (はじめ), a character from the anime/manga series Digimon Universe: App Monsters Hajime Kindaichi (一), a character from the anime/manga series Kindaichi Case Files Hajime Kunihiro (一), a female character from the anime/manga series Saki Hajime Makunouchi, a character from the Danganronpa fangame, Super Danganronpa Another 2 , the protagonist in the anime and manga series Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest , a character from the anime series Dagashi Kashi , a character from the game franchise Ensemble Stars! Hajime Tanaka (田中 一), a character in the Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan rhythm video game duology Hajime Tenga (一), one of the main characters from the anime series Kiznaiver Hajime Tsukishima (基), a character from the anime/manga series Golden Kamuy Hajime Yagi (はじめ), a character from the anime/manga series The World of Narue Hajime Yamaoka, a character from Ultraman Nexus who were killed and resurrected by Dark Zagi using the alias Mitsuhiko Ishibori , a character from the anime series Tsukiuta. The Animation , a character from the anime/manga series Rurouni Kenshin
Other uses Hajime Yatate (肇), a pseudonym for the collective contributions of the Sunrise animation staff Hajime (malware)
See also Hajime no Ippo, the Japanese title of the manga series Fighting Spirit 一 (disambiguation) 元 (disambiguation)