Kyoko

Kyoko
Pronunciation	kyoko
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Multiple meanings depending on the kanji used. Most usual meaning is 'Girl of Kyoto.' Kyoto is a city in Japan
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Kiyoko
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Kyōko or Kyoko or Kyouko (きょうこ, キョウコ, 京子) 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 capital,"
• 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
• Kyouko Fujii (京子 藤井),
• 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 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?
• Kyoko Sakura a character in Puella Magi Madoka Magica
• Kyouko Toshino, a character in Yuru Yuri
• Kyōko Shirafuji (白藤 杏子), a female character in the manga and anime series Working!!.
• Kyouko Kasodani, a Touhou Project character.
• Kyouko Kirigiri, a character in Danganronpa

Fiction works

• Kyoko, a novel by Ryū Murakami.
• Kyoko or, in English, Because of You, a film inspired by Ryū Murakami's book.

References

1. Kyoko - Meaning and origin of the name Kyoko