Kaori (Japanese: かおり, カオリ [kaoɽi]) is a Japanese feminine given name.

It may refer to:

People[link]

Entertainment[link]

• Kaori (voice actress) (born 1976), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Kaori Asada (浅田香織^?, born 1973), a musician better known as Bonnie Pink
• Kaori Fukuhara, voice actress
• Kaori Iida (飯田圭織^?, born 1981), musician and former Morning Musume member
• Kaori Ishihara (born 1993), idol, actress, seiyuu and singer.
• Kaori Kusaba (草場香織^?, born 1980), actress
• 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 Moriwaka (森若香織^?, born 1963), musician and former member of The Go-Bang's and Ram Jam World
• 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 Sakagami (born 1974), Japanese singer
• Kaori Shima, singer known by the stage name Ua (singer)
• Kaori Shimizu (idol) (清水香織^?, born 1968), Japanese musician and voice actress
• Kaori Shimizu (voice actress) (清水香里^?, born 1983)
• Kaori Takahashi (高橋かおり^?, born 1975), Japanese actress
• Kaori Utatsuki, J-pop singer
• Kaori Yamagata (山像かおり^?, born 1963), voice actress
• Kaori Kawamura (1971–2009), Japanese singer
• Kaori Asoh (born 1967), Japanese actress and voice actress
• Kaori Kobayashi, Japanese jazz saxophonist and flautist
• Kaori Manabe (born 1981), Japanese television personality and model

Sports[link]

• Kaori Chiba (born 1981), field hockey player
• Kaori Chinen (知念かおり^?, born 1974), Go player
• Kaori Icho (伊調馨^?, born 1984), wrestler
• Kaori Mori (born 1979), badminton player
• Kaori Yamaguchi (born 1964), Japanese retired judoka
• Kaori Yoneyama (米山香織^?, born 1981), Japanese professional wrestler
• Kaori Matsumoto (born 1987), Japanese judoka

Others[link]

• Kaori Ekuni (江國香織^?, born 1964), author
• Kaori Hamura, artist and illustrator
• Kaori Maruya (born 1965), member of the New Komeito Party
• Kaori Muraji (村治佳織^?, born 1978), classical guitarist
• Kaori Yuki (由貴香織里^?), manga artist

Fictional characters[link]

• Kaori (Akira), Tetsuo Shima's girlfriend in Akira
• Kaori, a character in Azumanga Daioh
• Kaori Izumi (和泉香^?), character in Best Student Council
• Kaori Kinjo, a minor character in the Blood+ anime
• Kaori Nishidake, a character in the SSX video games
• Kaori Saito
• Kaori Yanase, a character in the Variable Geo video games

References[link]

1. ^ Kaori - Meaning and origin of the name Kaori^{[dead link]}

See also[link]

• Kaoru (disambiguation)
• Kaori Shimizu (disambiguation)
• Agathis, also known as Kauri, an evergreen genus

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Kaori Kobayashi (小林 香織, Kobayashi Kaori^?, born October 20, 1981), is a Japanese jazz saxophonist and flautist. She grew up in Tokyo.^[1]

Biography[link]

Kobayashi was born on October 20, 1981 in the Kanagawa Prefecture. Her father was a photographer and her mother, a piano teacher. Beginning at a very young age, Kobayashi learned to play the piano. When she was 13 years old she joined a brass band and started to play the flute. Four years later she stopped playing in the band, instead choosing to start a relationship with the saxophone. After that she turned to jazz.^[2]

After four years, having learned from Bob Zangu how to play the saxophone in a jazz setting, she entered the Senzoku College of Music. After graduating, she got a contract with the label Victor Entertainment and her first album, Solar, appeared.^[3]

Albums[link]

• Solar, Kaori's Collection (2005)
• Fine (2006)
• Glow (2007)
• Shiny (2008)
• The Golden Best (2009)
• Luv Sax (2009)^[4]
• Precious (2011)
• Seventh (2012)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website (Japanese)
• Interview on Kochipan (French)

Kaori Muraji (村治 佳織, Muraji Kaori^?, born 14 April 1978) is a Japanese classical guitarist. She is the first Japanese artist to have signed an exclusive international contract with Decca Music Group.

