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used by either sex and is occasionally used as a surname.

Written forms

Nagisa can be written using different

kanji are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are ...

characters and can mean: *渚, "beach, strand" *汀, "water's edge/shore" *凪砂, "lull, sand" The given name can also be written in

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katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...

People with the name

Nagisa is a Japanese name, Japanese given name used by either sex and is occasionally used as a surname. Written forms Nagisa can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *渚, "beach, strand" *汀, "water's edge/shore" *凪砂, "lu ...

, a Persian harpist of the 7th century *, Japanese actress and singer *, Japanese singer and actress * Nagisa Aoyama (青山なぎさ; born 1998), Japanese voice actress and singer *

Nagisa Arakaki is a former Japanese professional baseball player. He is currently with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. Despite having one of the best fastballs and sliders of anyone in the league, Arakaki has battled control ...

(新垣渚; born 1980), Japanese professional baseball player *, Japanese field hockey player *, Japanese swimmer * Nagisa Katahira (片平なぎさ; born 1959), Japanese television actress *

Nagisa Nozaki is a Japanese professional wrestler. She started her career in the NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling promotion in November 2006. After the promotion folded in December 2010, she worked for independent promotions such as Pro Wrestling Wave and Worl ...

(野崎渚; born 1990), Japanese professional wrestler *

Nagisa Oshima is a Japanese name, Japanese given name used by either sex and is occasionally used as a surname. Written forms Nagisa can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *渚, "beach, strand" *汀, "water's edge/shore" *凪砂, "lu ...

(大島渚; born 1932), Japanese film director * (坂口渚沙, born 2000), Japanese actress and YouTuber. She is a member of the female idol group LarmeR, and former member of

AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol musical girl group named after the Akihabara area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48 has sold more records than any other female musical act in Japanese history. AK ...

Nagisa Sakurauchi Nagisa Sakurauchi (櫻内渚, ''Sakurauchi Nagisa'', born August 11, 1989) is a Japanese football player as a Right back and currently plays for Taiwan Football Premier League club Taichung Futuro. Career Sakurauchi began his youth career wi ...

(櫻内渚; born 1989), Japanese football player *

Nagisa Shibuya is an talent, actress and a former member of the Japanese idol girl group NMB48. She was the captain of NMB48's Team M. She is also a member of the AKB48 sub-unit Tentoumu Chu!, of NMB48 sub-unit Queentet, and formerly held a concurrent posit ...

(渋谷凪咲; born 1996), Japanese singer and former member idol group of

NMB48 NMB48 (read "N.M.B. Forty-eight") is a Japanese idol group that debuted in 2011 as the second sister group to AKB48, produced by Yasushi Akimoto. NMB48 is named after the Namba district in Osaka city of Osaka Prefecture, where the group is based ...

Fictional Characters

, a character in the ''

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'' video game * Nagisa Aoi (渚砂), the main character in the ''

Strawberry Panic! ''Strawberry Panic!'' is a series of Japanese illustrated short stories written by Sakurako Kimino, which focus on a group of teenage girls attending three affiliated all-girl schools on Astraea Hill. A common theme throughout the storie ...

'' series *

Nagisa Furukawa This is a list of characters from the ''Clannad'' universe, including the visual novel, manga, and anime of the same name. Main characters ; :''Voiced by:'' Kentaro Ito (DVD bundled with PS2 game), Yūichi Nitta ('' Tomoyo After: It's a Wonder ...

(古河渚), the main heroine in the ''

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'' series * Nagisa Chiba (千葉凪沙), a character in the ''

Code Geass , often referred to as ''Code Geass'', is a Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise. It was directed by Gorō Taniguchi and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi, with original character designs by Clamp. Set in an ...

'' anime * Nagisa Iwashiro (渚), a character in the ''

Battle Arena Toshinden ''Battle Arena Toshinden'', released as in Japan, is a 1995 fighting video game developed by Tamsoft and published by Takara for the PlayStation. It was one of the first fighting games, after ''Virtua Fighter'' on arcade and console, to boas ...

