is a
Japanese feminine
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given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
. Minako can be written using different kanji characters:
*美奈子, "beauty, apple tree, child"
*美那子, "beauty, unknown, child" or "beauty, child"
*美菜子, "beauty, (green) vegetable, child"
*美名子, "beauty, name, child"
*美梨子, "beauty, pear, child"
*聖名子, "holy, name, child"
*聖奈子, "holy, apple tree, child or holy child"
*皆子, "everybody/all, child"
*水奈子 "water, apple tree, child" or "water, child"
*実奈子 "truth, apple tree, child"
*実菜子 "truth, (green) vegetable, child"
*実那子 "truth, unknown, child" or "truth, child"
*実名子 "truth, name, child"
The name can also be written in
hiragana or
katakana.
People
*Minako (美奈子), a member of the Japanese musical group ''
Kome Kome Club''
*
Minako Honda (美奈子), a Japanese singer
*, Japanese singer
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Minako Iwasaki
is a Japanese game character designer and manga artist. She joined the game company Nihon Falcom in 1993. After she turned freelance, she took on illustrations of light novels and character designs for the ''Rune Factory'' series.
Main works ...
(美奈子), a Japanese illustrator, game character designer, and manga artist
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Minako Kotobuki (美菜子 born 1991), a Japanese voice actress and singer
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Minako Oba
was a Japanese author and social critic.
She was awarded the 1968 Akutagawa Prize for ''Sanbiki no kani'' (Three Crabs), and the 1982 Tanizaki Prize
The Tanizaki Prize (谷崎潤一郎賞 ''Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Shō''), named in honor of the Jap ...
(みな子), a Japanese author and social critic
*, Japanese archer
*, Japanese women's footballer
Fictional characters
*
Minako Aino (also ''Sailor Venus''), a character in the
Sailor Moon
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from 1991 to 1997; the 52 individual chapters were published in 18 volumes. The seri ...
series
*Minako Arisato, one of the given names to the female protagonist in ''
Persona 3 Portable''
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Minako Yurihara
The Boogiepop series, ''Boogiepop'' series includes fourteen light novels, a live-action film, an anime, two manga, and several short story, short stories. While most characters feature in multiple titles in the series, every new addition introdu ...
, a character in the light novel ''Boogiepop'' series
References
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2. http://www.baby-vornamen.de/Maedchen/M/Mi/Minako/
3. http://www.vorname.com/name,Minako.html