Minato

Minato (港 or 湊) is Japanese for 'harbor', and may refer to:

Places

• Minato, Tokyo or Minato City, a special ward in Tokyo, Japan
• Minato-ku, Nagoya, a ward of Nagoya, Japan
• Minato-ku, Osaka, a ward of Osaka, Japan
• Minato (湊), a neighbourhood in Chūō or Chūō City, a special ward in Tokyo, Japan

People

• Nicolò Minato (c. 1627–1698), Italian poet, librettist and impresario
• Yusuke Minato (born 1985), Japanese Nordic combined skier
• Chihiro Minato (born 1960), Japanese photographer
• Kanae Minato (born 1973), Japanese murder-mystery novelist
• Minatofuji Takayuki (born 1968), sumo wrestler now known as Minato Oyakata
• Yoshio Minato (湊 義雄, born 1949), Japanese rower

Fictional characters

• Sahashi Minato, protagonist of the manga series Sekirei
• Minato Namikaze, a character in the manga and anime series Naruto
• Minato Arisato, the protagonist's name in the Persona 3 manga adaptation
• Minato Nagase, a character in the visual novel Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka

Other uses

• Minato, a double espresso coffee with milk; see Milk coffee#Minato
• Minato Bridge, a 1974 double-deck cantilever truss bridge in Osaka, Japan
• Minato Line, a Japanese railway line between Katsuta and Ajigaura
• Minato Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper
• Minato Soft, a Japanese visual novel studio
• Minato stable, a stable of sumo wrestlers
• Minato Station, a train station in Sakai-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

See also

• Minato Ward (disambiguation)
• Minato-kai, original name of the Japanese crime syndicate Sumiyoshi-kai