Misa

Misa may refer to:

People

A Japanese feminine name with various Kanji spellings^[1]

• Misa Shimizu (清水美沙), a Japanese actress who appears regularly in Masayuki Suo's films
• Misa Uehara (actress, born 1937) (上原美佐), a Japanese actress most notable for her roles in The Hidden Fortress and Storm Over the Pacific
• Misa Uehara (actress, born 1983) (上原美佐), Japanese actress best known for her role as Izumi Toyama in Ju-on: The Grudge

Places

• Misa (Etruscan village), an Etruscan village in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, close to Marzabotto
• Misa River, in Semigallia, Latvia
• Misa (river in Italy), a river in the Marche region
• Mişä, Tatar name for the Myosha River

Fictional characters

• Misa Amane (弥 海砂), a character in the manga, anime and film Death Note
• Misa Hayase (早瀬 未沙), one of the central characters of the Macross series
• Misa Kakizaki (柿崎 美砂), a character in the Negima! anime and manga series
• Pixy Misa (ピクシィミサ), a character in the anime Magical Girl Pretty Sammy

Other

• 569 Misa, an asteroid
• Misa (moth), a moth genus
• Miahnhada, Saranghanda (미안하다 사랑한다, shortened to "Misa": I'm Sorry, I Love You), a Korean drama
• Míša, a frozen Czech treat

Acronyms

MISA may refer to:

• Maintenance of Internal Security Act (India)
• Media Institute of Southern Africa
• Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (Russia)
• Movement for Spiritual Integration into the Absolute, Romanian yoga organization
• McGhee Magnum Inventory of School Adjustment (Pro Ed)

Footnotes

1. • 美佐 meaning "beautiful assistant"
   • 美沙 meaning "one-hundredth of a million beautiful"
   • 美砂 meaning "beautiful sand"
   • 光沙 meaning "one-hundredth of a million light"
   • 操 meaning "chastity"
   • 未紗 meaning "June gauze"
   • ミサ meaning "Mass (liturgy)"