Nanase

Nanase

Pronunciation	Na-na-sé
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Nana Nanako

Nanase (ななせ, ナナセ) is a feminine Japanese given name which is also used as a surname.

Written forms

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

as a given name

• 七瀬, "seven, rapids"
• 菜々瀬, "greens, rapids"
• 奈々瀬, "what, rapids"
• 那々瀬, "what, rapids"

as a surname

• 七瀬, "seven, rapids"

The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

with the given name Nanase

• Nanase Aikawa (七瀬), a Japanese rock singer
• Nanase Hoshii (七瀬), pseudonym of Yuma Hoshino, Japanese singer
• Nanase Ohkawa (七瀬), a member of the all-female manga-creating team Clamp
• Nanase Nishino (七瀬), a member of the Japanese idol group Nogizaka46
• Nanase Kiryu (七瀬), Japanese football player

with the surname Nanase

• Aoi Nanase (七瀬), a Japanese manga artist and illustrator
• Ayaka Nanase (七瀬), Japanese voice actress
• Hikaru Nanase, pseudonym for Japanese singer and composer Masumi Itō

Fictional characters

with the given name Nanase

• Nanase (七瀬), a character in the Street Fighter EX video game
• Nanase Akatsuki (七瀬), a character in the manga series Mamotte! Lollipop
• Nanase Hida (七瀬), a main heroine of the manga series Telepathic Wanderers
• Nanase Kudō (七瀬), a character in the Japanese light novel series Kaze no Stigma
• Nanase Matsuura (ナナセ), a character from the anime series Macross Frontier
• Nanase Matoba, a supporting character who is a secretary of the main antagonist of the ongoing manga/anime of Natsume's Book of Friends

with the surname Nanase

• Miyuki Nanase (七瀬), a character in the manga and anime series Kindaichi Case Files
• Rumi Nanase (七瀬), a character in the adult visual novel One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e
• Haruka Nanase (七瀬 遙), a main character in the anime series Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club
• Narue Nagase (七瀬 成恵), a female protagonist in the science fiction anime series The World of Narue
• Yū Nanase (七瀬 優), one of the characters in the dating simulation game Sentimental Graffiti
• Yui Nanase (七瀬 ゆい), a side character in the anime series Go! Princess PreCure

Other uses

• Nanase Futatabi, a novel written by Yasutaka Tsutsui