Kyoko
| Kyoko |
| Pronunciation |
Kyoko |
| Gender |
Female |
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Japanese |
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Japanese |
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Kyōko or Kyoko or Kyouko (きょうこ, キョーコ?) is a very common feminine Japanese given name. Not to be confused with Kiyoko.
Possible Writings
The final syllable "ko" is typically written with the kanji character for child, 子. It is a common suffix to female names in Japan. The first syllable "Kyō" can be written several different ways, with different meanings.
- 恭, "respectful,"
- 京, "of the city or of the capitol,"
- 今日, "of today,"
- 杏, "apricot,"
- 鏡, "mirror,"
- 響, "echo, can also mean influential,"
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
- Kyōko 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, an 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 Ju-on: The Grudge 2
- Kyoko Himeji, a character from Girl's High (Joshikousei)
- Kyoko Kirisaki, a fictional pyrokinetic
- 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 Iwase(恭子), a racing character from Initial D series.
- Kyoko Mogami (キョーコ), the main heroine of the shōjo manga Skip Beat!
- Kyoko Otonashi (響子), the female protagonist of the manga and anime series Maison Ikkoku
- Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu (キョウコ), a character in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Kyoko Sasagawa (京子), a character in the anime series Katekyo Hitman REBORN!
- Kyoko, a friendly home computer in the 2008 Janet Jackson album Discipline.
- Kyoko Hoin, a character in Kodomo no Jikan
- Kyoko Okudera, the main female protagonist in the Japanese horror movie Chakushin Ari 2
- Kyoko, a To-Oh University student in the anime and manga series Death Note (appears volumes 3 and 4, episodes 9, 10, and 15). She is noted for her crush on the Detective L.
- Kyoko, a young woman who comes to New York City to find a man who taught her to dance salsa, from the novel Kyoko by Ryū Murakami.
- Kyoko a character in Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?
- Kyouko Sakura a character in Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- kyoko betzabe -.-/-_- de iguala guerrero
- Kyouko Toshino a character in Yuru Yuri
Fiction works
- Kyoko, a novel by Ryū Murakami.
- Kyoko or, in English, Because of You, a film inspired by Ryū Murakami's book.
References
- ^ Kyoko - Meaning and origin of the name Kyoko