Kanako is a feminine Japanese given name.

Forms inkanji can include:

• 加奈子, "addition, (means nothing on its own), child"
• 香奈子, "fragrance, (means nothing on its own), child"
• 佳南子, "good, fine, etc., south, child"
• 香菜子, "fragrance, vegetables, child"
• 可南子, "acceptable, south, child"

• Kanako Abe (阿部 加奈子; born 1973), Japanese conductor, composer and pianist
• Kanako Domori (堂森 佳南子; born 1975), Japanese wheelchair tennis player
• Kanako Enomoto (榎本 加奈子; born 1980), Japanese actress and model
• Kanako Fukaura (深浦 加奈子; 1960-2008), Japanese actress
• Kanako Haginaga (萩永 佳奈子; born 1975), Japanese runner
• Kanako Higuchi (樋口 可南子; born 1958), Japanese actress
• Kanako Hirai (平井 香菜子; born 1984), Japanese volleyball player
• Kanako Hiramatsu (平松 可奈子; born 1991), Japanese former idol of idol groupSKE48
• Kanako Inuki (犬木 加奈子; born 1958), Japanese manga writer and illustrator
• Kanako Itō (いとう かなこ; born 1973), Japanese singer
• Kanako Itō (footballer) (伊藤 香菜子; born 1983), Japanese women's footballer
• Kanako Kase (加瀬 加奈子; born 1980), Japanese professional racing cyclist
• Kanako Kitao (北尾 佳奈子; born 1982), Japanese-American synchronized swimmer
• Kanako Kobayashi (小林 花奈子; born 1998), Japanese rugby union player
• Kanako Kondō (近藤 佳奈子; born 1981), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Kanako Mitsuhashi (三橋 加奈子; born 1978), Japanese actress and voice actress
• Kanako Miyamoto (宮本 佳那子; born 1989), Japanese actress and singer
• Kanako Momota (百田 夏菜子; born 1994), Japanese singer and actress
• Kanako Morisaki (森崎 可南子; born 1996), Japanese tennis player
• Kanako Murakami (村上 佳菜子; born 1994), Japanese figure skater
• Kanako Murata (村田 夏南子; born 1993), Japanese mixed martial artist and former wrestler
• Kanako Naito (内藤 香菜子; 1980 – 2019), Japanese female volleyball player
• Kanako Nishi (西 加南子; born 1970), Japanese women's racing cyclist
• Kanako Nishi (author) (西 加奈子; born 1977), Japanese writer and artist
• Kanako Ogata (緒方 かな子; born 1973), Japanese singer and television personality
• Kanako Omura (大村 加奈子; born 1976), Japanese volleyball player
• Kanako Otsuji (尾辻 かな子; born 1974), Japanese politician and activist
• Kanako Sakai (酒井 香奈子; born 1986), Japanese voice actress
• Kanako Tahara (田原 可南子; born 1994), Japanese actress and singer
• Kanako Takatsuki (高槻 かなこ; born 1993), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Kanako Tanikawa (谷川 可奈子; born 1970), Japanese cyclist
• Kanako Tateno (立野 香菜子; born 1981), Japanese voice actor
• Kanako Tōjō (東條 加那子; born 1984), Japanese voice actress
• Kanako Urai (浦井 佳奈子; born 1981), Japanese professional wrestler, journalist and artist
• Kanako Watanabe (渡部 香生子; born 1996), Japanese swimmer
• Kanako Yanagihara (柳原 可奈子; born 1986), Japanese actor and comedian
• Kanako Yonekura (米倉 加奈子; born 1976), Japanese badminton player

• Kanako Yasaka (八坂 神奈子), a character inMountain of Faith fromTouhou Project
• Kanako Kurusu (来栖 加奈子), a character in the light novel seriesOreimo
• Kanako Ketsukane (決鐘 仮名子), a character in theUndertale fangameUndertale Yellow
• Kanako Mimura (三村 かな子), a character in the game seriesThe Idolmaster Cinderella Girls

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