Minako
Minako is a Japanese feminine 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, 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, 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, a member of the Japanese musical group Kome Kome Club
- Minako Ameku, a Ryukyuan J-pop singer
- Minako Honda, a Japanese singer
- Minako Inoue, Japanese singer
- Minako Iwasaki, a Japanese illustrator, game character designer, and manga artist
- Minako Kotobuki, a Japanese voice actress and singer
- Minako Oba, a Japanese author and social critic
- Minako Sato, Japanese archer
- Minako Takashima, Japanese women's footballer
Fictional characters
- Minako Aino, 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
