Minato (港 or 湊) is Japanese for 'harbor', and may refer to: Places Minato, Tokyo or Minato City, a special ward in Tokyo, Japan Minato-ku, Nagoya, a ward of Nagoya, Japan Minato-ku, Osaka, a ward of Osaka, Japan Minato (湊), a neighbourhood in Chūō or Chūō City, a special ward in Tokyo, Japan People Nicolò Minato (c. 1627–1698), Italian poet, librettist and impresario Yusuke Minato (born 1985), Japanese Nordic combined skier Chihiro Minato (born 1960), Japanese photographer Kanae Minato (born 1973), Japanese murder-mystery novelist , Japanese rower Minato Oike (born 1996), Japanese BMX freestyle cyclist Minatofuji Takayuki (born 1968), sumo wrestler now known as Minato Oyakata , Japanese football player , Japanese professional sumo wrestler , Japanese politician Fictional characters Sahashi Minato, protagonist of the manga series Sekirei Minato Namikaze, a character in the manga and anime series Naruto Minato Arisato, the protagonist's name in the Persona 3 manga adaptation Minato Nagase, a character in the visual novel Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka Minato Aqua, one of Hololive Production's virtual YouTubers Fuwa Minato, one of Nijisanji's virtual YouTubers Other uses Minato, a double espresso coffee with milk; see Milk coffee#Minato Minato Bridge, a 1974 double-deck cantilever truss bridge in Osaka, Japan Minato Line, a Japanese railway line between Katsuta and Ajigaura Minato Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper Minato stable, a stable of sumo wrestlers Minato Station, a train station in Sakai-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan See also Minato Ward (disambiguation) 港区 (disambiguation), the equivalent in CJKV Minato-kai, original name of the Japanese crime syndicate Sumiyoshi-kai Japanese-language surnames Japanese unisex given names