Junko

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Junko (じゅんこ, ジュンコ) is a feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Junko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean any of the following:

• 純子, "pure, child"
• 順子, "order, child"
• 淳子, "pure, child"
• 潤子, "rich/favor/wet, child"
• 準子, "conform, child"
• 洵子, "truth, child"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• Junko Akimoto (順子), a Japanese singer
• Junko Chodos, a Japanese-American contemporary artist
• Junko Furuta (古田順子), a Japanese murder victim
• Junko Graat, cartoonist
• Caroline Junko King, an American child actress
• Junko Iwao (潤子), a Japanese voice actress
• Junko Kubo (純子), a Japanese television announcer
• Junko Mihara (じゅん子), a Japanese actress
• Junko Minagawa (純子), a Japanese voice actress
• Junko Miyashita (順子), a Japanese actress
• Junko Mizuno (純子), a Japanese manga artist
• Junko Mori ( 純子), a Japanese metalwork sculptor
• Junko Mori (composer) (森 (矢内) 潤子), a Japanese composer
• Jungo Morita (森田　淳悟), Japanese former volleyball player
• Junko Noda (順子), a Japanese voice actress
• Junko Ogata (純子), a Japanese serial killer
• Junko Sakurada (淳子), a Japanese singer
• Junko Shimakata (淳子), a Japanese voice actress
• Junko Tabei, first woman to climb Mt. Everest
• Junko Takeuchi (順子), a Japanese voice actress
• Junko Yagami (純子), a Japanese singer
• Junko Yoshioka, a New York City based fashion designer

Fictional characters

• Ibara Junko, a fictional character in Megatokyo
• Junko Enoshima (江ノ島 盾子), the main antagonist of Dangan Ronpa
• Junko Hattori (服部 絢子), a fictional character in the light novel series Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou
• Junko Mochida (持田 潤子), a minor character in the hentai anime series Bible Black
• Junko Saotome (早乙女淳子), a fictional character from Nana
• Junko Takei (竹井醇子), a fictional character from Strike Witches
• Junko Wallop, a fictional character in the animated television series Storm Hawks