Miyagi (surname)

Miyagi (written: 宮城 lit. "shrine fortress") is a Japanese surname. It can be read as Miyashiro, or Naagusuku in the Ryukyu Islands. Notable people with the surname include:

• Atsushi Miyagi (宮城 淳, born 1931), Japanese tennis player
• Chōjun Miyagi (宮城 長順, 1888–1953), Okinawan martial artist
• Kintaro Miyagi, Filipino footballer
• Kyoko Miyagi (宮城 恭子, born 1955), also known as Kyouko Tonguu, Japanese voice actress
• Mai Miyagi (宮城 舞, born 1988), Japanese model and television personality
• Masafumi Miyagi (宮城 雅史, born 1991), Japanese footballer
• Michiko Miyagi
• Michio Miyagi (宮城 道雄, 1894–1956), Japanese koto musician
• Mimi Miyagi (born 1973), screen name of Filipina porn star and aspiring politician Melody Damayo
• Riko Miyagi (宮城 理子), Japanese manga artist
• Satoshi Miyagi (宮城 聰, born 1959), Japanese theatre director
• Vern Miyagi, United States Army general and civil servant
• Yotoku Miyagi (宮城 与徳, 1903–1943), Okinawan Marxist

Fictional characters

• Mr. Miyagi, a martial arts mentor in The Karate Kid series
• Ryota Miyagi, a character in the manga series Slam Dunk
• Yō Miyagi, a character in the manga series Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance
• Miyagi, the wife of Genjurō in the Japanese film Ugetsu