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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 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

*Minako (美奈子), a member of the Japanese musical group ''

Kome Kome Club is a Japanese pop rock band formed in 1982 which achieved commercial success by blending soul and funk musical styles. They also use the style of '' rakugo''. History 1982–1997: Commercial success Kome Kome Club was founded in 1982 by vocalist ...

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Minako Honda , better known as , later changed to , was a Japanese idol and musical singer. In 1985, she made her debut with the single "Satsui no Vacane". She was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia on January 5, 2005. At 4:38 A.M. on November 6, 200 ...

(美奈子), a Japanese singer *, Japanese singer *

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 *

Minako Kotobuki is a Japanese actress and singer. She played Tsumugi Kotobuki in the anime series ''K-On!'' about a high school girl band. The show launched her music career as she performed the opening and ending themes, and joined three other voice actresse ...

(美菜子 born 1991), a Japanese voice actress and singer *

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 , better known as , is a fictional character in the ''Sailor Moon'' and ''Codename: Sailor V'' manga series written by Naoko Takeuchi. Minako is her sailor form's alternative human identity as part of the Sailor Soldiers, female supernatural figh ...

(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 released outside Japan as ''Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3'', is a 2006 role-playing video game developed by Atlus. It is the fourth main installment in the ''Persona'' series, which is part of the larger ''Megami Tensei'' franchise. Atlus or ...

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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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