Hajime (はじめ) is the Japanese word meaning "beginning" (初め, 始め). In the 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.

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"
• 朔, "first day of month"
• 甫, "beginning" or "great"

The name can also be written in hiragana as はじめ and katakana as ハジメ.

• Hajime Aikawa (始), a character from the Japanese live-action television series Kamen Rider Blade
• 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)
• Hajime Hinata (日向 創), the protagonist of the visual novel Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
• Hajime Ichinose (はじめ), the protagonist of Gatchaman Crowds
• Hajime Iwaizumi (岩泉 一), a character from the anime series Haikyuu!! with the position of vice captain and wing spiker from Aoba Johsai High
• 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
• Hajime Nagumo (南雲 ハジメ), the protagonist in the anime and manga series Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest
• Hajime Owari (尾張 ハジメ), a character from the anime series Dagashi Kashi
• Hajime Shino (紫之 創), 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
• Mutsuki Hajime (睦月 始), a character from the anime series Tsukiuta. The Animation
• Saitō Hajime (斎藤 一), a character from the anime/manga series Rurouni Kenshin
• Hajime Kashimo (鹿紫雲一), a character from the manga series Jujutsu Kaisen

• Hajime Yatate (肇), a pseudonym for the collective contributions of the Sunrise animation staff
• Hajime (malware)

• Hajime no Ippo, the Japanese title of the manga series Fighting Spirit

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