'' fighting game series * Nagisa Akatsuki (暁凪沙), a character in the anime series ''

Strike the Blood , also often abbreviated in Japanese as , is a Japanese light novel series by Gakuto Mikumo with illustrations by Manyako, with 22 main volumes published between May 2011 and August 2020. A manga adaptation began serialization in Ju ...

'' * Nagisa Sagan (目渚), a character of the manga and anime series ''

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'' * Nagisa Misumi (美墨なぎさ), a character in the anime series ''

Futari wa Pretty Cure , also sometimes stylized as ''PreCure'', is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and the first installment in the '' Pretty Cure'' metaseries created by Izumi Todo. It aired on ANN, with 96 episodes across two ...

'' and its sequel, ''Futari wa Pretty Cure MaX Heart'' *Nagisa Minase is a main character in the anime series '' Girlfriend Girlfriend'' * Nagisa Hazuki (葉月渚), a character of the anime series ''

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'' * Nagisa Kanou (加納渚), the main heroine in the ''

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'' * Nagisa Motomiya (本宮凪沙), one of the main characters in ''

AKB0048 ''AKB0048'' (stylized as ''AKB∞48'') is a 2012 Japanese science fiction musical comedy anime television series based on the idol group AKB48. The anime is produced by Satelight, with Shōji Kawamori as chief director. The first season aired ...

'' * Nagisa Kisaragi (ナギサ・キサラギ), one of the main characters in ''

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'' * Nagisa Momoe (百江なぎさ), a character in the anime series ''

Puella Magi Madoka Magica , also known simply as ''Madoka Magica'', is a Japanese anime television series created by Magica Quartet, and animated by Shaft. The story follows a group of middle school girls, led by protagonist Madoka Kaname, who make supernat ...

'' * Nagisa Shiota (潮田渚), one of the main characters in the manga series ''

Assassination Classroom is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yusei Matsui. The series follows the daily life of an extremely powerful octopus-like being working as a junior high homeroom teacher, and his students dedicated to the task of ass ...

'' * Nagisa Shingetsu (新月渚), a character from '' Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls'' * Nagisa Daimonji, a character in the anime series ''

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'' * Nagisa, an Eevee named and owned by Suiren/Lana in the anime series ''

Pokémon Sun and Moon and are 2016 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. They are the first installments in the seventh generation of the Pokémon (video game series), ''Pokémon ...

'' * Nagisa Kashiwagi (柏木渚), a character in '' Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai'' * Nagisa Kirifuji (桐藤ナギサ), a character from the

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'' * Nagisa Ran, a character from the

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Surname

* Azuya Nagisa, a character from ''

Clamp School Detectives , also known as ''CLAMP Campus Detectives'', is a manga series by Clamp, which was adapted into a 26-episode anime series, produced by Bandai Visual and Studio Pierrot. The manga series was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Monthly Asuka'' m ...

'' *

Kaworu Nagisa , real name , is a fictional character from the '' Neon Genesis Evangelion'' franchise created by Gainax. In the original television series, he is the pilot of a giant mecha named Evangelion Unit 02 for the special agency Nerv, as well as the ...

(渚カヲル), one of the main characters in ''

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'' franchise * Maria Nagisa, a character who replacing Miss America II from ''

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'' * Ouka Nagisa, a character in the video games '' Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2'' and '' Super Robot Wars: Original Generations'', as well as the animated adaptation '' Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Inspector''. * Kubo Nagisa a main character from the manga and anime series

Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nene Yukimori. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from October 2019 to March 2023, with its chapters collected in twelve volumes. An anime television s ...

is middle child of Saki and Akina Nagisa.

Other uses

NaGISA is a Japanese name, Japanese given name used by either sex and is occasionally used as a surname. Written forms Nagisa can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *渚, "beach, strand" *汀, "water's edge/shore" *凪砂, "lu ...

, an effort to catalog biodiversity of in-shore areas

References

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