Kyoko

Kyōko, Kyoko, Kyouko, or Kyohko (きょうこ, キョウコ, 京子) is a very common feminine Japanese given name, not to be confused with Kiyoko.

Written forms

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", "influential"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

• Kyōko Aizome (愛染 恭子; born 1958), Japanese porn actress, singer, writer and AV and film director
• Kyoko Ariyoshi (有吉 京子; born 1950), Japanese shōjo manga artist
• Kyoko Asakura (朝倉 響子; 1925–2016), Japanese sculptor
• Kyōko Asanuma (浅沼 享子; 1904–1981), Japanese politician
• Kyoko Date (伊達 杏子), Japanese virtual influencer
• Kyoko Chan Cox, the daughter of Yoko Ono and jazz musician Anthony Cox
• Kyoko Cuomo (née Ito), wife of Rivers Cuomo
• Kyoko Enami (江波 杏子; 1942–2018), Japanese film and television actress
• Kyoko Fukada (深田 恭子; born 1982), Japanese actress, model and singer
• Kyoko Funahashi (舟橋 京子), Japanese bioarchaeologist
• Kyoko Hamaguchi (浜口 京子; born 1978), Japanese freestyle wrestler
• Kyōko Hasegawa (長谷川 京子; born 1978), Japanese model and actress
• Kyoko Hashimoto (橋本 杏子; born 1964), Japanese model, pink film actress
• Kyoko Hayashi (林 京子; 1930–2017), Japanese writer
• Kyōko Hikami (氷上 恭子; born 1969), Japanese voice actress
• Kyoko Hinami (日南 響子; born 1994), Japanese gravure idol and actress
• Kyoko Hosokawa (細川 恭子; born 1999), Japanese rugby union player
• Kyoko Ina (伊奈 恭子; born 1972), American figure skater
• Kyoko Inoue (井上 京子; born 1969), Japanese professional wrestler
• Kyoko Iriye Selden (入江 恭子; 1936–2013), Japanese scholar
• Kyoko Ishida (石田 京子; born 1960), Japanese volleyball player
• Kyoko Iwasaki (岩崎 恭子; born 1978), Japanese swimming coach and retired Olympic swimmer
• Kyoko Izawa (井沢 京子; born 1962), Japanese politician
• Kyōko Kagawa (香川 京子; born 1931), Japanese actress
• Kyoko Kano, an older sister of the Japanese celebrities Kano Sisters
• Kyoko Kasuya (粕谷 恭子; born 1975), Japanese former swimmer
• Kyoko Katashita (片下 恭子; born 1989), Japanese volleyball player
• Kyōko Kazama (風間 恭子; born 1931), Japanese AV idol and pink film actress
• Kyoko Kimura (木村 響子; born 1977), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
• Kyoko Kinoshita (木下 亨子; born 1963), Japanese sport shooter
• Kyōko Kishida (岸田 今日子; 1930–2006), Japanese actress, voice actress, and children's book writer
• Kyoko Kitahara (北原 京子; born 1951), Japanese archer
• Kyoko Kitamura (born 1970), Japanese-American musician
• Kyoko Kobayashi (小林 京子; born 1972), Japanese softball player
• Kyoko Koizumi (小泉 今日子; born 1966), Japanese singer and actress
• Kyoko Kubota (久保田 恭子; born 1933), Japanese gymnast
• Kyoko Kudo (工藤 恭子; born 2001), Japanese water polo player
• Kyoko Kuroda (黒田 今日子; born 1969), Japanese former football player
• Kyoko Mano (真野 郷子; born 1956), