# Nanako

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**Nanako** (ななこ, ナナコ) is a feminine [Japanese given name](/source/Japanese_given_name).

## Written forms

Nanako can be written using different [kanji](/source/Kanji) characters and can mean:

- 奈々子, "[Nara](/source/Nara_Prefecture), *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](/source/Hiragana) or [katakana](/source/Katakana).

## People

- [Nanako Fujii](/source/Nanako_Fujii) (藤井 菜々子, born 1999), Japanese racewalker
- [Nanako Fujita](/source/Nanako_Fujita) (藤田 菜七子, born 1997), Japanese retired jockey
- [Nanako Inagaki](/source/Nanako_Inagaki) (稲垣 那奈子, born 2000), Japanese professional golfer
- [Nanako Matsumoto](/source/Nanako_Matsumoto) (松本 奈菜子, born 1996), Japanese sprinter
- [Nanako Matsushima](/source/Nanako_Matsushima) (松嶋 菜々子, born 1973), Japanese actress
- [Nanako Mori](/source/Nanako_Mori) (森 なな子, born 1988), Japanese actress
- [Nanako Sasaki](/source/Nanako_Sasaki) (born 1999), Japanese professional footballer
- [Nanako Shigesada](/source/Nanako_Shigesada) (重定 南奈子), Japanese Professor Emeritus
- [Nanako Takeda](/source/Nanako_Takeda) (武田 菜々子, born 2000), Japanese professional footballer
- [Nanako Takushi](/source/Nanako_Takushi) (澤岻 奈々子, born 1976), Japanese pop singer
- [Nanako Todo](/source/Nanako_Todo) (東藤 なな子, born 2000), Japanese basketball player
- [Nanako Wakita](/source/Nanako_Wakita) (脇田 菜々子, born 1997), Japanese shogi player

## Fictional characters

### Given name

- [Nanako Dojima](/source/Nanako_Dojima), a character in the video game *[Persona 4](/source/Persona_4)*
- Nanako Hasaba, a character from [Jujutsu Kaisen](/source/Jujutsu_Kaisen)
- Nanako Hasegawa, a character in the manga and live-action series *[Haruka 17](/source/Haruka_17)*
- Nanako Itagaki, a character in the manga and anime series *[Fighting Spirit](/source/Fighting_Spirit_(manga))*
- Nanako Kanazawa, a character in the manga and anime series *[Mahoraba](/source/Mahoraba)*
- Nanako Kashii, a character in the manga and anime series *[Toradora!](/source/Toradora!)*
- [Nanako Kuroi](/source/List_of_Lucky_Star_characters#Nanako_Kuroi), a teacher character in *[Lucky Star](/source/Lucky_Star_(manga))*
- [Nanako Meino](/source/Nanako_Meino), a minor recurring character in the anime and manga series '*[The Prince of Tennis](/source/The_Prince_of_Tennis)*
- Nanako Misonoo, the main character of the manga and anime series *[Oniisama e...](/source/Oniisama_e...)*
- Nanako Mizuki, a character in the manga, anime, and live-action series *[Great Teacher Onizuka](/source/Great_Teacher_Onizuka)*
- Nanako Momoi, a character in the manga *[Your and My Secret](/source/Your_and_My_Secret)*
- Nanako Oohara, a character in the manga and anime series *[Crayon Shin-chan](/source/Crayon_Shin-chan)*
- Nanako Shichigusa, the titular character in the anime [OVA](/source/OVA) series, *[Amazing Nurse Nanako](/source/Amazing_Nurse_Nanako)*
- Nanako Saeki, a character in the manga and anime series *[The Flowers of Evil](/source/The_Flowers_of_Evil_(manga))*
- Nanako Yukishiro (written 七々子, with the kanji for seven), the main character of the manga and anime series *[Senryu Girl](/source/Senryu_Girl)*
- Nanako Okajima, a character from the 1991 [Studio Ghibli](/source/Studio_Ghibli) movie [*Only Yesterday*](/source/Only_Yesterday_(1991_film))

### Surname

- Maaya Nanako (魚々戸), a character in the manga and anime series *[Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō](/source/Kenk%C5%8D_Zenrakei_Suieibu_Umish%C5%8D)*

## See also

- *[Amazing Nurse Nanako](/source/Amazing_Nurse_Nanako)*, an anime OVA series
- [nanaco](/source/Nanaco), a prepaid and rechargeable contactless electronic money card
- *[Nanako SOS](/source/Nanako_SOS)*, a manga and anime series

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