Minami
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| Minami | |
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| Pronunciation | Minami |
| Gender | both |
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| Word/Name | Japanese |
| Meaning | south |
| Region of origin | Japanese |
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Minami (kanji 南, hiragana みなみ) is a Japanese word meaning "south".
[edit] Places
[edit] Japan
There are several Minami wards in Japan, most of them appropriately in the south part of a city:
- Minami, Tokushima, a village in Tokushima Prefecture
- Minami-ku, Sapporo
- Minami-ku, Niigata
- Minami-ku, Saitama
- Minami-ku, Yokohama
- Minami-ku, Sagamihara
- Minami-ku, Hamamatsu
- Minami-ku, Nagoya
- Minami-ku, Kyoto
- Minami-ku, Sakai
- Minami-ku, Okayama
- Minami-ku, Hiroshima
- Minami-ku, Fukuoka
- Minami ward of Osaka merged with Higashi ward and is now part of Chūō ward
[edit] Surname
- Akina Minami (南明奈), fashion model
- Dale Minami (born 1946), a Japanese-American lawyer
- Haruo Minami (三波春夫), enka singer
- Hikari Minami (みなみ飛香), professional wrestler
- Kousetsu Minami (南こうせつ), singer
- Jirō Minami (南次郎), general and convicted WWII war criminal
- Omi Minami (南央美), voice actor
- Katsuyuki Minami (南克幸), volleyball player
- Kaho Minami (南果歩), actress
- Yoshitaka Minami (南佳孝), musician[citation needed]
- Yuta Minami (南雄太), football player
- Warren Minami, International Monetary Fund senior official
[edit] Given name
- Minami Aoyama (青山南), translator and essayist
- Minami Haruka (遥みなみ), manga artist[citation needed]
- Minami Hinase (美波 みなみ, born 1986), model and actress
- Minami Hokuto (北都南), voice actor
- Minami Kuribayashi (栗林みな実), singer-songwriter and voice actor
- Minami Minegishi (峯岸みなみ), AKB48 member
- Minami Otomo (大友みなみ), actress and model[citation needed]
- Minami Ozaki (尾崎南), manga artist
- Minami Takahashi (高橋みなみ), AKB48 member
- Minami Takayama (高山みなみ), voice actor and singer
- Minami Sakioka (born, 1994), student in japan
[edit] Characters
- The Minami sisters (Haruka, Kana, and Chiaki) of Minami-ke
- Asakura Minami of Touch
- Kaori Minami of Battle Royale
- Ken Minami of Machine Robo Rescue
- Nanba Minami of Hana-Kimi and Hanazakari no Kimitachi e
- Iwasaki Minami of Lucky Star
- Youichi Minami of Gokusen
- Hayama Minami of Long Vacation
- Minami Shimada of Baka and Test
[edit] Other
- Minami (magazine), a Spanish manga/anime magazine[citation needed]
[edit] See also
Other directions:
- Nishi (West)
- Higashi (disambiguation) (East)
- Kita (disambiguation) (North)
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