Tomoko

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Tomoko


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pronunciation = Tomoko
gender = Female
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region = Japanese
origin = Japanese
footnotes = [ [http://www.babynames.co.uk/meaning_origin_name_Tomoko.htm Tomoko-Meaning and origin of the name Tomoko] ]

Tomoko (ともこ, トモコ) is a female Japanese given name.

Like many Japanese names, Tomoko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
* 友子 - "friendly child"
* 知子 - "knowing child"
* 智子 - "wise child"

People

* Tomoko Fuse (布施 知子, born 1951), Japanese origami writer
* Tomoko Ishimura (石村 知子, born 1972), Japanese Seiyū (voice actor)
* Tomoko Kawakami (川上 とも子, born 1971), Japanese Seiyū (voice actor)
* Tomoko Kawase (川瀬 智子, born 1975), Japanese singer
* Tomoko Kondō (近藤 智子, born 1968), Japanese singer, part of '80s J-Pop duo BaBe.
* Tomoko Ninomiya (二ノ宮 知子, born 1969), Japanese mangaka (comic book artist)
* Tomoko Yamaguchi (山口 智子, born 1964), Japanese actress and singer
* Tomoko Yoshihara (born 1970), Japanese volleyball player

Fictional characters

* Tomoko Saeki, a character from the anime and manga series DNA².
* Tomoko Nomura, a minor character in the anime and manga series Great Teacher Onizuka, often nicknamed "Slomoko" in the manga.
* Tomoko Oishi, a minor character from the Ringu series of movies.

Other meanings

* Tomoko is a song by Icelandic singer Hafdís Huld.

References