Minato

Minato (港 or 湊) is Japanese for 'harbor', and may refer to:

Places

 * Minato, Tokyo or Minato City, a special ward in Tokyo, Japan
 * Minato-ku, Nagoya, a ward of Nagoya, Japan
 * Minato-ku, Osaka, a ward of Osaka, Japan
 * Minato (湊), a neighbourhood in Chūō or Chūō City, a special ward in Tokyo, Japan

People

 * Nicolò Minato (c. 1627–1698), Italian poet, librettist and impresario
 * Yusuke Minato (born 1985), Japanese Nordic combined skier
 * Chihiro Minato (born 1960), Japanese photographer
 * Kanae Minato (born 1973), Japanese murder-mystery novelist
 * Yoshio Minato (湊 義雄), Japanese rower
 * Minato Oike (born 1996), Japanese BMX freestyle cyclist
 * Minatofuji Takayuki (born 1968), sumo wrestler now known as Minato Oyakata
 * Minato Yoshida (吉田 実成都), Japanese football player
 * Wakamotoharu Minato (若元春 港), Japanese professional sumo wrestler
 * Eikichi Minato (湊 栄吉), Japanese politician

Fictional characters

 * Sahashi Minato, protagonist of the manga series Sekirei
 * Minato Namikaze, a character in the manga and anime series Naruto
 * Minato Arisato, the protagonist's name in the Persona 3 manga adaptation
 * Minato Nagase, a character in the visual novel Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka
 * Minato Narumiya, a character in the light novel series Tsurune
 * Minato Aqua, one of Hololive Production's virtual YouTubers
 * Fuwa Minato, one of Nijisanji's virtual YouTubers

Other uses

 * Minato, a double espresso coffee with milk; see Milk coffee
 * Minato Bridge, a 1974 double-deck cantilever truss bridge in Osaka, Japan
 * Minato Line, a Japanese railway line between Katsuta and Ajigaura
 * Minato Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper
 * Minato stable, a stable of sumo wrestlers
 * Minato Station, a train station in Sakai-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan