Notable people with the name include:
Kaori (voice actress ) (born 1976), Japanese voice actress and singer
Kaori Asada (浅田香織, born 1973), musician known as Bonnie Pink
Kaori Fukuhara (福原香織, born 1986), Japanese voice actress
Kaori Housako (宝迫香織, born 1988), Japanese professional wrestler
Kaori Iida (飯田圭織, born 1981), musician and former Morning Musume member
Kaori Flores Yonekura (born 1976), filmmaker
Kaori Ishihara (born 1993), idol, actress, voice actress and singer.
Kaori Mine (香織峯, born 1979), voice actress
Kaori Mizuhashi (水橋かおり, born 1974), voice actress
Kaori Mizumori (born 1973), enka singer
Kaori Mochida (持田香織, born 1978), singer and vocalist of Every Little Thing
Kaori Momoi (桃井かおり, born 1952), actress
Kaori Moriwaka (森若香織, born 1963), musician and former member of The Go-Bang's and Ram Jam World
Kaori Nanao, a Japanese singer
Kaori Natori (名取香り, born 1982), Japanese singer
Kaori Nazuka (名塚佳織, born 1985), Japanese voice actress
Kaori Oda, a singer
Kaori Oguri (小栗香織, born 1970), actress
Kaori Onozawa (小野澤 香理, born 1979), Japanese handball player
Kaori Sakagami (born 1974), Japanese singer
Kaori Shima, singer known by the stage name Ua
Kaori Shimizu (清水香里, born 1983)
Kaori Takahashi (高橋かおり, born 1975), Japanese actress
Kaori Utatsuki, J-pop singer
Kaori Kawamura (1971–2009), Japanese singer
Kaori Asoh (born 1967), Japanese actress and voice actress
Kaori Kobayashi, Japanese jazz saxophonist and flautist
Kaori Manabe (born 1981), Japanese television personality and model
Kaori Nagura, former member of Kamen Rider Girls and vocalist for the band Chewing High!!
Kaori Yamagata (かおり山像, born 1963)
Kaori Chiba (born 1981), field hockey player
Kaori Chinen (知念かおり, born 1974), Go player
Kaori Icho (伊調馨, born 1984), wrestler
Kaori Iwabuchi (岩渕 香里, born 1993), Japanese ski jumper
Kaori Mori (born 1979), badminton player
Kaori Yamaguchi (born 1964), Japanese retired judoka
Kaori Yoneyama (米山香織, born 1981), Japanese professional wrestler
Kaori Matsumoto (born 1987), Japanese judoka
Kaori Ekuni (江國香織, born 1964), author
Kaori Hamura, artist and illustrator
Kaori Maruya (born 1965 ), member of the New Komeito Party
Kaori Muraji (村治佳織, born 1978), classical guitarist
Kaori Yuki (由貴香織里), manga artist
Kaori Nakajima (born 1971), artist and painter
Kaori (Akira), Tetsuo Shima's girlfriend in the film Akira
Kaori (Initial D), a character in the manga and franchise Initial D
Kaori Izumi, a character in the manga and anime Best Student Council
Kaori Kinjo, a minor character in the Blood + anime
Kaori Makimura, Ryo Saeba's love interest in the manga and anime City_Hunter
Kaori Nishidake, a character in the video game franchise SSX
Kaori Saito, a character in the manga Jiraishin
Kaori Sakuragi, is a minor character in " Strawberry Panic!".
