# Nanami

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**Nanami** (ななみ, ナナミ) is a rather popular[1] feminine [Japanese given name](/source/Japanese_name) which is also used as a surname.

## Written forms

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

**as a given name**

- 七海, "[seven, sea](/source/Seven_Seas)"
- 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](/source/Hiragana) or [katakana](/source/Katakana).

**as a surname**

- 名波, "name, wave"

## People with the name

**with the given name Nanami**

- [Nanami Abe](/source/Nanami_Abe) (阿部 奈々美, born 1972), Japanese figure skating coach and choreographer
- [Nanami Atsugi](/source/Nanami_Atsugi) (厚木 那奈美, born 1997), Japanese voice actress
- [Nanami Hashimoto](/source/Nanami_Hashimoto) (橋本 奈々未, born 1993), Japanese model, actress, radio personality and idol singer
- [Nanami Hatano](/source/Nanami_(wrestler)) (波多野 七海, born 2006), Japanese professional wrestler
- [Nanami Inoue](/source/Nanami_Inoue) (井上 奈々朱, born 1989), Japanese volleyball player
- [Nanami Irie](/source/Nanami_Irie) (入江 ななみ, born 1995), Japanese sport wrestler
- [Nanami Kino](/source/Nanami_Kino) (紀野 奈々美, born 1955), Japanese handball player
- [Nanami Kitamura](/source/Nanami_Kitamura) (北村 菜々美, born 1999), Japanese footballer
- [Nanami Konishi](/source/Nanami_Konishi) (小西 夏菜実, born 2004), Japanese idol of idol group [Hinatazaka46](/source/Hinatazaka46)
- [Nanami Kubota](/source/Nanami_Kubota) (窪田 七海, born 2004), Japanese idol of idol group [Ocha Norma](/source/Ocha_Norma)
- [Nanami Naka](/source/Nanami_Naka) (中 七海, born 1998), Japanese women's professional shogi player
- [Nanami Nishikawa](/source/Nanami_Nishikawa) (西川 七海, born 1993), Japanese former idol of idol group [Nogizaka46](/source/Nogizaka46)
- [Nanami Ohta](/source/Nanami_Ohta) (大田 ななみ, born 1993), Japanese actress
- [Nanami Onishi](/source/Nanami_Onishi) (大西七海), Japanese skateboarder
- [Nanami Ōtsuka](/source/Nanami_%C5%8Ctsuka) (大塚 七海, born 2000), Japanese idol of idol group [NGT48](/source/NGT48)
- [Nanami Sakuraba](/source/Nanami_Sakuraba) (桜庭 ななみ, born 1992), Japanese gravure idol and actress
- [Nanami Seki](/source/Nanami_Seki) (関 菜々巳, born 1999), Japanese professional volleyball player
- [Nanami Shiono](/source/Nanami_Shiono) (塩野 七生, born 1937), Japanese author and novelist
- [Nanami Sone](/source/Nanami_Sone) (曽根 七海, born 1999), Japanese professional footballer
- [Nanami Takahashi](/source/Nanami_Takahashi) (高橋 七実, born 2001), Japanese idol of idol group [NGT48](/source/NGT48)
- [Nanami Takenaka](/source/Nanami_Takenaka) (竹中 七海, born 1998), Japanese group rhythmic gymnast
- [Nanami Takeuchi](/source/Nanami_Takeuchi) (竹内 ななみ, born 2004), Japanese idol of idol group [Super Girls](/source/Super_Girls_(Japanese_group))
- [Nanami Yamashita](/source/Nanami_Yamashita) (山下 七海, born 1995), Japanese voice actress
- [Nanami Yanagawa](/source/Nanami_Yanagawa) (梁川 奈々美, born 2002), Japanese pop singer
- [Nanami Yonetani](/source/Nanami_Yonetani) (米谷 奈々未, born 2000), Japanese former idol of idol group [Sakurazaka46](/source/Sakurazaka46)

**with the surname Nanami**

- [Hiroki Nanami](/source/Hiroki_Nanami) (七海 ひろき, born 1972), Japanese actress, singer, voice actress, and former otokoyaku
- [Hiroshi Nanami](/source/Hiroshi_Nanami) (名波 浩, born 1972), Japanese former professional footballer
- [Karin Nanami](/source/Karin_Nanami) (奈波 果林), Japanese voice actress and singer
- [Shingo Nanami](/source/Shingo_Nanami) (七海 慎吾), Japanese manga artist

