is a feminine Japanese given name which is also used as a surname.
Written forms Nanase can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: as a given name 七瀬, "seven, rapids" 菜々瀬, "greens, rapids" 奈々瀬, "what, rapids" 那々瀬, "what, rapids"
as a surname 七瀬, "seven, rapids" The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People with the given name Nanase Nanase Aikawa (七瀬), a Japanese rock singer Nanase Hoshii (七瀬), pseudonym of Yuma Hoshino, Japanese singer Nanase Kiryu (七瀬), Japanese football player Nanase Ohkawa (七瀬), a member of the all-female manga-creating team Clamp Nanase Nishino (七瀬), a member of the Japanese idol group Nogizaka46 Nanase Shoji (七瀬), Japanese rhythmic gymnast
with the surname Nanase Aoi Nanase (七瀬), a Japanese manga artist and illustrator Ayaka Nanase (七瀬), Japanese voice actress Hikaru Nanase, pseudonym for Japanese singer and composer Masumi Itō
Fictional characters with the given name Nanase Nanase (七瀬), a character in the Street Fighter EX video game Nanase Akatsuki (七瀬), a character in the manga series Mamotte! Lollipop Nanase Hida (七瀬), a main heroine of the manga series Telepathic Wanderers Nanase Kudō (七瀬), a character in the Japanese light novel series Kaze no Stigma Nanase Matsuura (ナナセ), a character from the anime series Macross Frontier Nanase Matoba, a supporting character who is a secretary of the main antagonist of the ongoing manga/anime of Natsume's Book of Friends with the surname Nanase Miyuki Nanase (七瀬), a character in the manga and anime series Kindaichi Case Files Riku Nanase (七瀬 陸), a main character in the musical video game and anime series Idolish7 Rumi Nanase (七瀬), a character in the adult visual novel One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Haruka Nanase (七瀬 遙), a main character in the anime series Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club Narue Nagase (七瀬 成恵), a female protagonist in the science fiction anime series The World of Narue Yū Nanase (七瀬 優), one of the characters in the dating simulation game Sentimental Graffiti Yui Nanase (七瀬 ゆい), a side character in the anime series Go! Princess PreCure
Other uses Nanase Futatabi, a novel written by Yasutaka Tsutsui