is a rather popular
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, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...
which is also used as a surname.
Possible writings
Nanami 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:
;as a given name
*七海, "seven, sea"
*七美, "seven, beauty"
*七実, "seven, fruit"
*七生, "seven, life"
*奈波, "what, wave"
*奈々美, "what, beauty"
*奈々実, "what, fruit"
*奈々生, "what, life"
*菜々美, "greens, beauty"
*菜々実, "greens, fruit"
*菜々未, "greens, not yet"
The given 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 ...
or
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 ...
.
;as a surname
*名波, "name, wave"
People with the name
*, Japanese figure skating coach and choreographer
*, Japanese voice actress
*
Nanami Inoue
Nanami Inoue (井上 奈々朱 ''Inoue Nanami'', born 19 June 1989) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Denso Airybees.
Profiles
Clubs
*ShimokitazawaSeitoku High School → Denso Airybees (2008-) → Shikoku Eighty 8 Queen (Rental tr ...
(奈々朱, born 1989), Japanese volleyball player
*, Japanese sport wrestler
*, Japanese handball player
*
Nanami Ohta
is a Japanese actress.
Ohta is known for her role as Hitoe Takeuchi in the film '' Battle Royale II: Requiem''. Ohta also filled a minor role in the film '' Battle Royale: Special Version'' as one of Mitsuko Souma's childhood friends.
Ohta is o ...
(ななみ, born 1993), a Japanese actress
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Nanami Sakuraba
(born October 17, 1992 in Izumi, Kagoshima) is a Japanese gravure idol and actress who won "Miss Magazine 2008".
Filmography Drama
* '' Akai Ito'' (2008) as Sara Nakagawa
* '' Tokyo Girls'' (2008)
* ''Nadeshiko Tai'' (2008) as Reiko Torihama ...
(ななみ, born 1992), Japanese actress
*
Nanami Shiono
is a Japanese author and novelist known for her works on the history of Italy, especially those dealing with ancient Rome and the Renaissance period.
Biography
Shiono was born in Tokyo, on 7 July 1937. In high school she read Homer's ''Iliad'' ...
(七生, born 1937), Japanese author and novelist
*
Hiroshi Nanami
is a Japanese former professional football player and manager. He played for Japan national team and currently manager of Matsumoto Yamaga until 2022.
Club career
Nanami was born in Fujieda on November 28, 1972. After graduating from Juntendo ...
(名波, born 1972), former Japanese professional football player
*
Shingo Nanami
is a Japanese manga artist. Her debut work was a one volume manga titled ''Tennen Yuuryouji''. Many of her works are serialized in ''Enix'' magazines, with collected volumes published by Square Enix. Her series KAMUI has been translated and pub ...
, Japanese manga artist
Characters
*Nanami, a character in the 1968 film ''
Hatsukoi Jigokuhen
, also known as ''The Inferno of First Love'' and ''Nanami, First Love'', is a 1968 Japanese drama film directed by Susumu Hani. It was co-scripted by Hani and Shūji Terayama. The film competed for the Golden Bear award at the 18th Berlin Interna ...
''
*Nanami, a character from Magics.
*Nanami, a character in the role-playing game ''
Suikoden II
is a role-playing video game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation video game console and the second installment of the ''Suikoden'' video game series. It was released in late 1998 in Japan, 1999 in North America, and in 2000 in E ...
''
*Nanami-chan, the title character in the NHK anime series ''
Nanami-chan
is an anime series that runs in 5 minute segments. As of February 2009, 76 of ''Nanami-chan''s episodes have been broadcast on NHK
, also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized ...
''
*Nanami Aoyama, a character in ''
Sakurasou No Pet Na Kanojo
is a Japanese light novel series written by Hajime Kamoshida, with illustrations by Kēji Mizoguchi. ASCII Media Works published 13 volumes between January 2010 and March 2014. A manga adaptation illustrated by Hōki Kusano was serialized A ...
