Minami ward of Osaka merged with Higashi ward and is now part of Chūō ward. Minami is also a common Japanese surname, cf Kosetsu Minami. It can also refer to the following fictional characters:

Ken Minami of Machine Robo Rescue

Minami Takayama (seiyuu)

Kita (North)

Nishi (West)

Minami Hinase (voice actress)

Minami (kanji 南, hiragana みなみ) is a Japanese word meaning south. There are several Minami wards in Japan, most of them appropriately in the south part of a city:

Minami ward of Sapporo, Japan

Minami ward of Saitama, Japan

Minami ward of Yokohama, Japan

Minami ward of Nagoya, Japan

Minami ward of Kyoto, Japan

Minami ward of Sakai, Japan

Minami ward of Hiroshima, Japan

Minami ward of Fukuoka, Japan

Minami ward of Hamamatsu, Japan

Kaori Minami of Battle Royale

Minami is also the name of a Spanish manga/anime magazine.