Manabu
Manabu is a masculine Japanese given name.Possible writings
Manabu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
;as a given name
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.People
- Manabu Horii, Japanese speed skater
- Manabu Kitabeppu, Japanese professional baseball pitcher
- Manabu Mima, Japanese professional baseball pitcher
- Manabu Miyazaki, Japanese writer and social critic
- Manabu Miyazaki , Japanese wildlife photographer
- Manabu Murakami, Japanese literary scholar
- Manabu Murakami, Japanese professional wrestler
- Manabu Nakamura, Japanese footballer
- Manabu Nakanishi, Japanese professional wrestler
- Manabu Namiki, Japanese video game music composer
- Manabu Orido, Japanese racing driver
- Manabu Sakamaki, Japanese voice actor
- Manabu Sakai, Japanese politician
- Manabu Senzaki, Japanese shogi player
- Manabu Suzuki, Japanese racing driver, journalist and sports announcer
- Manabu Suzuki, Japanese biathlete
- Manabu Terata, Japanese politician
- Manabu Umezawa, Japanese footballer
- Manabu Watanabe, Japanese footballer
- Manabu Yamada, Japanese mixed martial arts fighter
- Manabu Yokoyama, Japanese pole vaulter
- Screw guitarist Manabu
Fictional characters
- Manabu Itagaki, a character in the manga and anime series Fighting Spirit
- Manabu Kudō, a character in the 1997 film Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
- Manabu Miyazawa, a character in the manga series BECK
- Manabu Takagi, a minor character in the anime series Ojamajo Doremi
- Manabu Yamaji, a character in the tokusatsu drama series Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya
- Manabu-San, a minor character in the manga Riki-Oh.