''
*
Nanami Agawa
This is a character guide to the radio drama, film, manga and anime works ''Kerberos saga'' (ケルベロス・サーガ, ''keruberosu saga''). Characters are sorted by organizations or groups according to the original works. The English adaptat ...
(七生), a character in the ''
Kerberos saga
The is an alternate history political thriller media mix created by the Japanese writer and filmmaker Mamoru Oshii in 1986. The most famous installment of the franchise, especially outside Japan, is the 1999 anime film '' Jin-Roh: The Wolf Br ...
'' franchise
*Nanami Ishikawa (七波), the central character in the manga ''
Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
is a one-volume manga written and illustrated by Fumiyo Kōno. The two connected stories were first published in Japan by Futabasha in ''Weekly Manga Action'' in 2003 and 2004, then collected in a single ''tankōbon'' volume in 2004. The st ...
''
*Nanami Jinnai (菜々美), a character in the anime series ''
El-Hazard
is a Japanese anime franchise written by Ryoe Tsukimura and directed by Hiroki Hayashi. The series was animated by AIC and produced by Pioneer LDC.
There is also a manga adaptation, which is published in English by VIZ Media. The series ...
''
*Nanami Kiryuu (七実), a character from the anime and manga series ''
Revolutionary Girl Utena
is a series created by Be-Papas, an artist collective founded by Kunihiko Ikuhara. The primary entries in the series include a 1996 manga written by Chiho Saito, a 1997 anime television series directed by Ikuhara, and ''Adolescence of ...
''
*Nanami Konoe (七海), the main heroine of the anime series ''
Lamune
is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Neko Neko Soft originally released on July 30, 2004, for the PC. It was followed by an all-ages version for the PlayStation 2, and was released on August 25, 2005. A twelve-episode anime ser ...
''
*Nanami Madobe (ななみ), the mascot character of the Japanese version of ''
Windows 7
Windows 7 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, and became generally available on October 22, 2009. It is the successor to Windows Vista, released nearly ...
''
*
Nanami Nono (七海), main character from the 2002 tokusastu series ''
Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger
is Toei's twenty-sixth production of the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries. The catchphrase for the series is . Its footage was used in the American series, ''Power Rangers Ninja Storm'' (the end credits listed the show as titled ''Hurricane Ranger ...
''
*Nanami Nishijō (七海), a character from the anime, game and manga series ''
Chaos;Head
''Chaos;Head'' (stylized as ''ChäoS;HEAd'') is a 2008 science fiction visual novel video game developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus. It is the first game in the ''Science Adventure'' series. Following the original Windows release, the enhanced ver ...
''
*Nanami Simpson, the main heroine of the anime series ''
Tico of the Seven Seas
is a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation. It is about an 11-year-old girl and her best friend Tico, a female orca.
Unlike the other series in Nippon Animation's ''World Masterpiece Theater'' line, ''Tico of the Seven Seas'' is an entire ...
''
*Nanami Takahashi (七美), the central character of the manga series ''
Bokura ga Ita
is a Japanese romance manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Obata. The story follows the relationship between Motoharu Yano and Nanami Takahashi, starting from their teenage years and continuing into their early twenties. It was seria ...
''
*Nanami Kai, a character from the anime and game series ''
Sukisyo
''Sukisho'', released in Japan as , is a Japanese visual novel developed by UNiSONSHIFT and released on September 10, 1999. It has since been adapted into a light novel series and an anime television series animated by Zexcs and aired f ...
''
*Jun Nanami (名波), a student in the 2003 film ''
Battle Royale II: Requiem''
*
Lucia Nanami
The following is a list of characters from the manga and anime series ''Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch''. They are grouped according to their roles in the series. Wherever possible, the spelling of the names are taken from the English translati ...
(七海), the main protagonist of the anime and manga series ''
Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
is a shōjo manga, ''shōjo'' manga and anime series created by Michiko Yokote, with artwork by Pink Hanamori. The manga was originally published in the monthly shōjo manga anthology ''Nakayoshi''. There are 32 chapters published (includ ...