Discography[link]

• espressivo

  Kaori Muraji, guitar

  21 October 1993: Victor Entertainment

• GREEN SLEEVES

  Kaori Muraji, guitar

  21 January 1995: Victor Entertainment

• sinfonia

  Kaori Muraji, guitar

  24 July 1996: Victor Entertainment

• Pastorale

  Kaori Muraji, guitar

  21 November 1997: Victor Entertainment

• CAVATINA

  Kaori Muraji, guitar

  21 November 1998: Victor Entertainment

• Concierto de Aranjuez

  Kaori Muraji, guitar

  Kazufumi Yamashita, conductor

  New Japan Philharmonic

  23 March 2000: Victor Entertainment

• Resplandor De La Guitarra

  Kaori Muraji, guitar

  Orquesta de Cámara Joaquín Rodrigo

  24 April 2002: Victor Entertainment

• LA ESTELLA

  Kaori Muraji, guitar

  21 February 2004: Victor Entertainment

• Transformations

  Kaori Muraji, guitar

  Dominic Miller, guitar

  21 July 2004 (Japanese Release)

  March, 2005 (International Release): Decca Music Group

• Spain

  Kaori Muraji, guitar

  21 October 2005: Victor Entertainment

• lumières

  Kaori Muraji, guitar

  26 October 2005 (Japanese Release)

  February, 2006 (International Release): Decca Music Group

• Lyre & Sonnet

  Kaori Muraji, guitar

  The Sixteen, choir

  Harry Christophers, conductor

  25 October 2006 (Japanese Release)

  Spring, 2007 (International Release): Decca Music Group

• Amanda

  Kaori Muraji, guitar

  Michiru Oshima, conductor

  ORCHESTRE DES VIRTUOSES DE PARIS

  25 April 2007 (Japanese Release)

External links[link]

• Kaori Muraji Official Site :: Dulcinea :: (Japanese)
• Decca Music Group - Kaori Muraji (English)

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Douglas Lawrence Osowski (born January 1, 1969), better known as Mr. Lawrence and sometimes credited as Doug Lawrence, is an American voice actor, comedian, writer, storyboard artist, animator and director.

Career[link]

He is best known for his work on the animated TV series SpongeBob SquarePants, on which he has long-running-roles as Sheldon Plankton, Larry the Lobster, Elain and various other characters.

He is the voices of Edward T. Platypus, Nurse Leslie, Dave, and Ping-Pong on Camp Lazlo. Lawrence also performed the voice of Filburt in Rocko's Modern Life and is recently the voice of the Announcer and Manant in The Aquabats! Super Show!. Lawrence is a standup comedian, cartoonist, writer-director, animator and producer on the television series Johnny Talk. He worked on The Ren and Stimpy Show in its second season as a layout assistant. Apart from his voice work he is a writer on SpongeBob SquarePants and worked as a writer on Rocko's Modern Life and The Twisted Whiskers Show. As a comedian, Mr. Lawrence performed in New Jersey and Los Angeles, collaborating with comedian Jeremy Kramer and Boston comedy writer Martin Olson. Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, a storyboard writer for Rocko's Modern Life, described Lawrence as bearing a "unique sense of humor," and that one "would really have to know Doug to understand (or not understand)" his style. Marsh says that the rationale for Lawrence's humor techniques and decisions "remain a mystery to us forever." ^[1]

References[link]

1. ^ "Dan Abrams' interview with Jeff "Swampy" Marsh," The Rocko's Modern Life FAQ

External links[link]

• Mr. Lawrence at the Internet Movie Database

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Kaori Mochida (持田 香織, Mochida Kaori^?, born March 24, 1978 in Tokyo, Japan) is the female lead singer of Japanese pop group Every Little Thing.

Biography[link]

Kaori Mochida was a child actress, appearing in children's magazines and TV spots. Using the stage name of 持田かおり (with Kaori written in hiragana) she sang with a girl band called The Kuro Buta All-Stars (黒BUTAオールスターズ^?), a group similar to Morning Musume. They changed their name to Kuro Buta Tengoku (黒BUTA天国^?). The band released only one CD, titled "Mou Ichido", which did not make the charts.

After they made one cd, she left the band to focus on her studies. When she finished school, Mochida decided that she wanted to become a professional singer, and recorded a demo cassette which she sent to record labels. She was signed to the label Avex Trax.

Mitsuru Igarashi, music producer, heard Mochida's cassette and asked her to be part of a new band called Every Little Thing along with Ichiro Ito and Igarashi.

Several magazines have named her a fashion icon because of her unique style. She has also promoted several products for Breeze, Toyota, Icebox, Morinaga and Nivea.

Solo discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Moka (2009-08-12)
• Niu (2010-08-25)

Singles[link]

• "Ame no Waltz" (2009-01-28)
• "Shizuka na Yoru/Weather" (2009-07-29)
• "Green / アカシア (Acacia)" (2010-08-06)

Other works[link]

• Mochida provided vocals for the song "In Case of Me" on the 2002 charity album Song Nation. "In Case of Me" was written by Tetsuya Komuro and produced by Komuro and Max Matsuura.

• She also released a solo single in 2004 called "Itsu no manika shōjo wa" (いつのまにか少女は^?). Both songs on the single are actually cover of songs by Yōsui Inoue and the single was produced by Inoue.

• In 2006, Mochida along with Takeshi Kobayashi wrote the lyrics for the single "Period" (ピリオド^?) by Haruka Ayase.

External links[link]

• Official website
• Kaori Mochida at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Nippop Profile|Every Little Thing