Nanami


Nanami is a rather popular feminine Japanese given name which is also used as a surname.

Written forms

Nanami can be written using different kanji 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"
  • 菜々海, "greens, ocean"
The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
;as a surname
  • 名波, "name, wave"

    People with the name

; with the given name Nanami
  • Nanami Abe, Japanese figure skating coach and choreographer
  • Nanami Atsugi, Japanese voice actress
  • Nanami Hashimoto, Japanese model, actress, radio personality and idol singer
  • Nanami, Japanese professional wrestler
  • Nanami Inoue, Japanese volleyball player
  • Nanami Irie, Japanese sport wrestler
  • Nanami Kino, Japanese handball player
  • Nanami Kitamura, Japanese footballer
  • Nanami Konishi, Japanese idol of idol group Hinatazaka46
  • Nanami Kubota, Japanese idol of idol group Ocha Norma
  • Nanami Naka, Japanese women's professional shogi player
  • Nanami Nishikawa, Japanese former idol of idol group Nogizaka46
  • Nanami Ohta, Japanese actress
  • Nanami Ōtsuka, Japanese idol of idol group NGT48
  • Nanami Sakuraba, Japanese gravure idol and actress
  • Nanami Seki, Japanese professional volleyball player
  • Nanami Shiono, Japanese author and novelist
  • Nanami Sone, Japanese professional footballer
  • Nanami Takahashi, Japanese idol of idol group NGT48
  • Nanami Takenaka, Japanese group rhythmic gymnast
  • Nanami Takeuchi, Japanese idol of idol group Super Girls
  • Nanami Yamashita, Japanese voice actress
  • Nanami Yanagawa, Japanese pop singer
  • Nanami Yonetani, Japanese former idol of idol group Sakurazaka46
;with the surname Nanami
  • Hiroki Nanami, Japanese actress, singer, voice actress, and former otokoyaku
  • Hiroshi Nanami, Japanese former professional footballer
  • Karin Nanami, Japanese voice actress and singer
  • Shingo Nanami, Japanese manga artist

    Characters

  • Nanami, a character in the 1968 film Hatsukoi Jigokuhen
  • Nanami, a character from Magics.
  • Nanami, a character in the role-playing game Suikoden II
  • Nanami-chan, the title character in the NHK anime series Nanami-chan
  • Nanami Aoyama, a character in Sakurasou No Pet Na Kanojo
  • Nanami Agawa, a character in the Kerberos saga franchise
  • Nanami Ishikawa, the central character in the manga Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
  • Nanami Jinnai, a character in the anime series El-Hazard
  • Nanami Kiryuu, a character from the anime and manga series Revolutionary Girl Utena
  • Nanami Konoe, the main heroine of the anime series Lamune
  • Nanami Madobe, the mascot character of the Japanese version of Windows 7
  • Nanami Nono, main character from the 2002 tokusastu series Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger
  • Nanami Nishijō, a character from the anime, game and manga series Chaos;Head
  • Nanami Simpson, the main heroine of the anime series Tico of the Seven Seas
  • Nanami Takahashi, the central character of the manga series Bokura ga Ita
  • Nanami Kai, a character from the anime and game series Sukisyo
  • Jun Nanami, a student in the 2003 film Battle Royale II: Requiem
  • Lucia Nanami, the main protagonist of the anime and manga series Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
  • Nanami Yasuri, sister of the main character and an antagonist from Katanagatari.
  • Chiaki Nanami, one of the 16 students in the video game Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.
  • Nanami Haruka, the main heroine of the game, manga and anime series Uta no Prince-sama
  • Nanami Momozono, main character from the manga and anime series Kamisama Kiss
  • Nanami, a character from the video game Ōkamiden
  • Nanami Kanata, one of the main guys of the game, manga, graphic novel, and anime series Starry Sky
  • Nanami Takatsuki, a character from the Dog Days
  • Nanami Arihara, a heroine from the visual novel RIDDLE JOKER
  • Nanami Kento, a character from the Jujutsu Kaisen manga and anime series
  • Nanami Hiromachi, a character from the BanG Dream! music media franchise and bassist of the band Morfonica
  • Nanami Ryusui, a character from the Dr. Stone manga and anime series
  • Nanami Sai, a character from the Dr. Stone manga and anime series
  • Nanami, a character from the video game Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation
  • Nanami Nanase, a character from the ''Gundam Build Divers''

    Other uses

  • Nanami-chan, the mascot character of the satellite television service NHK-BS