# Nanami

Nanami (ななみ, ナナミ) is a rather popular feminine Japanese given name which is also used as a surname.

## Written forms

Nanami can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

### as a given name

* 七海, "seven, sea"
* 七美, "seven, beauty"
* 七実, "seven, fruit"
* 七生, "seven, life"
* 奈波, "what, wave"
* 奈々美, "what, beauty"
* 奈々実, "what, fruit"
* 奈々生, "what, life"
* 菜々美, "greens, beauty"
* 菜々実, "greens, fruit"
* 菜々未, "greens, not yet"
* 菜々海, "greens, ocean"
The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

### as a surname

* 名波, "name, wave"

## People with the name

* Nanami Abe (阿部 奈々美, born 1972), Japanese figure skating coach and choreographer
* Nanami Atsugi (厚木 那奈美, born 1997), Japanese voice actress
* Nanami Inoue (奈々朱, born 1989), Japanese volleyball player
* Nanami Irie (入江 ななみ, born 1995), Japanese sport wrestler
* Nanami Kino (紀野 奈々美, born 1955), Japanese handball player
* Nanami Ohta (ななみ, born 1993), a Japanese actress
* Nanami Sakuraba (ななみ, born 1992), Japanese actress
* Nanami Shiono (七生, born 1937), Japanese author and novelist
* Hiroshi Nanami (名波, born 1972), former Japanese professional football player
* Shingo Nanami, Japanese manga artist
* Nanami (wrestler) (ななみ, born 2006), Japanese wrestler

## Characters

* Nanami, a character in the 1968 film Hatsukoi Jigokuhen
* Nanami, a character from Magics.
* Nanami, a character in the role-playing game Suikoden II
* Nanami-chan, the title character in the NHK anime series Nanami-chan
* Nanami Aoyama, a character in Sakurasou No Pet Na Kanojo
* Nanami Agawa (七生), a character in the Kerberos saga franchise
* Nanami Ishikawa (七波), the central character in the manga Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
* Nanami Jinnai (菜々美), a character in the anime series El-Hazard
* Nanami Kiryuu (七実), a character from the anime and manga series Revolutionary Girl Utena
* Nanami Konoe (七海), the main heroine of the anime series Lamune
* Nanami Madobe (ななみ), the mascot character of the Japanese version of Windows 7
* Nanami Nono (七海), main character from the 2002 tokusastu series Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger
* Nanami Nishijō (七海), a character from the anime, game and manga series Chaos;Head
* Nanami Simpson, the main heroine of the anime series Tico of the Seven Seas
* Nanami Takahashi (七美), the central character of the manga series Bokura ga Ita
* Nanami Kai, a character from the anime and game series Sukisyo
* Jun Nanami (名波), a student in the 2003 film Battle Royale II: Requiem
* Lucia Nanami (七海), the main protagonist of the anime and manga series Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
* Nanami Yasuri (鑢 七実), sister of the main character and an antagonist from Katanagatari.
* Chiaki Nanami (七海千秋), one of the 16 students in the video game Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.
* Nanami Haruka (七海), the main heroine of the game, manga and anime series Uta no Prince-sama
* Nanami Momozono (奈々生桃園), main character from the manga and anime series Kamisama Kiss
* Nanami (ナナミ), a character from the video game Ōkamiden
* Nanami Kanata (七海 哉太), one of the main guys of the game, manga, graphic novel, and anime series Starry Sky
* Nanami Takatsuki, a character from the Dog Days
* Nanami Arihara (七海 在原), a heroine from the visual novel RIDDLE JOKER
* Nanami Kento (七海), a character from the Jujutsu Kaisen manga and anime series
* Nanami Hiromachi (七美 広町), a character from the BanG Dream! music media franchise and bassist of the band Morfonica
* Nanami Ryusui (七海 龍水), a character from the Dr. Stone manga and anime series
* Nanami Sai (七海 サイ), a character from the Dr. Stone manga and anime series
* Nanami (ななみ), a character from the video game Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation

## Other uses

* Nanami-chan, the mascot character of the satellite television service NHK-BS