Minami
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Minami is a Japanese word meaning "south
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, most of them appropriately in the south part of a city:
South
South is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.South is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to east and west.By convention, the bottom side of a map is south....
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Japan
There are several Minami wards in JapanWards of Japan
A is a subdivision of one of the cities of Japan that is large enough to have been designated by government ordinance. Wards are used to subdivide each city designated by government ordinance...
, most of them appropriately in the south part of a city:
- Minami, TokushimaMinami, Tokushimais a town located in Kaifu District, Tokushima, Japan.It was founded on March 31, 2006 from the merger of the towns of Hiwasa and Yuki, both from Kaifu District....
, a village in Tokushima Prefecture - Minami-ku, SapporoMinami-ku, Sapporois one of the 10 wards in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Minami-ku is directly translated as "south ward". Having the area of 657.23 km² in total, Minami-ku occupies 60 percent of the area of Sapporo.- Overview :...
- Minami-ku, NiigataMinami-ku, Niigatais one of the eight wards of Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The ward was created on April 1, 2007 when Niigata became a government-designated city. It is composed of the former city of Shirone and the former villages of Ajikata and Tsukigata....
- Minami-ku, SaitamaMinami-ku, Saitamais one of the ten wards of Saitama located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.On April 1, 1889, various mergers took place in Kitaadachi District. On the same date in 1932, further mergers resulted in the formation of the town of Urawa. This town became a city with the same name in 1934...
- Minami-ku, YokohamaMinami-ku, Yokohamais one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 197,019 and a density of 15,550 persons per km². The total area was 12.67 km².-Geography:...
- Minami-ku, SagamiharaMinami-ku, Sagamiharais one of three wards of Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan, located in the east part of the city. The west of Minami-ku faces Chūō-ku.Minami-ku was created on April 1, 2010 when Sagamihara became a city designated by government ordinance ....
- Minami-ku, HamamatsuMinami-ku, Hamamatsuis one of seven wards of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, located in the south of the city. It is bordered by Naka-ku, Higashi-ku, Nishi-ku, and the city of Iwata and Pacific Ocean...
- Minami-ku, NagoyaMinami-ku, Nagoyais one of the 16 wards of the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.Minami Ward contains Daido University and Kasadera Kannon Temple....
- Minami-ku, KyotoMinami-ku, Kyotois one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "South Ward." It was established in 1955 when it was separated from Shimogyo-ku. As of April, 2008 the ward has an estimated population of 98,320 people. The Kamo River and the Katsura River flow through...
- Minami-ku, SakaiMinami-ku, Sakaiis a ward of the city of Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The ward has an area of 40.44 km² and a population of 155,266. The population density is 3,839 per square kilometer. The name means "South Ward."...
- Minami-ku, OkayamaMinami-ku, Okayamais one of four wards of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The ward has an area of 127.36 km² and a population of 165,193. The population density is 1,297 per square kilometer. The name means "South Ward."...
- Minami-ku, HiroshimaMinami-ku, Hiroshimais one of the eight wards of the city of Hiroshima, Japan....
- Minami-ku, FukuokaMinami-ku, Fukuokais one of the seven wards of Fukuoka City, Japan. As of 2004, it had a population of 247,913 people and an area of 30.98 km2. Its name literally means "south ward." It is bordered by the central, Hakata, Jonan, and Sawara wards of Fukuoka city, and also by the cities of Nakagawa and Kasuga....
- Minami ward of OsakaOsakais a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
merged with Higashi ward and is now part of Chūō wardChuo-ku, Osaka, Osaka is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It has an area of 8.88 km2, and a population of 60,085. It houses Osaka's financial district, as well as the Osaka Prefecture offices and principal shopping and tourist areas.-Diplomatic missions:...
Surname
- Akina MinamiAkina Minamiis a Japanese gravure idol and tarento signed to Free Style Company.-Movies:*Wanna be Free!: Tokyo Girl as amateur model*Chorus-tai: Kanojotachi no Kiseki as Aki*Buraburabanban...
(南明奈), fashion model - Dale MinamiDale MinamiDale Minami is a San Francisco-based lawyer best known for heading the legal team that overturned the wrongful conviction of Fred Korematsu, whose defiance of the World War II Japanese American internment order lead to Korematsu v...
(born 1946), a Japanese-American lawyer - Haruo MinamiHaruo MinamiHaruo Minami was an enka singer in postwar Japan.He was born Bunji Kitazume in Nagaoka, Niigata...
(三波春夫), enka singer - Kousetsu Minami (南こうせつ), singer
- Jirō MinamiJiro Minami- Notes :...
