Yoko (name)

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Yoko Given Name
Pronunciation	Yoko
Gender	Female
Region of Origin	Japanese
Origin	Japanese
Related names	Yōko, Yōkō
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Yoko
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"Yōko" and "Yoko" are given names in Japan.

1 Female given name
2 Male given name
3 Japanese word
4 References

[edit] Female given name

Yōko is a female Japanese given name. Depending on the kanji used in writing it, it can mean "Freely Girl" (暢子), "Sunny Girl" (陽子), "Glorious Girl" (容子), "Ocean Child (洋子) and more. Yoko (横, Yoko^?) is also a Japanese word meaning beside.

People who have the name "Yōko" include

Yoko Akino, (秋野暢子 Akino Yōko), born Yoko Tashiro (田代暢子 Tashiro Yōko, born January 18, 1957 in Osaka, Japan is a Japanese actress.
Yōko Asada, (浅田葉子 Asada Yōko, born May 23, 1969) is a voice actress (seiyū) in Japan.
Yōko Honda, (本多陽子 Honda Yōko, born August 15, 1983) is a voice actress (seiyū) in Japan
Yōko Honna, (本名陽子 Honna Yōko) is a voice actress (seiyū) who was born on January 7, 1979 in Soka, Saitama.
Yoko Kanno, (菅野よう子 Kanno Yōko, born March 19, 1964 in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan) is a famous composer and keyboardist known for her performances and musical scores in anime titles
Yoko Kikuchi, (Kikuchi Yōko, born September 1, 1981 in New York City) is a New York City-based artist and musician best known for her work in the band Dream Bitches and with the independent record labels Olive Juice Music and Recommended If You Like Records.
Yoko Maki, Japanese Actress.
Yoko Maki (born Yoko Fuke), Japanese Manga artist.
Yoko Matsugane, (松金洋子, Matsugane Yōko) (born May 26, 1982) is a Japanese gravure (or bikini) idol from Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
Yoko Matsumoto, (松本洋子 Matsumoto Yōko, born April 4 in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist known for her series Darkness Gathers (闇は集う; Yumi wa tsudou).
Yoko Matsumoto, (松本陽子 Matsumoto Yōko) is a Japanese artist.
Yoko Matsuyama, (松山容子 Matsuyama Yōko; born November 30, 1937 in Ehime, Japan) is a Japanese actress best known for her work in the Crimson Bat series.
Yoko Moriguchi, (森口瑤子 Moriguchi Yōko, born August 5, 1966 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress.
Yōko Nagayama, (長山洋子 Nagayama Yōko; born January 13, 1968) is a Japanese enka singer and actress.
Yoko Natsuki, (夏樹陽子 Natsuki Youko, born October 24, 1952 in Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan) is an actress.
Yōko Nogiwa, (野際陽子 Nogiwa Yōko, born January 24, 1936 in Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture) is a Japanese actress.
Yoko Ono, (小野洋子, Yoko Ono Lennon (born February 18, 1933 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese musician and artist who has lived most of her life in the United States. She is the widow of ex-Beatle John Lennon.
Yoko Shimada, (島田楊子; born May 17, 1953 in Kumamoto, Japan), is a Japanese actress. She is best known to Western audiences for her portrayal of Mariko (Lady Toda Buntaro) in the 1980 miniseries Shogun with Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune
Yoko Shimomura, (下村陽子 Shimomura Yōko, born October 19, 1967) is a Japanese composer and musician best known for her soundtracks for various video games.
Yōko Soumi (沢海陽子 Soumi Yōko, born May 31, 1965) is a voice actress (seiyū) who was born in Niigata.
Yoko Takahashi, (高橋洋子 Takahashi Yōko) is a Japanese singer, perhaps best known for performing "Cruel Angel's Thesis", the opening theme tune of the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Yoko Tawada, (多和田葉子 Tawada Yōko, 1960 - Present) is a Japanese writer currently living in Hamburg, Germany.
Yoko Watanabe (1953 – July 15, 2004) was a Japanese operatic soprano who spent much of her career singing the title role of Madame Butterfly all over Europe.
Yoko Yamauchi, daughter of Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi.

Fictional characters that have the name "Yōko" include:

Yoko Ritona, a major character of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Yohko Helene, a character of My-Otome
Yoko Kuno, a character of All About Lily Chou-Chou
Yoko Matsutani, a character of Legendz
Yohko Mano, a character of Devil Hunter Yohko
Yoko Okino, a minor character of Case Closed (Detective Conan)
Yoko Tsuno is a comic book series created by the Belgian writer Roger Leloup

[edit] Male given name

Pronounced differently, with two long o's, Yōkō can be a given name for a man:

Yoko Gushiken, (male, 具志堅用高 Gushiken Yōkō, June 26, 1955-) was a professional boxer from 1974-1981

[edit] Japanese word

Yoko (横, Yoko^?) is also a Japanese word meaning "beside". It is common in Japanese place names. Some examples of municipalities including this word are