Kanako
title: "Kanako" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["japanese-feminine-given-names", "feminine-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanako" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Kanako |
| gender | Female |
| meaning | Different meanings depending on the kanji used |
| origin | Japanese |
| :: |
| name = Kanako | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | gender = Female | meaning = Different meanings depending on the kanji used | region = | language = | origin = Japanese | alternative spelling = | nickname = | variant forms = | related names = | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = Kanako is a feminine Japanese given name.
Written forms
Forms in kanji can include:
- , "addition, (means nothing on its own), child"
- , "fragrance, (means nothing on its own), child"
- , "good, fine, etc., south, child"
- , "fragrance, vegetables, child"
- , "acceptable, south, child"
People with the name
- Kanako Abe, Japanese conductor, composer and pianist
- Kanako Domori, Japanese wheelchair tennis player
- Kanako Enomoto, Japanese actress and model
- Kanako Fukaura, Japanese actress
- Kanako Haginaga, Japanese runner
- Kanako Higuchi, Japanese actress
- Kanako Hirai, Japanese volleyball player
- Kanako Hiramatsu, Japanese former idol of idol group SKE48
- Kanako Inuki, Japanese manga writer and illustrator
- Kanako Itō, Japanese singer
- Kanako Itō (footballer), Japanese women's footballer
- Kanako Kase, Japanese professional racing cyclist
- Kanako Kitao, Japanese-American synchronized swimmer
- Kanako Kobayashi, Japanese rugby union player
- Kanako Kondō, Japanese voice actress and singer
- Kanako Mitsuhashi, Japanese actress and voice actress
- Kanako Miyamoto, Japanese actress and singer
- Kanako Momota, Japanese singer and actress
- Kanako Morisaki, Japanese tennis player
- Kanako Murakami, Japanese figure skater
- Kanako Murata, Japanese mixed martial artist and former wrestler
- Kanako Naito, Japanese female volleyball player
- Kanako Nishi, Japanese women's racing cyclist
- Kanako Nishi (author), Japanese writer and artist
- Kanako Ogata, Japanese singer and television personality
- Kanako Omura, Japanese volleyball player
- Kanako Otsuji, Japanese politician and activist
- Kanako Sakai, Japanese voice actress
- Kanako Tahara, Japanese actress and singer
- Kanako Takatsuki, Japanese voice actress and singer
- Kanako Tanikawa, Japanese cyclist
- Kanako Tateno, Japanese voice actor
- Kanako Tōjō, Japanese voice actress
- Kanako Urai, Japanese professional wrestler, journalist and artist
- Kanako Watanabe, Japanese swimmer
- Kanako Yanagihara, Japanese actor and comedian
- Kanako Yonekura, Japanese badminton player
Fictional characters
- Kanako Yasaka, a character in Mountain of Faith from Touhou Project
- Kanako Kurusu, a character in the light novel series Oreimo
- Kanako Ketsukane, a character in the Undertale fangame Undertale Yellow
- Kanako Mimura, a character in the game series The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
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