Natsume (夏目, 夏芽, 棗, なつめ or ナツメ) is a Japanese feminine given name and a surname, and may refer to:
People with the given name , a Japanese drummer and voice actress , a Japanese light novel author and manga writer , a Japanese model, singer, and presenter , a Japanese manga artist , a Japanese gravure idol
People with the surname , a Japanese columnist and cartoonist , a Japanese actor , a Japanese former adult video (AV) actress , a Japanese gravure idol , a Japanese director , a Japanese actress , a Japanese novelist of the early years of the 20th century , Japanese samurai , Japanese manga artist , Japanese footballer
Fictional characters Atsuko Natsume, the protagonist of the All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku Natsume Hyūga, a character in the anime/manga series Alice Academy Natsume Takashi, the title character in the manga and anime series Natsume's Book of Friends Maya Natsume, a character in the anime Tenjho Tenge Asako Natsume, a character in the manga My Little Monster (Tonari No Kaibutsu-kun) Mio Natsume, a character in the tokusatsu series Ressha Sentai ToQger Mio Natsume, a character in the anime series Just Because! Natsume, known as "Coco" in English, a character in Fighting Foodons Mai Natsume, a character from the BlazBlue series Natsume, a character in the anime Deca-Dence Natsume, a character in the anime Hidamari Sketch Sakasaki Natsume, a character in the idol rhythm game Ensemble Stars!
Companies Natsume Atari, formerly Natsume Co., Ltd., a Japanese video game developer and publisher founded in 1987 Natsume Inc., an American video game publisher founded in 1988 as a division of the Japanese company, but later becoming independent
Other uses /, Japanese name for the Jujube fruit (Ziziphus jujuba) , a type of chaki (tea caddy) used in Japanese tea ceremony , the former name of Sanjuro, the Lord of Bitchū Matsuyama Castle