Minako

Minako (みなこ, ミナコ) is a Japanese feminine given name. Minako can be written using different kanji characters: The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
 * 美奈子, "beauty, apple tree, child"
 * 美那子, "beauty, unknown, child" or "beauty, child"
 * 美菜子, "beauty, (green) vegetable, child"
 * 美名子, "beauty, name, child"
 * 美梨子, "beauty, pear, child"
 * 聖名子, "holy, name, child"
 * 聖奈子, "holy, apple tree, child or holy child"
 * 皆子, "everybody/all, child"
 * 水奈子 "water, apple tree, child" or "water, child"
 * 実奈子 "truth, apple tree, child"
 * 実菜子 "truth, (green) vegetable, child"
 * 実那子 "truth, unknown, child" or "truth, child"
 * 実名子 "truth, name, child"

People

 * Minako (美奈子), a member of the Japanese musical group Kome Kome Club
 * Minako Honda (本田 美奈子), Japanese singer
 * Minako Inoue (井上 美奈子), Japanese singer
 * Minako Iwasaki (岩崎 美奈子), a Japanese illustrator, game character designer, and manga artist
 * Minako Komukai (小向 美奈子), Japanese gravure model
 * Minako Kotobuki (寿 美菜子), a Japanese voice actress and singer
 * Minako Nishiyama (西山 美なコ), a Japanese contemporary artist
 * Minako Oba (大庭 みな子), Japanese author and social critic
 * Minako Sato (佐藤 美奈子), Japanese archer
 * Minako Takashima (高嶋 美奈子), Japanese women's footballer

Fictional characters

 * Minako Aino (also Sailor Venus), a character in the Sailor Moon series and the main protagonist of Codename: Sailor V
 * Minako Arisato, one of the given names to the female protagonist in Persona 3 Portable
 * Minako Yurihara, a character in the light novel Boogiepop series