''
*Nanami Yasuri (鑢 七実), sister of the main character and an antagonist from ''
Katanagatari
is a Japanese light novel series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Take. The series is published by Kodansha under the ''Kodansha Box'' imprint. The story revolves around a ''katanagari'', or "sword hunt" for 12 weapons that were creat ...
''.
*Chiaki Nanami (七海千秋), one of the 16 students in the video game ''
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair''.
*Nanami Haruka (七海), the main heroine of the game, manga and anime series ''
Uta no Prince-sama
is a Japanese multimedia franchise by Broccoli. The original game of the same name was first released on the PlayStation Portable on June 24, 2010, and since its release, the game has spawned multiple sequels and rhythm game spin-offs. The ser ...
''
*Nanami Momozono (奈々生桃園), main character from the manga and anime series ''
Kamisama Kiss
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Julietta Suzuki. It was serialized in Hakusensha's '' shōjo'' manga magazine ''Hana to Yume'' from February 2008 to May 2016, with the chapters collected in 25 ''tankōbon'' volumes. ...
''
*Nanami (ナナミ), a character from the video game ''
Ōkamiden
''Ōkamiden'', known in Japan as is an action-adventure game, action-adventure video game published by Capcom for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. It is a spiritual successor, rather than a sequel, to ''Ōkami'', a game released originally ...
''
*Nanami Kanata (七海 哉太), one of the main guys of the game, manga, graphic novel, and anime series ''
Starry Sky
is a series of Japanese otome game visual novels created and developed by the software company Honeybee (game company). It was separated into four games, the first released in 2008, with three love interests in each, making a total of twelve p ...
''
*Nanami Takatsuki, a character from the ''
Dog Days
The dog days or are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star system Sirius (known colloquially as the "Dog Star"), which Hellenistic astrology connected with heat, drought, sud ...
''
*Nanami Arihara (七海 在原), a heroine from the visual novel ''
RIDDLE JOKER''
*Nanami Kento (七海), a character from the Jujutsu Kaisen manga and anime series
*Nanami Hiromachi (七美 広町), a character from the ''
BanG Dream!
''BanG Dream!'', also known as , is a Japanese music media franchise owned by Bushiroad. Created by Bushiroad president Takaaki Kidani in January 2015 with original story by Kō Nakamura, the project began as a manga before exp ...
'' music media franchise and bassist of the band ''
Morfonica
Morfonica is a Japanese all-female band, all-female rock band that is part of Bushiroad's media franchise ''BanG Dream!''. Formed in 2020, the group's members portray fictional characters in the project's anime series and mobile game ''BanG Dream ...
''
*Nanami Ryusui (七海 龍水), a character from the
Dr. Stone
''Dr. Stone'' (stylized as ''Dr.STONE'') is a Japanese manga series written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by the South Korean artist Boichi. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from March 2017 to March 2022, with ...
manga and anime series
*Nanami Sai (七海 サイ), a character from the
Dr. Stone
''Dr. Stone'' (stylized as ''Dr.STONE'') is a Japanese manga series written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by the South Korean artist Boichi. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from March 2017 to March 2022, with ...
manga and anime series
*
Nanami (ななみ), a character from the video game ''Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation''
Other uses
*Nanami-chan, the mascot character of the satellite television service
NHK-BS
See also
*
FM Nanami
Itsukaichi Community Broadcast (FM Nanami) was a Japanese community FM radio station in Saeki-ku, Hiroshima
is one of the eight wards of the city of Hiroshima, Japan.
The Hiroshima Branch of the Japan Mint
The is an Independent Administ ...
, a Japanese local FM radio station
*
Hatsukoi Jigokuhen
, also known as ''The Inferno of First Love'' and ''Nanami, First Love'', is a 1968 Japanese drama film directed by Susumu Hani. It was co-scripted by Hani and Shūji Terayama. The film competed for the Golden Bear award at the 18th Berlin Interna ...
, a 1968 Japanese film a.k.a. ''Nanami, The Inferno of First Love''
References
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