Rie

Rie (利恵, りえ, リエ) is a feminine Japanese given name. It is also a surname and a short given name for Maria or Hendrika. Notable people with the name include:

Possible writings in Japanese

Rie can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 理恵, "logic, blessing "
• 利恵, "value, blessing"
• 梨絵, "pear, picture"
• 理江, "logic, inlet"
• 理絵, "logic, picture"
• 里枝, "village, branch"
• 梨恵, "pear, blessing"
• 里依, "village, reliable"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the given name

• Rie, a Japanese fashion model
• Rie Arikawa (梨絵), a Japanese retired ice dancer
• Rie Briejèr (1910–1999), Dutch runner
• Rie Caluag, a Filipino architect
• Rie Eto (利恵), a Japanese music artist
• Rie Fu (リエ), a Japanese singer-songwriter
• Rie Furuse (里恵), a Japanese vocalist
• Rie Ishizuka (理恵), a Japanese voice actress
• Rie Isogai (利恵), a Japanese murder victim
• Rie Kitahara (北原里英), member of Japanese idol group sensation AKB48
• Rie Kanda (理江), a Japanese voice actress
• Rie Kugimiya (理恵) a Japanese voice actress
• Kaela Kimura (木村カエラ), (birth name: Rie Kaela Kimura (木村カエラりえ, Kimura Kaera Rie), Japanese rock and pop singer, songwriter, model, and presenter.
• Rie Mastenbroek (1919–2003), a Dutch swimmer
• Rie Miyazawa (りえ), a Japanese actress and singer
• Rie Nakagawa (里江), a Japanese actress and voice actress
• Rie Oh (理恵), the second daughter of world home run king, Sadaharu Oh
• Rie Rasmussen, a Danish fashion model, actress, film director, writer and photographer
• Rie Takada (りえ), a Japanese manga artist
• Rie Sato (理恵), a Japanese softball player
• Rie Tanaka (理恵), a Japanese singer and voice actress
• Rie Terazono (理恵 寺園), a Japanese field hockey goalkeeper
• Rie Tomosaka (りえ), a Japanese actress
• Rie Ueno, a Japanese long-distance runner
• Rie Usui (理恵), Japanese women's footballer
• Rie Yasumi (りえ), a Japanese Senryū poet

People with the surname

• An Van Rie, a Belgian racing cyclist
• Lucie Rie, an Austrian-born British studio potter

Fictional characters

with the given name Rie

• Rie Yamabishi (理恵), a character in the manga series Spriggan