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Misaki (name)

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Misaki
Pronunciation(MEE-sah-kee)[citation needed]
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
Meaningdifferent meanings depending on the Kanji
Other names
Related namesMisa
Misako
Misumi

Misaki (みさき, ミサキ) is a popular[1] feminine Japanese given name occasionally used for men. It can also be used as a surname.

Written forms

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

As a given name

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  • 美咲 "beautiful, blossom"
  • 美沙紀 "beautiful, sand, chronicle"
  • 海咲 “ocean, blossom”

The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

As a surname

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  • 岬 "cape/promontory"
  • 三崎 "three promontories"
  • 三咲 "three blossoms"
  • 美崎 "beautiful promontory"
  • 見崎 "to look, promontory"

People with the given name

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Men

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  • Misaki Kubota (久保田 美咲), male Japanese mixed martial artist

Women

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  • Misaki Doi (土居 美咲, born 1991), Japanese professional tennis player
  • Misaki Emura (江村 美咲, born 1998), Japanese fencer
  • Misaki Ito (伊東 美咲, born 1977), Japanese actress, model, and idol
  • Misaki Iwasa (岩佐 美咲, born 1995), Japanese idol, enka singer, and a member of Jpop group AKB48
  • Misaki Kawai (河井 美咲, born 1978), Japanese artist
  • Misaki Kobayashi (小林 海咲, born 1990), Japanese squash player
  • Misaki Kumakura (熊倉 美咲, born 1983), Japanese rower
  • Misaki Kuno (久野 美咲, born 1993), Japanese voice actress and singer
  • Misaki Matsutomo (松友 美佐紀, born 1992), Japanese badminton player
  • Misaki Momose (桃瀬 美咲, born 1993), Japanese actress and tarento
  • Misaki Morizono (森薗 美咲, born 1992), Japanese table tennis player
  • Misaki Nakayama (born 2002), Japanese professional footballer
  • Misaki Ohata (大畠 美咲, born 1989), Japanese professional wrestler
  • Misaki Onishi (尾西 美咲, born 1985), Japanese long-distance runner
  • Misaki Oshigiri (押切 美沙紀, born 1992), Japanese speed skater
  • Misaki Oshiro (大城 みさき, born 1984), Japanese weightlifter
  • Misaki Ozawa (小沢 みさき, born 1985), Japanese former field hockey player
  • Misaki Sekiyama (関山 美沙紀, born 1981), Japanese voice actress
  • Misaki Watada (和多田 美咲), Japanese voice actress
  • Misaki Yamaguchi (山口 美咲, born 1990), Japanese swimmer

People with the surname

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Characters with the given name

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Characters with the surname

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References

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  1. ^ "Given name best 100 (2007)" (in Japanese). Meiji Yasuda Seimei. 2008-08-31. Archived from the original on 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2008-08-31.