Manami

Manami (まなみ, マナミ) is a common primarily feminine Japanese given name.

Manami

Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Mami, Mana, Manaka

Written forms

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

• 愛美, "love, beauty"
• 愛海, "love, sea"
• 愛未, "love, not yet"
• 愛実, "love, fruit"
• 真名美, "truth, name, beauty"
• 真奈美, "truth, Nara, beauty"
• 麻奈美, "hemp, Nara, beauty"
• 真奈海, "truth, Nara, sea"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• Manami Doi (土居 愛実, born 1993), Japanese sports sailor
• Manami Fujioka (藤岡 麻菜美, born 1994), Japanese women's basketball player
• Manami Hashimoto (橋本 マナミ, born 1984), Japanese gravure idol and actress
• Manami Higa (愛未, born 1986), Japanese actress
• Manami Hino (真奈美, born 1980), Japanese bobsledder
• Manami Ishizaka (石坂 真奈美, born 1986), Japanese female artistic gymnast
• Manami Kamitanida (born 1989), Japanese long-distance runner
• Manami Katsu (愛実, born 1994), Japanese professional wrestler
• Manami Kira (吉良 愛美, born 1991), Japanese sprinter and hurdler
• Manami Konishi (真奈美, born 1978), Japanese actress
• Manami Kurose (真奈美, born 1991), Japanese actress and singer
• Manami Marutaka (丸高 愛実, born 1990), Japanese tarento, actress, and former gravure idol
• Manami Matsumae (真奈美), Japanese game music composer
• Manami Mitsuboshi (三星 マナミ, born 1984), Japanese freestyle skier
• Manami Nakano (中野 真奈美, born 1986), Japanese footballer playing as a midfielder
• Manami Numakura (愛美), Japanese voice actress
• Manami Oku (真奈美, born 1995), Japanese idol singer
• Manami Takada (高田 麻菜美, born 1988), Japanese woman cricketer
• Manami Tanaka (田中 真奈美, born 1989), Japanese voice actress
• Manami Tanaka (tennis) (田中 愛美, born 1996), Japanese wheelchair tennis player
• Manami Toyota (真奈美, born 1971), Japanese professional wrestler
• Manami Ui (宇井 愛美, born 1986), Japanese model
• Manami Wakayama (愛美, born 1986), Japanese idol
• Manami Watanabe (愛未, born 1986), female lead singer of Jyukai, a Japanese pop/soft rock group
• Manami (wrestler) (born 2004), Japanese wrestler

Fictional Characters

• Manami Amamiya (学美), the main character in the manga and anime series Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!
• Manami Aoki (真奈美), the character in the manga series Haikyū!!, the position is Setter and the number is 3
• Manami Hyuga (真奈美), a character in the 1998 Japanese film Bayside Shakedown: The Movie
• Manami Kasuga (まなみ), a character in the manga and anime series Kimagure Orange Road
• Manami Kusunoki (真奈美), a character from the 2D fighting game Variable Geo series
• Manami Tamura (麻奈実), a character in the manga and anime series Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai
• Manami Okuda (愛美), a character in the manga and anime series Assassination Classroom

See also

• 愛未 (disambiguation)
• 愛美 (disambiguation)