Kanako

Kanako is a feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

 * 加奈子, "addition, (means nothing on its own), child"
 * 香奈子, "fragrance, (means nothing on its own), child"
 * 佳南子, "good, fine, etc., south, child"
 * 香菜子, "fragrance, vegetables, child"
 * 可南子, "acceptable, south, child"

People with the name

 * Kanako Domori (堂森 佳南子), Japanese wheelchair tennis player
 * Kanako Enomoto (榎本 加奈子), Japanese actor and model
 * Kanako Fukaura (深浦 加奈子), Japanese actor
 * Kanako Higuchi (樋口 可南子), Japanese actor
 * Kanako Hirai (平井 香菜子), Japanese volleyball player
 * Kanako Itō (いとう かなこ), Japanese singer
 * Kanako Itō (footballer) (伊藤 香菜子), Japanese women's footballer
 * Kanako Mitsuhashi (三橋 加奈子), Japanese voice actor
 * Kanako Miyamoto, (born 1989), Japanese voice actress and singer
 * Kanako Murakami (村上 佳菜子), Japanese figure skater
 * Kanako Murata
 * Kanako Naito (内藤 香菜子), Japanese female volleyball player
 * Kanako Omura (大村 加奈子), Japanese volleyball player
 * Kanako Otsuji (尾辻 かな子), Japanese politician and activist
 * Kanako Sakai (酒井 香奈子), Japanese voice actress
 * Kanako Takatsuki (高槻 かなこ), Japanese voice actress and singer
 * Kanako Tanikawa (谷川 可奈子), Japanese cyclist
 * Kanako Tateno (立野 香菜子), Japanese voice actor
 * Kanako Tōjō (東條 加那子), Japanese voice actress
 * Kanako Urai (浦井 佳奈子), Japanese professional wrestler, journalist and artist
 * Kanako Watanabe (渡部 香生子), Japanese swimmer
 * Kanako Yanagihara (柳原 可奈子), Japanese actor and comedian
 * Kanako Yonekura (米倉 加奈子), Japanese badminton player

Fictional characters

 * Kanako Yasaka (八坂 神奈子), a character from Touhou Project
 * Kanako Kurusu (来栖 加奈子), a character in the light novel series Oreimo
 * Kanako Ketsukane, a character in the Undertale fangame Undertale Yellow