is a common primarily feminine Japanese given name.
Written forms Manami can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: 愛美, "love, beauty" 愛海, "love, sea" 愛未, "love, not yet" 愛実, "love, fruit" 真名美, "truth, name, beauty" 真奈美, "truth, Nara, beauty" 麻奈美, "hemp, Nara, beauty" 真奈海, "truth, Nara, sea"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People , Japanese sports sailor , Japanese women's basketball player , Japanese gravure idol and actress Manami Higa (愛未, born 1986), Japanese actress Manami Hino (真奈美, born 1980), Japanese bobsledder , Japanese female artistic gymnast Manami Kamitanida (born 1989), Japanese long-distance runner Manami Katsu (愛実, born 1994), Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese sprinter and hurdler Manami Konishi (真奈美, born 1978), Japanese actress Manami Kurose (真奈美, born 1991), Japanese actress and singer , Japanese tarento, actress, and former gravure idol Manami Matsumae (真奈美), Japanese game music composer , Japanese freestyle skier , Japanese footballer playing as a midfielder Manami Numakura (愛美), Japanese voice actress Manami Oku (真奈美, born 1995), Japanese idol singer , Japanese woman cricketer , Japanese voice actress , Japanese wheelchair tennis player Manami Toyota (真奈美, born 1971), Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese model Manami Wakayama (愛美, born 1986), Japanese idol Manami Watanabe (愛未, born 1986), female lead singer of Jyukai, a Japanese pop/soft rock group Manami (wrestler) (born 2004), Japanese wrestler
Fictional Characters Manami Amamiya (学美), the main character in the manga and anime series Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! Manami Aoki (真奈美), the character in the manga series Haikyū!!, the position is Setter and the number is 3 Manami Hyuga (真奈美), a character in the 1998 Japanese film Bayside Shakedown: The Movie Manami Kasuga (まなみ), a character in the manga and anime series Kimagure Orange Road Manami Kusunoki (真奈美), a character from the 2D fighting game Variable Geo series Manami Tamura (麻奈実), a character in the manga and anime series Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai Manami Okuda (愛美), a character in the manga and anime series Assassination Classroom
See also 愛未 (disambiguation) 愛美 (disambiguation)