Minako
# Minako

Minako (みなこ, ミナコ) 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, (green) 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, (green) 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 (美奈子), a member of the Japanese musical group Kome Kome Club
* Minako Honda (本田 美奈子, 1967–2005), Japanese singer
* Minako Inoue (井上 美奈子, born 1977), Japanese singer
* Minako Iwasaki (岩崎 美奈子, born 1975), a Japanese illustrator, game character designer, and manga artist
* Minako Komukai (小向 美奈子, born 1985), Japanese gravure model
* Minako Kotobuki (寿 美菜子, born 1991), a Japanese voice actress and singer
* Minako Nishiyama (西山 美なコ, born 1965), a Japanese contemporary artist
* Minako Oba (大庭 みな子, 1930–2007), Japanese author and social critic
* Minako Sato (佐藤 美奈子, born 1955), Japanese archer
* Minako Takashima (高嶋 美奈子), Japanese women's footballer

## Fictional characters

* Minako Aino (also Sailor Venus), 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