(南次郎), general and convicted WWII war criminal - Omi MinamiOmi Minamiis a Japanese voice actor. She is mostly known for her work in anime and video game roles.-Notable anime voice roles:*Tama *Shimajirō Shimano *Euphemia Li Britannia...
(南央美), voice actor - Katsuyuki MinamiKatsuyuki Minamiis a former volleyball player from Japan, who played as a center for the Men's National Team in the 1990s. Playing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain he ended up in 10th place at the 1998 World Championship.-Honours:...
(南克幸), volleyball player - Kaho MinamiKaho MinamiKaho Minami is a Japanese actress of Korean descent active in film, television and commercials. She has been married to actor Ken Watanabe since December 3, 2005...
(南果歩), actress - Yoshitaka Minami (南佳孝), musician
- Yuta MinamiYuta MinamiYuta Minami 南 雄太 is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Roasso Kumamoto of the J-League.-Mistake:Minami became one of the few goalkeepers in football history when he managed to score an own goal against Sanfrecce Hiroshima in a J-League match on May 22, 2004...
(南雄太), football player - Warren Minami, International Monetary Fund senior official
Given name
- Minami AoyamaMinami Aoyamais a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress. She has appeared in award-winning pink films, and was herself given a Best Actress award for her work in this genre in 2006.-Life and career:...
(青山南), translator and essayist - Minami Haruka (遥みなみ), manga artist
- Minami HinaseMinami HinaseMinami Hinase , more popularly known in Japan as Minami , is a half-Japanese, half-French model and actress.-Biography:Hinase was born in Tokyo, Japan on 22 September 1986...
(美波 みなみ, born 1986), model and actress - Minami Hokuto (北都南), voice actor
- Minami KuribayashiMinami Kuribayashiis a Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress from Shizuoka prefecture.Her involvement in the game and anime Kimi ga Nozomu Eien, where she voiced the role of one of the characters, Haruka Suzumiya and performed and penned the theme songs and other songs relating to the series, has brought her...
(栗林みな実), singer-songwriter and voice actor - Minami Otomo (大友みなみ), actress and model
- Minami OzakiMinami Ozakiis a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist and illustrator of novels born on February 27, 1968 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She is famous for her best-selling manga series Zetsuai 1989, which is considered to have redefined the Shōnen-ai/Yaoi genres in the late 80s/early 90s. Her old penname is ,...
(尾崎南), manga artist - Minami TakayamaMinami Takayamais a popular Japanese singer and voice actress. She was married to manga artist Gosho Aoyama on May 5, 2005 but they divorced on December 10, 2007. Minami is also a member of the pop group Two-Mix, and a part of DoCo when it was active....
(高山みなみ), voice actor and singer - Minami Sakioka (born, 1994), student in japan
Characters
- The Minami sisters (Haruka, Kana, and Chiaki) of Minami-keMinami-keis a Japanese manga series by Koharu Sakuraba, who also authored Kyō no Go no Ni. It was first serialized in the weekly Japanese manga magazine Young Magazine in 2004. The slice of life comedy focuses on the everyday life of three sisters: Haruka, Kana, and Chiaki Minami. The manga was adapted into...
- Asakura Minami of Touch
- Kaori Minami of Battle Royale
- Ken Minami of Machine Robo Rescue
- Nanba Minami of Hana-Kimi and Hanazakari no Kimitachi e
- Iwasaki Minami of Lucky Star
- Youichi Minami of Gokusen
- Hayama Minami of Long VacationLong VacationLong Vacation is a Japanese television drama series from Fuji Television, first shown in Japan from 15 April to 24 June 1996. Takuya Kimura and Tomoko Yamaguchi played the lead characters. The series enjoyed high ratings and was the earliest of a series of hit productions starring Kimura...
- Shimada Minami of Baka and test
Other
- Minami (magazine), a Spanish manga/anime magazine
See also
Other directions:- NishiNishiNishi may refer to:* Nishi was a heroine/actress of Indian Hindi old films in 1960's and 70's, her some of the films were Insaan Jaag utha Bin Badal Barsaat,Hercules,Lutera,Main suhagan hoon,Tu nahi aur Sahi,Ganwaar...
(West) - Higashi (disambiguation)Higashi (disambiguation)Higashi is the romanized Japanese word for east.Higashi may also refer to several places in Japan:*Higashi, Tokyo, a district of Shibuya, Tokyo*Higashi, Fukushima, a village in Fukushima Prefecture*Higashi, Okinawa, a village in Okinawa Prefecture...
(East) - Kita (disambiguation) (North)