Kyoko

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Kyoko


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pronunciation = Kyoko
gender = Female
meaning =
region = Japanese
origin = Japanese
related names = Kiyoko
footnotes = [ [http://www.babynames.co.uk/meaning_origin_name_Kyoko.htm Kyoko - Meaning and origin of the name Kyoko] ]

Nihongo|Kyōko or Kyoko or Kyouko|きょうこ, キョウコ is a very common feminine Japanese given name.

Possible Writings

Kyōko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:;as a given name
*恭子, "respect/reverent, child"
*京子, "capital, child"
*響子, "echo, child"
*杏子, "apricot, child"
*鏡子, "mirror, child"
*今日子, "today, child"The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Real People

;with the given name Kyōko
*Kyoko Aizome (恭子), an AV actress, singer, director, and writer
*Kyoko Ariyoshi (京子), a Japanese shōjo manga artist
*Kyoko Ayana (杏子), a Japanese AV idol
*Kyoko Chan Cox, the daughter of Yoko Ono and jazz musician Anthony Cox
*Kyoko Edo, a pianist
*Kyoko Fukada (恭子), a Japanese actress, model, and singer
*Kyoko Gardiner, a Japanese poet, artist, and theorist
*Kyoko Hamaguchi (京子), a Japanese freestyle wrestler
*Kyōko Hasegawa (京子), a Japanese actress
*Kyoko Hayashi (京子), a Japanese author
*Kyoko Hikami (恭子), a Japanese voice actress
*Kyoko Ina (恭子), a Japanese figure skater
*Kyoko Inoue (京子), a Japanese professional wrestler
*Kyoko Iwasaki (恭子), a Japanese swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
*Kyoko Izawa (京子), a Japanese politician
*Kyoko Koizumi (今日子), a Japanese singer and actress
*Kyōko Kishida (今日子), a Japanese actress, voice actress, and children's book writer
*Kyōko Kagawa (京子), a Japanese actress
*Kyoko Kano, a older sister of the Japanese celebrities "Kano Sisters"
*Kyoko Kitamura, a Japanese American musician
*Kyoko Miyagi "aka Kyouko Tonguu" (恭子), a Japanese voice actress
*Kyoko Mizuki (杏子), a Japanese writer
*Kyoko Nakajima (京子), Japanese AV idol
*Kyoko Nakayama (恭子), a Japanese politician
*Kyoko Nishikawa (京子), a Japanese politician
*Kyoko Takezawa (恭子), a Japanese violinist
*Kyoko Terase (今日子), a Japanese voice actress
*Kyoko Yamada, a Japanese voice actress
*Kyoko Yamamoto (京子), a J-pop singer

Fictional Characters

;with the given name Kyōko
*Kyoko Harase (京子), a character in the 2003 J-Horror film ""
*Kyoko Honda (今日子), a character in the manga and anime series "Fruits Basket"
*Kyoko Minazuki (響子), a playable character in the fighting game series "Rival Schools"
*Kyoko Mogami (キョーコ), the main heroine of the shōjo manga "Skip Beat!"
*Kyoko Otonashi (響子), the main heroine of the manga and anime series "Maison Ikkoku"
*Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu (キョウコ), a character in the anime series "Neon Genesis Evangelion"

Other uses

*Kyoko (novel), a 1995 novel by Ryu Murakami
*Kyoko (band), a punk rock band from Orange County, California, United States

ee also

*Kyoko's House, a 1959 novel by Yukio Mishima
*Time Stranger Kyoko, a manga series by Arina Tanemura
*35441 Kyoko, a Main-belt Asteroid

References