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 occasionally used for men. It can also be used as a surname.

Possible writings

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

As a given name

• 美咲 "beautiful, blossom"
• 美沙紀 "beautiful, sand, chronicle"
• 海咲 “ocean, blossom”

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

As a surname

• 岬 "cape/promontory"
• 三崎 "three promontories"
• 三咲 "three blossoms"
• 美崎 "beautiful promontory"
• 見崎 "to look, promontory"

People with the given name

Men

• Misaki Kubota (久保田 美咲), male Japanese mixed martial artist
• Misaki Uemura (上村 岬, born 1991), male Japanese football player

Women

• Misaki Doi (土居 美咲, born 1991), Japanese professional tennis player
• Misaki Emura (江村 美咲, born 1998), Japanese fencer
• Misaki Ito (伊東 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
• Misaki Kawai (河井 美咲, born 1978), Japanese artist
• Misaki Kobayashi (小林 海咲, born 1990), Japanese squash player
• Misaki Kumakura (熊倉 美咲, born 1983), Japanese rower
• Misaki Kuno (久野 美咲, born 1993), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Misaki Matsutomo (松友 美佐紀, born 1992), Japanese badminton player
• Misaki Momose (桃瀬 美咲, born 1993), Japanese actress and tarento
• Misaki Morizono (森薗 美咲, born 1992), Japanese table tennis player
• Misaki Nakayama (born 2002), Japanese professional footballer
• Misaki Ohata (大畠 美咲, born 1989), Japanese professional wrestler
• Misaki Onishi (尾西 美咲, born 1985), Japanese long-distance runner
• Misaki Oshigiri (押切 美沙紀, born 1992), Japanese speed skater
• Misaki Oshiro (大城 みさき, born 1984), Japanese weightlifter
• Misaki Ozawa (小沢 みさき, born 1985), Japanese former field hockey player
• Misaki Sekiyama (関山 美沙紀, born 1981), Japanese voice actress
• Misaki Watada (和多田 美咲), Japanese voice actress
• Misaki Yamaguchi (山口 美咲, born 1990), Japanese swimmer

People with the surname

• Ayame Misaki (水崎 綾女, born 1989), Japanese actress
• Erin Misaki (born 1981), American soccer player
• Hiromi Misaki (三崎 宏美, born 1976), Japanese sport shooter
• Juri Misaki (みさき 樹里, born 1980), Japanese manga artist
• Kazuo Misaki (三崎 和雄), Japanese professional mixed martial arts fighter and former judoka
• Kiyoshi Misaki (見崎 清志, born 1946), Japanese racing driver
• Mitsuhiro Misaki (見崎 充洋, born 1970), Japanese football player
• Nako Misaki (岬 なこ), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Shiro Misaki (三崎 四郎), Japanese football player

Characters with the given name

• 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
• Misaki Okusawa, a character from the BanG Dream! media franchise
• Misaki, a character from the Dead or Alive Xtreme 3

Characters with the surname

• Taro Misaki (岬), a character in the manga, anime, and video game series Captain Tsubasa
• Hana Misaki (岬 話), a manager of Jōzenji High in Haikyū!!
• Ryo Misaki (岬), a minor character in the anime Angelic Layer
• Shiki Misaki, a protagonist in the video game The World Ends with You