Wakana

Wakana

Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Wakana (written: 若菜, 若奈, 和可菜, 和可那, 和佳奈 or わかな in hiragana) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Wakana Aoi (葵 わかな, born 1998), Japanese actress and former idol
• Wakana Fukushima (福島 和可菜, born 1982), Japanese tarento and actress
• Wakana Koga (born 2001), Japanese judoka
• Wakana Kuramochi (倉持 若菜), Japanese voice actress
• Wakana Matsumoto (松本 若菜, born 1984), Japanese actress
• Wakana Matsumoto (松本わかな, born 2007), Japanese idol singer and member of Japanese girl group Angerme
• Wakana Nagahara (永原 和可那, born 1996), Japanese badminton player
• Wakana Ootaki (大滝 若奈, born 1984), Japanese singer
• Wakana Sakai (酒井 若菜, born 1980), Japanese actress and writer
• Wakana Yamashita (山下 若菜, born 1984), Japanese tarento
• Wakana Yamazaki (山崎 和佳奈, born 1965), Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator

Fictional characters

• Wakana Endou (遠藤 若菜), in the manga series Muteki Kanban Musume
• Wakana Gojo (五条 新菜), in the manga series My Dress-Up Darling
• Wakana Sakai, in the anime series Tari Tari
• Wakana Itou, in the anime series Sacred Seven
• Wakana Morizono, in the anime series Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live