Nanako (ななこ, ナナコ) is a feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Nanako can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 奈々子, " Nara, repeat previous kanji, child"
• 菜々子, "greens, repeat previous kanji, child"
• 奈那子, "apple tree, that, child"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• Nanako Fujii (藤井 菜々子, born 1999), Japanese racewalker
• Nanako Matsushima (菜々子, born 1973), Japanese actress
• Nanako Mori (森 なな子, born 1988), Japanese actress
• Nanako Shigesada (重定 南奈子), Japanese Professor Emeritus
• Nanako Takeda (武田 菜々子, born 2000), Japanese professional footballer
• Nanako Takushi (奈々子, born 1976), Japanese J-pop singer
• Nanako Todo (東藤 なな子, born 2000), Japanese basketball player
• Nanako Inoue (井上 奈々子, born 1983), Japanese voice actress
• Nanako Wakita (脇田 菜々子, born 1997), Japanese shogi player

Fictional characters

Given name

• Nanako Dojima, a character in the video game Persona 4
• Nanako Hasaba, a character from Jujutsu Kaisen
• Nanako Hasegawa, a character in the manga and live-action series Haruka 17
• Nanako Itagaki, a character in the manga and anime series Fighting Spirit
• Nanako Kanazawa, a character in the manga and anime series Mahoraba
• Nanako Kashii, a character in the manga and anime series Toradora!
• Nanako Kuroi, a teacher character in Lucky Star
• Nanako Meino, a minor recurring character in the anime and manga series ' The Prince of Tennis
• Nanako Misonoo, the main character of the manga and anime series Oniisama e...
• Nanako Mizuki, a character in the manga, anime, and live-action series Great Teacher Onizuka
• Nanako Momoi, a character in the manga Your and My Secret
• Nanako Oohara, a character in the manga and anime series Crayon Shin-chan
• Nanako Shichigusa, the titular character in the anime OVA series, Amazing Nurse Nanako
• Nanako Saeki, a character in the manga and anime series The Flowers of Evil
• Nanako Yukishiro (written 七々子, with the kanji for seven), the main character of the manga and anime series Senryu Girl
• Nanako Okajima, a character from the 1991 Studio Ghibli movie Only Yesterday

Surname

• Maaya Nanako (魚々戸), a character in the manga and anime series Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō

See also

• Amazing Nurse Nanako, an anime OVA series
• nanaco, a prepaid and rechargeable contactless electronic money card
• Nanako SOS, a manga and anime series

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