is a common primarily feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Manami can be written using different

kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...

characters and can mean: *愛美, "love, beauty" *愛海, "love, sea" *愛未, "love, sheep" *愛実, "love, fruit" *真名美, "truth, name, beauty" *真奈美, "truth,

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, beauty" *麻奈美, "hemp, Nara, beauty" *真奈海, "truth, Nara, sea" The name can also be written in

hiragana is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ...

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...

People

*, Japanese women's basketball player *

Manami Higa is a Japanese actress. Her mother was a model. She graduated from Okinawa Prefectural Central High School. She gained recognition as an actress when she was selected in an audition of 2,156 people to star in the NHK Asadora ''Dondo Hare'' in 20 ...

(愛未, born 1986), Japanese actress *

Manami Hino is a Japanese bobsledder who has competed since 1999. Performance * Finished 15th in the two-woman event at the 2006 Winter Olympics. * Finished 20th in the two-woman event at the 2007 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz. * Finished 1st in ...

(真奈美, born 1980), Japanese bobsledder * Manami Honjo (本上まなみ), a Japanese actress *

Manami Katsu is a Japanese professional wrestler. She was trained by the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion and made her debut in April 2011. In December 2011, Katsu won the Souseiseki Cup and a year later the JWP Junior and Princess of Pro-Wrestling Championship ...

(愛実, born 1994), Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese model *

Manami Komori is a common primarily feminine Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, th ...

(まなみ), a Japanese radio personality, singer, voice actress, and essayist *

Manami Konishi , also known as KONI-TAN, is a Japanese actress, singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer. Career Konishi appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2006 film '' Retribution'', which was screened at the 63rd Venice Film Festival. She also appeared i ...

(真奈美, born 1978), Japanese actress *

Manami Kurose is a former actress and a singer in Japan. History * In May 2005, Manami's mother found out about the Toho Cinderella Audition on Yahoo! website. On January 9, 2006, she attended the 6th Toho Cinderella Audition and she achieved the Grand Prix ...

(真奈美, born 1991), Japanese actress and singer *

Manami Matsumae is a Japanese video game music composer. She previously worked for Capcom in the 1980s, writing music for games such as ''Dynasty Wars'', ''Mercs'', ''Magic Sword'', and the original ''Mega Man''. Career She previously worked for Capcom, where ...

(真奈美), Japanese game music composer * Manami Numakura (愛美), Japanese voice actress * Manami Oku (真奈美, born 1995), Japanese idol singer * Manami Toyota (真奈美, born 1971), Japanese professional wrestler *

Manami Wakayama is a Japanese idol. She has had the role of Sailor Mercury and Berthier in the Sailor Moon Musicals or Seramyu. She held the role of Mercury from 2002 to 2005, graduating from the role with the musical ''Shin Kaguya Shima Densetsu - Kaiteiban''. ...

(愛美, born 1986), Japanese idol *

Manami Watanabe (born December 28, 1986, in Osaka Prefecture, Japan) is the female lead singer of Jyukai, a Japanese pop/ soft rock group. Biography At an early age, she aspired to be a singer. While she was an elementary pupil, she practiced songwriting ...

(愛未, born 1986), female lead singer of Jyukai, a Japanese pop/soft rock group

Characters

*Manami Amamiya (学美), the main character in the manga and anime series ''

Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! often shortened to ''Manabi Straight!'', is a Japanese multimedia project co-developed by the animation studio Ufotable and MediaWorks. The project revolves around a group of high school girls in the year 2035 when the birth rate has droppe ...

'' *Manami Aoki (真奈美), the character in the manga series '' Haikyū!!'', the position is Setter and the number is 3 *Manami Hyuga (真奈美), a character in the 1998 Japanese film '' Bayside Shakedown: The Movie'' *Manami Kasuga (まなみ), a character in the manga and anime series '' Kimagure Orange Road'' *

Manami Kusunoki , also known as ''V.G.'', is a Japanese 2D fighting game / eroge series developed and published by TGL under their Giga brand. Their Giga brand was used for their home computer games while their TGL brand was used for their console games. T ...

(真奈美), a character from the 2D fighting game ''Variable Geo'' series *Manami Tamura (麻奈実), a character in the manga and anime series '' Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai'' *Manami Okuda (愛美), a character in the manga and anime series ''

Assassination Classroom is a Japanese science fiction comedy manga series written and illustrated by Yusei Matsui. The series follows the daily life of an extremely powerful octopus-like being working as a junior high homeroom teacher, and his students dedicate ...

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