## Characters

- Nanami, a character in the 1968 film *[Hatsukoi Jigokuhen](/source/Hatsukoi_Jigokuhen)*
- Nanami, a character from Magics.
- Nanami, a character in the role-playing game *[Suikoden II](/source/Suikoden_II)*
- Nanami-chan, the title character in the NHK anime series *[Nanami-chan](/source/Nanami-chan)*
- Nanami Aoyama, a character in *[Sakurasou No Pet Na Kanojo](/source/The_Pet_Girl_of_Sakurasou)*
- [Nanami Agawa](/source/Nanami_Agawa) (七生), a character in the *[Kerberos saga](/source/Kerberos_saga)* franchise
- Nanami Ishikawa (七波), the central character in the manga *[Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms](/source/Town_of_Evening_Calm,_Country_of_Cherry_Blossoms)*
- Nanami Jinnai (菜々美), a character in the anime series *[El-Hazard](/source/El-Hazard)*
- Nanami Kiryuu (七実), a character from the anime and manga series *[Revolutionary Girl Utena](/source/Revolutionary_Girl_Utena)*
- Nanami Konoe (七海), the main heroine of the anime series *[Lamune](/source/Lamune_(visual_novel))*
- Nanami Madobe (ななみ), the mascot character of the Japanese version of *[Windows 7](/source/Windows_7)*
- [Nanami Nono](/source/HurricaneBlue) (七海), main character from the 2002 tokusastu series *[Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger](/source/Ninpuu_Sentai_Hurricaneger)*
- Nanami Nishijō (七海), a character from the anime, game and manga series *[Chaos;Head](/source/Chaos;Head)*
- Nanami Simpson, the main heroine of the anime series *[Tico of the Seven Seas](/source/Tico_of_the_Seven_Seas)*
- Nanami Takahashi (七美), the central character of the manga series *[Bokura ga Ita](/source/Bokura_ga_Ita)*
- Nanami Kai, a character from the anime and game series *[Sukisyo](/source/Sukisyo)*
- Jun Nanami (名波), a student in the 2003 film *[Battle Royale II: Requiem](/source/Battle_Royale_II:_Requiem)*
- [Lucia Nanami](/source/Lucia_Nanami) (七海), the main protagonist of the anime and manga series *[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch](/source/Mermaid_Melody_Pichi_Pichi_Pitch)*
- Nanami Yasuri (鑢 七実), sister of the main character and an antagonist from *[Katanagatari](/source/Katanagatari)*.
- Chiaki Nanami (七海千秋), one of the 16 students in the video game *[Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair](/source/Danganronpa_2:_Goodbye_Despair)*.
- Nanami Haruka (七海), the main heroine of the game, manga and anime series *[Uta no Prince-sama](/source/Uta_no_Prince-sama)*
- Nanami Momozono (奈々生桃園), main character from the manga and anime series *[Kamisama Kiss](/source/Kamisama_Hajimemashita)*
- Nanami (ナナミ), a character from the video game *[Ōkamiden](/source/%C5%8Ckamiden)*
- Nanami Kanata (七海 哉太), one of the main guys of the game, manga, graphic novel, and anime series *[Starry Sky](/source/Starry_Sky)*
- Nanami Takatsuki, a character from the *[Dog Days](/source/Dog_Days_(anime))*
- Nanami Arihara (七海 在原), a heroine from the visual novel *[RIDDLE JOKER](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIDDLE_JOKER)*
- Nanami Kento (七海), a character from the *[Jujutsu Kaisen](/source/Jujutsu_Kaisen)* manga and anime series
- Nanami Hiromachi (七美 広町), a character from the *[BanG Dream!](/source/BanG_Dream!)* music media franchise and bassist of the band *[Morfonica](/source/Morfonica)*
- Nanami Ryusui (七海 龍水), a character from the [Dr. Stone](/source/Dr._Stone) manga and anime series
- Nanami Sai (七海 サイ), a character from the [Dr. Stone](/source/Dr._Stone) manga and anime series
- [Nanami](/source/Characters_of_the_Dead_or_Alive_series#Nanami) (ななみ), a character from the video game *Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation*
- Nanami Nanase, a character from the *[Gundam Build Divers](/source/Gundam_Build_Divers)*

## Other uses

- Nanami-chan, the mascot character of the satellite television service [NHK-BS](/source/NHK)

## See also

- [FM Nanami](/source/FM_Nanami), a Japanese local FM radio station
- [Hatsukoi Jigokuhen](/source/Hatsukoi_Jigokuhen), a 1968 Japanese film a.k.a. *Nanami, The Inferno of First Love*

## References

1. ["Popular names of a baby born in 2005"](http://syussan.moo.jp/meimei/ranking.html) (in Japanese). Ninshin-Shussan no Okane Daijiten. Retrieved September 17, 2008.

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