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.

Possible writings

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

as a given name

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

as a surname

• 七瀬

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 Ohkawa (七瀬), a member of the all-female manga-creating team Clamp

with the surname Nanase

• Aoi Nanase (七瀬), a Japanese manga artist and illustrator
• Natsumi Nanase (七瀬), a Japanese actress

Fictional characters

with the given name Nanase

• Nanase Kitsune, a character in the El Goonish Shive webcomic
• 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

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

Other uses

• Nanase Futatabi, a novel written by Yasutaka Tsutsui