is a Japanese name, Japanese Grammatical gender#Personal names, feminine Japanese given name, given name. 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 *Minako Iwasaki (美奈子), a Japanese illustrator, game character designer, and manga artist *Minako Kotobuki (美菜子 born 1991), a Japanese voice actress and singer *Minako Oba (みな子), a Japanese author and social critic *, Japanese archer *, Japanese women's footballer

Fictional characters

*Sailor Venus, Minako Aino (also ''Sailor Venus''), a character in the Sailor Moon series *Minako Arisato, one of the given names to the female protagonist in ''Persona 3 Portable'' *Minako Yurihara, a character in the light novel ''Boogiepop'' series

References

{{Reflist Japanese feminine given names, Minako 2. http://www.baby-vornamen.de/Maedchen/M/Mi/Minako/ 3. http://www.vorname.com/name,Minako.html