Misaki (name)

Misaki

Pronunciation	(MEE-sah-kee)
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	different meanings depending on the Kanji
Other names
Related names	Misa Misako Misumi

Misaki (みさき, ミサキ) is a popular feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname.

Possible writings

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

A given name

• 美咲 "beautiful, blossom"
• 美沙紀 "beautiful, sand, chronicle"

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

A surname

• 岬 "cape/promontory"
• 三崎 "three promontories"
• 三咲 "three blossoms"
• 美崎 "beautiful promontory"

Places

• Misaki, Chiba, a former town in Chiba Prefecture
• Misaki, Ehime, a former town in Ehime Prefecture
• Misaki, Kanagawa, a port in Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture
• Misaki, Okayama, a town in Okayama Prefecture
• Misaki, Osaka, a town in Osaka Prefecture

People

Given name

• Misaki Kuno (久野 美咲, born 1993), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Misaki Ito (美咲, born 1977), Japanese actress, model, and idol
• Misaki Iwasa (岩佐 美咲, born 1995), Japanese idol, enka singer, and a member of Jpop group AKB48
• Saya Misaki (美咲 沙耶, 1985–2007), Japanese adult film actress
• Misaki Ohata (美咲, born 1989), Japanese professional wrestler

Surname

• Kazuo Misaki (三崎), a Japanese professional mixed martial arts fighter and former judoka
• Taro Misaki (岬), a character in the manga, anime, and video game series Captain Tsubasa
• Ryo Misaki (岬), a minor character in the anime Angelic Layer
• Shiki Misaki, a protagonist in the video game The World Ends with You

Characters

• Misaki Jurai (美砂樹), a character in the anime Tenchi Muyo!
• Misaki Suzuhara (みさき), the main character in the anime Angelic Layer
• Misaki Takahashi (美咲), main character in the anime Junjou Romantica
• Misaki Nakahara (中原 岬), character of Welcome to the N.H.K.
• Misaki Harada (美咲), a character in the anime Gakuen Alice
• Misaki Ayuzawa, the main character of the anime/manga Maid Sama!
• Misaki Kureha, the main character in the anime Divergence Eve and Misaki Chronicles
• Misaki Kirihara (霧原 未咲), character of Darker than Black
• Misaki Asou, one of the protagonists in the video game Fatal Frame 4
• Misaki Aoyagi, a character in the manga Loveless
• Misaki Oga, a character in the anime Beelzebub
• Mei Misaki, a character in the anime Another
• Misaki Yata (美咲), a character in the anime K Project
• Misaki Shokuhō (食蜂操祈), a character of A Certain Magical Index
• Misaki Kamiigusa (上井草 美咲), a character of Sakura-sō no Pet na Kanojo
• Misaki Shouta, a character in the manga Hana No Mizo Shiru

See also

• Misaki (disambiguation)