| Tomie Kawakami | |
|---|---|
| Tomie character | |
 Tomie Kawakami as drawn by Junji Ito | |
| First appearance | Tomie (1987) |
| Last appearance | Tomie: Takeover (2018) |
| Created by | Junji Ito |
| Portrayed by | Miho Kanno Runa Nagai Mai Hosho Miki Sakai Nozomi Andô Rio Matsumoto Anri Ban Yu Abiru Emiko Matsuoka Miu Nakamura Adeline Rudolph[1] |
| Voiced by | Rie Suegara (Japanese) Monica Rial (English) |
| In-universe information | |
| Alias | Marina Tomie Iizuka Ayaka Nakamura Miho Kaneshiro Mai Oyama |
| Gender | Female |
| Nationality | Japanese |
Tomie Kawakami, (Japanese: 川上 富江, Hepburn: Kawakami Tomie) better known mononymously as Tomie, is a character from the Japanese horror manga and film series of the same name created by Junji Ito. Tomie made her first appearance in Ito's 1987 manga Tomie, which was published in Monthly Halloween, a shōjo magazine. She later appeared in two subsequent manga written by Ito, nine feature films, and a novel.
Tomie is a malevolent, regenerative entity with the unexplained ability to cause anyone, particularly men, to be instantly attracted to her. These actions inevitably lead to violence, usually resulting in the murder of Tomie herself (allowing her to replicate herself), or others. Rather than being one singular person or entity, it would be better to describe Tomie as a type of creature, seeing as each copy of Tomie is its own independent individual.
- ^ Squires, John (July 24, 2019). "Alexandre Aja Directing Adaptation of Junji Ito's 'Tomie' for Quibi!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved July 24, 2019.