is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, manga artist
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Carlos Amano (born 1976), Japanese wrestler
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Eugene Amano (born 1982), Filipino-born
NFL
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The N ...
player
*, Japanese physicist, inventor of blue LED light, 2014 Nobel laureate
*, Japanese comedian, actor, voice actor, television presenter, film director and film critic
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japanese actor
*, Japanese Buddhist monk
*, Japanese manga artist
*, Japanese music composer
*, Japanese manga artist
*, Japanese aquarium designer and photographer
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese samurai and commander
*, Japanese politician, educator and economist
*, Japanese singer
*, Japanese samurai
*, Japanese manga artist
*, Japanese illustrator
*, Japanese columnist
*, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency
*, Japanese voice actress
Fictional characters
*, the protagonist of ''
Video Girl Ai
''Video Girl Ai'', known in Japan as simply , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 1989 to April 1992. ...
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*, the protagonist of ''
GetBackers
is a Japanese manga series written by Yuya Aoki and illustrated by Rando Ayamine. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from March 1999 to February 2007, with its chapters collected in 39 volumes. Th ...
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*, a minor character in ''
Hug! Pretty Cure
, also known as ''Hugtto! PreCure'', is a Japanese magical girl anime television series produced by Toei Animation. It is the fifteenth series in the ''Pretty Cure'' franchise, released to in commemoration of its 15th anniversary. It is direct ...
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*, the protagonist of ''
Yumeiro Patissiere
is a shōjo manga and anime series by Natsumi Matsumoto. It began serialization on September 3, 2008, in the October 2008 issue of ''Ribon''. The series ended on June 3, 2011, with a total of 12 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The manga won the 56th ...
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*, a character in ''
Yo-Kai Watch
is a Japanese role-playing video game series and associated media franchise created and developed by Level-5. The first game in the series was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2013. Three main sequels and several spinoffs, on both Nintendo a ...
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*, the main character in ''
Gamers!
is a Japanese light novel series, written by Sekina Aoi and illustrated by Saboten. Fujimi Shobo published twelve volumes from March 2015 to October 2019, under the Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. An anime television series adaptation produce ...
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*, the protagonist of ''
Urotsukidōji
is a Japanese erotic horror manga series written and illustrated by Toshio Maeda.
First serialized in ''Manga Erotopia'' from 1985 to 1986, ''Urotsukidōji'' marked a departure from Maeda's earlier works, with its focus on erotica, dark ...
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*, the main character in ''
Beyblade: Metal Fusion''
*, the protagonist of ''
Amano Megumi wa Sukidarake!''
*, a character in ''Urotsukidoji''
*, a minor character in ''
Kanon''
*, a character in ''
Blend S
is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga written and illustrated by Miyuki Nakayama in Houbunsha's '' Manga Time Kirara Carat'' magazine from 2013 to 2022 and collected into eight volumes. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation ...
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*, a character in ''
Digimon Fusion
''Digimon Fusion'', known in Japan as , is the sixth anime television series in the ''Digimon'' franchise, produced by Toei Animation. The series aired on TV Asahi from July 2010 to March 2012.
Its storyline follows the adventures of Mikey K ...
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*, a recurring character in ''
Future Diary
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sakae Esuno. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Shōnen Ace'' between January 2006 and December 2010, and has been collected into 12 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The plot depicts the ...
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*, a minor character in ''
Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure
is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. It is the twentieth installment in the ''Pretty Cure'' franchise and was released in commemoration of the franchise's 20th anniversary. Koji Ogawa serves as the series' chief ...
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*, the main character in ''Future Diary''
*, a character in ''Digimon Fusion''
See also
*Amano, 13th century King of the
Hadiya Sultanate
Hadiya (also known as Adea, Hadia, or Hadya) was a medieval Muslim state in the southern part of its realm located south of Shewa and west of Sharkha regions of the Ethiopian Empire. The Hadiya Muslim state mainly composed of Cushitic Hadiyya p ...
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Amano shrimp, a species of shrimp found in Asia
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Japanese-language surnames