Tamaki (name)
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Tamaki is both a Japanese surname and a unisex Japanese given name, as well as a Māori name, Ryukyuan surname. In the Okinawan language, Tamaki is read as Tamagusuku, Tamagushiku or Tamashiro.[1] Notable people with the name include:
Japanese origin
- Ellen Tamaki (born 1992), American actor
- Hiroshi Tamaki (玉木 宏; born 1980), Japanese actor and singer
- Jillian Tamaki (born 1980), Canadian American illustrator and comic artist
- Kōji Tamaki (玉置 浩二; born 1958), Japanese singer-songwriter
- Mariko Tamaki (born 1975), Canadian artist and writer
- Nami Tamaki (玉置 成実; born 1988), Japanese singer
- Nozomu Tamaki (環 望; born 1966), Japanese manga artist
- Tomotaka Tamaki (玉木 朋孝; born 1975), Japanese former professional baseball player
- Yuichiro Tamaki (玉木 雄一郎; born 1969), Japanese politician
- Yukiko Tamaki (環有 希; born 1980), Japanese voice actor
- Yutaka Tamaki (玉置 隆; born 1986), Japanese professional baseball player
Ryukyuan origin
- Denny Tamaki (玉城 デニー; born 1959), Japanese politician, current Governor of Okinawa Prefecture
- Nina Tamaki (玉城 仁菜; born 1996), Japanese voice actor and singer
Māori origin
- Brian Tamaki (born 1958), New Zealand Christian fundamentalist religious leader
- Hannah Tamaki (born 1960), New Zealand Christian fundamentalist religious leader
- Kiwi Tāmaki (died c. 1741), Māori warrior and paramount chief
- Nireaha Tamaki (born 1835–37 - 1911) New Zealand Māori leader from the Rangitāne and Ngāti Kahungunu iwi
- Suzanne Tamaki New Zealand fibre-based artist
- Teresa Te Tamaki (born 1981) New Zealand former rugby union player
