Nanase
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is a feminine Japanese given name
Japanese name
in modern times usually consist of a family name , followed by a given name. "Middle names" are not generally used.Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters of usually Chinese origin in Japanese pronunciation...

 which is also used as a surname.

Possible writings

Nanase can be written using different kanji
Kanji
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...

 characters and can mean:
as a given name
  • 七瀬, "seven, rapids"
  • 菜々瀬
  • 奈々瀬
  • 那々瀬


as a surname
The given name can also be written in hiragana
Hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, one basic component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and the Latin alphabet . Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems, in which each character represents one mora...

 or katakana
Katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet . The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana scripts are derived from components of more complex kanji. Each kana represents one mora...

.

People

with the given name Nanase
  • Nanase Aikawa
    Nanase Aikawa
    is a Japanese musician known for employing a variety of musical styles, most notably rock. She publishes her music under the Motorod label, a division of Avex Group.- Early life :Nanase Aikawa was born on February 16, 1975, in Osaka, Japan...

     (七瀬), a Japanese rock singer
  • Nanase Ohkawa
    Nanase Ohkawa
    is a member of the all-female manga-creating team Clamp. She is the director of the team and is primarily responsible for writing the stories and scripts for Clamp's various works....

     (七瀬), a member of the all-female manga-creating team Clamp

with the surname Nanase
  • Aoi Nanase (七瀬), a Japanese manga artist and illustrator
  • Natsumi Nanase (七瀬), a Japanese actress

Fictional characters

with the given name Nanase
  • Nanase (七瀬), a character in the Street Fighter EX video game
  • Nanase Akatsuki (七瀬), a character in the manga series Mamotte! Lollipop
    Mamotte! Lollipop
    is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by . It was serialized in the magazine Nakayoshi and published by Kodansha in Japan between February 2003 and July 2005....

  • Nanase Hida (七瀬), a main heroine of the manga series Telepathic Wanderers
    Telepathic Wanderers
    is a Japanese manga written by Yasutaka Tsutsui and illustrated by Sayaka Yamazaki. The manga is licensed in English by Tokyopop. The manga is based on Yasutaka Tsutsui's novel, Nanase Futatabi.-Manga:...

  • Nanase Kitsune, a character in the El Goonish Shive webcomic
  • Nanase Kudō (七瀬), a character in the Japanese light novel series Kaze no Stigma
    Kaze no Stigma
    or is a Japanese light novel series written by Takahiro Yamato and illustrated by Hanamaru Nanto. After the death of the author on July 20, 2009, the story remains incomplete at eleven volumes...

  • Nanase Matsuura (ナナセ), a character from the anime series Macross Frontier
    Macross Frontier
    is a Japanese animated science fiction space drama that aired in Japan on MBS from April 3, 2008 to September 25, 2008. It is the most recent Japanese anime television series set in the Macross universe. Animated by Satelight, premiered Japan on MBS on April 3, 2008...


with the surname Nanase
  • Miyuki Nanase (七瀬), a character in the manga and anime series Kindaichi Case Files
    Kindaichi Case Files
    is a serialized Japanese mystery manga series based on the crime solving adventures of a high school student, Hajime Kindaichi, the supposed grandson of the famous private detective Kosuke Kindaichi. They are written by Yōzaburō Kanari or Seimaru Amagi and illustrated by Fumiya Satō...

  • Rumi Nanase (七瀬), a character in the adult visual novel One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e
    One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e
    is a Japanese adult visual novel, developed by Tactics, a brand of the joint company Nexton, and released on May 26, 1998 playable on the PC for Windows 95. Much of the staff that created the game later became the founding members of the visual novel company Key. The game was later ported to the...


Other uses

  • Nanase Futatabi, a novel written by Yasutaka Tsutsui
    Yasutaka Tsutsui
    is a Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor. Along with Shinichi Hoshi and Sakyo Komatsu, he is one of the most famous science fiction writers in Japan. His Yumenokizaka bunkiten won the Tanizaki Prize in 1987. He has also won the 1981 Izumi Kyoka award, the 1989 Kawabata Yasunari...

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