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Nanako
Girl NameJapanese Origin
Meaning
From Japanese 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" duplicated and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji
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Nanako Takushi
Nanako Takushi (Takushi Nanako, 澤岻奈々子, born 25 March 1976) is a J-pop singer from Okinawa, Japan, and an original member of the group Super Monkey's.
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Nanako SOS
is a seinen manga series created by Hideo Azuma which ran in Popcorn and Just Comic (both published by Kobunsha) from April 1980 to July 1986.
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