Mori

For other uses, see Mori (disambiguation).

Mori is a Japanese and Italian surname. It is also the name of two clans in Japan, and one in India. There is also a village called Mori in India (East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh).

Aramaic title of honor

• Mori, a word used extensively by Yemenite Jews designating a "rabbi," taken from the Judeo-Aramaic word, מר (mor), meaning "master" or "lord".

Italian persons named Mori

• Cesare Mori, Italian "Iron Prefect"
• Claudia Mori, Italian actress, singer, television producer
• Daniele Mori (born 1990) Italian footballer
• Fabrizio Mori, Italian hurdler
• Francesco Mori, Italian Painter
• Massimiliano Mori, Italian former professional road bicycle racer.
• Primo Mori, Italian professional road bicycle racer.
• Simone Mori, Italian former professional racing cyclist

People of Italian heritage named Mori

• Camilo Mori, Chilean painter
• Damian Mori, Italian-Australian football player
• Michael Mori, aka "Dan Mori", U.S. military lawyer
• Nicolas Mori, Anglo-Italian violinist
• Ramiro Funes Mori and Rogelio Funes Mori, twin brothers and Argentine footballers

Japanese persons named Mori

There are two names, Mori 森, [moɽi] and Mōri 毛利, [moːɽi].

• Akio Mori, physiologist and writer
• Akira Mori (b. 1936), son of Taikichiro Mori, CEO of Mori Trust
• Mori Arinori, Japanese statesman
• Mori Chack, graphics designer
• Hanae Mori, fashion designer
• Hiroshi Mori (astronomer), astronomer born 1958
• Hiroshi Mori (writer), writer and engineer.
• Ikue Mori, musician
• Junko Mori, metalwork sculptor
• Kaori Mori, badminton player
• Kaoru Mori, manga author
• Mori Koben, adventurer and businessman
• Mori Mari, novelist (Ōgai's daughter)
• Mariko Mori, artist
• Masahiro Mori, roboticist
• Minoru Mori (1934-2012), son of Taikichiro Mori, building tycoon and namesake for Roppongi Hills Mori Tower
• Mitsuko Mori, actress
• Mōri Motonari, daimyo of the Mōri clan
• Mucha Mori, basketball player
• Naoko Mori, actress
• Mori Ōgai, novelist and physician
• Mori Ranmaru, samurai during the Sengoku period
• Riyo Mori, Miss Universe 2007
• Shigefumi Mori, mathematician
• Shigeki Mori, mayor of Neagari
• Shinichi Mori, enka singer
• Shinji Mori, baseball player
• Mori Sosen, Japanese painter
• Taikichiro Mori (1904-1993), founder of Mori Building Company
• Takaji Mori, football player
• Takeshi Mori (commander) (1894–1945), commander of the Japanese Empire's First Imperial Guards Division, at the end of World War II
• Takeshi Mori (director) (b. 1963), anime director, storyboard artist, and script writer
• Takeshi Mori (announcer) (b. 1959), announcer on Yomiuri TV in Japan
• Tatsuya Mori, film director
• Toshia Mori, actress
• Yoshirō Mori, former Prime Minister of Japan
• Yoshiro Mori (mathematician)

People of Japanese heritage named Mori

• Bárbara Mori, Mexican actress (Japanese paternal grandfather)
• Larry Mori, American bridge player
• Manny Mori, former President of the Federated States of Micronesia (great grandson of Mori Koben)

Other people named Mori

• Móri, Icelandic rapper
• Dan Mori (born 1988 as Dean (Din) Mori), Israeli footballer

Fictional characters

• Ai Mori in The Law of Ueki
• Mori Green, a minor character in Grand Theft Auto IV
• Mori Kibbutz, the brother of Brucie in Grand Theft Auto IV
• Kogoro Mori, character in Detective Conan
• Mako Mori, character in the film Pacific Rim
• Ran Mori, character in Detective Conan
• Shin Mōri, character in Yoroiden Samurai Troopers
• Takashi "Mori" Morinozuka, character in Ouran High School Host Club
• Yorick Mori, character in the online multiplayer game League of Legends

See also

• Moori (disambiguation)
• Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand