title: Miyagi (surname)
text: # Miyagi (surname)
  
  Miyagi (written: 宮城 lit. "shrine fortress") is a Japanese surname. It can be read as Miyashiro, or Naagusuku in the Ryukyu Islands. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Atsushi Miyagi (宮城 淳, born 1931), Japanese tennis player
  * Chōjun Miyagi (宮城 長順, 1888–1953), Okinawan martial artist
  * Kintaro Miyagi, Filipino footballer
  * Kyoko Miyagi (宮城 恭子, born 1955), also known as Kyouko Tonguu, Japanese voice actress
  * Mai Miyagi (宮城 舞, born 1988), Japanese model and television personality
  * Masafumi Miyagi (宮城 雅史, born 1991), Japanese footballer
  * Michiko Miyagi
  * Michio Miyagi (宮城 道雄, 1894–1956), Japanese koto musician
  * Mimi Miyagi (born 1973), screen name of Filipina porn star and aspiring politician Melody Damayo
  * Riko Miyagi (宮城 理子), Japanese manga artist
  * Satoshi Miyagi (宮城 聰, born 1959), Japanese theatre director
  * Vern Miyagi, United States Army general and civil servant
  * Yotoku Miyagi (宮城 与徳, 1903–1943), Okinawan Marxist
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Mr. Miyagi, a martial arts mentor in The Karate Kid series
  * Ryota Miyagi, a character in the manga series Slam Dunk
  * Yō Miyagi, a character in the manga series Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance
  * Miyagi, the wife of Genjurō in the Japanese film Ugetsu
  