Hinako is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

Actors

Hinako Saeki is a Japanese actress who was born on February 16, 1977, in Nara, Japan. Probably her best-known role was as Sadako Yamamura in '' Rasen'', the 1998 sequel to the horror film ''Ring''. She has also appeared in a handful of other popular Japanes ...

, Japanese actress *

Hinako Sakurai is a Japanese actress, model and tarento who has appeared in a number of feature films and television programmes. Sakurai is represented with Incent. Biography Sakurai's acting debut was in the play ''Soreiyu'' in May 2016. Later in July her ...

, Japanese model *

Hinako Sano ''Weekly Playboy'' (Shueisha) (August 20, 2013) is a Japanese actress, model, and gravure idol who is affiliated with Horipro. Career Before becoming an actress, Sano was a magazine model. She appeared in the photo collection ''Hare Nochi Tsuint ...

, Japanese actress

Artists and musicians

Hinako Ashihara , known by the pseudonym , was a Japanese manga artist. Career She wrote and illustrated various manga series, including, ''Homemade Home'', '' Forbidden Dance'', '' Sand Chronicles'', '' Piece: Kanojo no Kioku'', ''Tennen Bitter Chocolate'', '' ...

, Japanese manga artist *

Hinako Sugiura was a Japanese manga artist and researcher in the lifestyles and convention (norm), customs of Japan's Edo period. Life Born Junko Suzuki in Minato, Tokyo, Minato, Tokyo, into a tradition-steeped family of kimono merchants, she studied design ...

, Japanese manga artist * Hinako Takagi (born 1989), Japanese composer and pianist *

Hinako Takanaga is a Japanese yaoi manga artist from Nagoya. She has also provided illustrations for several yaoi light novels by other authors, including '' The Guilty'' by Katsura Izumi. Most of her works have been translated into English and German (chiefly b ...

, Japanese manga artist

Athletes

* Hinako Murakami,(born 2000), Japanese professional footballer *

Hinako Shibuno is a Japanese professional golfer who won the 2019 Women's British Open. Early years Shibuno was born in Okayama, Japan on 15 November 1998. Her father was a discus thrower and her mother was a javelin thrower. She is the middle child of the ...

,(born 1998), Japanese golfer *

Hinako Suzuki Hinako Suzuki (born 20 May 1998) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays midfield for WE League club AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies is a professional women's football club based in Nagano and affiliated with AC Nagano Parceiro. The team ...

, Japanese professional footballer *

Hinako Tomitaka Hinako Tomitaka (born 21 September 2000) is a Japanese freestyle skier who competes internationally. She competed in the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2021 The 2021 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Champion ...

, Japanese freestyle skier

Fictional characters

Game characters

*Hinako Shirai, protagonist of the video game ''

Blue Reflection ''Blue Reflection'' is a role-playing video game developed by Gust Co. Ltd., Gust. It was published by Koei Tecmo in March 2017 in Japan for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, and was released in September 2017 in North America and Europe for ...

'' *Hinako Shijou, in the game series ''

The King of Fighters ''The King of Fighters'' (''KOF'') is a series of fighting games by SNK that began with the release of ''The King of Fighters '94'' in 1994. The series was initially developed for SNK's Neo Geo (system), Neo Geo MVS arcade hardware and received ...

Anime characters

Hinako (anime character) Hinako is a fictional character appearing in the three OVA anime: #April 2009: '' Issho ni Training: Training with Hinako'' #February 2010: ''Issho ni Sleeping: Sleeping with Hinako'' #December 2010: ''Issho ni Training 026: Bathtime with Hinako ...

, the protagonist in a three-part

OVA , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and special episodes of a series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the ...

series *Hinako Kitashirakawa (anime character), Tamako Kitashirakawa's late mother in ''

Tamako Market ''Tamako Market'' is a Japanese anime television series produced by Kyoto Animation, directed by Naoko Yamada, and written by Reiko Yoshida. ''Tamako Market'' centers of a young girl named Tamako Kitashirakawa, the daughter of a mochi shop owner l ...

'' and ''

Tamako Love Story ''Tamako Love Story'' is a 2014 Japanese anime romantic comedy film directed by Naoko Yamada. It is a sequel of the 2013 TV series ''Tamako Market'' produced by Kyoto Animation. The film was released in Japan on April 26, 2014, and has been license ...