Kanako
Kanako is a feminine Japanese given name.
Written forms
Forms in kanji can include:- , "addition,, child"
- , "fragrance,, child"
- , "good, fine, etc., south, child"
- , "fragrance, vegetables, child"
- , "acceptable, south, child"
People with the name
- Kanako Abe, Japanese conductor, composer and pianist
- Kanako Domori, Japanese wheelchair tennis player
- Kanako Enomoto, Japanese actress and model
- Kanako Fukaura, Japanese actress
- Kanako Haginaga, Japanese runner
- Kanako Higuchi, Japanese actress
- Kanako Hirai, Japanese volleyball player
- Kanako Hiramatsu, Japanese former idol of idol group SKE48
- Kanako Inuki, Japanese manga writer and illustrator
- Kanako Itō, Japanese singer
- Kanako Itō (footballer), Japanese women's footballer
- Kanako Kase, Japanese professional racing cyclist
- Kanako Kitao, Japanese-American synchronized swimmer
- Kanako Kobayashi, Japanese rugby union player
- Kanako Kondō, Japanese voice actress and singer
- Kanako Mitsuhashi, Japanese actress and voice actress
- Kanako Miyamoto, Japanese actress and singer
- Kanako Momota, Japanese singer and actress
- Kanako Morisaki, Japanese tennis player
- Kanako Murakami, Japanese figure skater
- Kanako Murata, Japanese mixed martial artist and former wrestler
- Kanako Naito, Japanese female volleyball player
- Kanako Nishi, Japanese women's racing cyclist
- Kanako Nishi (author), Japanese writer and artist
- Kanako Ogata, Japanese singer and television personality
- Kanako Omura, Japanese volleyball player
- Kanako Otsuji, Japanese politician and activist
- Kanako Sakai, Japanese voice actress
- Kanako Tahara, Japanese actress and singer
- Kanako Takatsuki, Japanese voice actress and singer
- Kanako Tanikawa, Japanese cyclist
- Kanako Tateno, Japanese voice actor
- Kanako Tōjō, Japanese voice actress
- Kanako Urai, Japanese professional wrestler, journalist and artist
- Kanako Watanabe, Japanese swimmer
- Kanako Yanagihara, Japanese actor and comedian
- Kanako Yonekura, Japanese badminton player
Fictional characters
- Kanako Yasaka, a character in Mountain of Faith from Touhou Project
- Kanako Kurusu, a character in the light novel series Oreimo
- Kanako Ketsukane, a character in the Undertale fangame Undertale Yellow
- Kanako Mimura, a character in the game series ''The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls''