Fine Japanese Calligraphy

The Art of Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase

Michelle in Japanese

ミシェル

Michelle, when pronounced "mi-shel", is ミシェル (misheru) in katakana.

m as in mani as in sit, skish as in shipe as in bedl as in love
Shared by Michelle Trachtenberg and others

Well-known people with this spelling include actress Michelle Trachtenberg (ミシェル・トラクテンバーグ), actress Michelle Monaghan (ミシェル・モナハン), and lawyer and former First Lady of the United States President Barack Obama Michelle Obama (ミシェル・オバマ). This is also the spelling used by English footballer Michelle Agyemang (ミシェル・アジェマン).

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Full sample PDF of the Amy design: three variations, the line art, Amy, its pronunciation, romaji and Japanese

Name and Phrase

"Michelle Family is My Life," "Michelle Family Bonds are Forever." Each is composed in Japanese calligraphy by Master Takase.

These are high-resolution PDFs with the calligraphy, the line-art, the English, the Japanese, the Japanese reading. For a real example see Name and Phrase.

Michelle Family Is My Life
Michelle Family Is My Life mi-shel ミシェル Michelle in katakana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal
Michelle Family Is My Life
Michelle Family Is My Life mi-shel みしぇる Michelle in hiragana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal
Michelle Family Bonds Are Forever
Michelle Family Bonds Are Forever mi-shel ミシェル Michelle in katakana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal
Michelle Family Bonds Are Forever
Michelle Family Bonds Are Forever mi-shel みしぇる Michelle in hiragana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal

Michelle Japanese Tattoo Designs

Michelle in vertical katakana as a tattoo on a man's arm

Get your tattoo of Michelle in Japanese brushed by Master Eri Takase. You can order Michelle in katakana, which is how non-Japanese names are written in Japanese, or hiragana, which is considered more feminine. Michelle, when pronounced mi-shel, is ミシェル (misheru) in katakana and みしぇる in hiragana. Click the sample and see for yourself.

m as in mani as in sit, skish as in shipe as in bedl as in love
Michelle in Katakana (Vertical)
Michelle katakana, vertical
Michelle in Katakana (Horizontal)
Michelle katakana, horizontal
Michelle in Hiragana (Vertical)
Michelle hiragana, vertical
Michelle in Hiragana (Horizontal)
Michelle hiragana, horizontal
A customer's tattoo: Mayumi is my life, in Japanese calligraphy by Master Eri Takase

Each design is an original work by Master Takase, delivered as a high-resolution PDF with the calligraphy and line art: everything you need for a perfect tattoo or print. Every translation includes links to independent sources so with one click you can verify it for yourself.

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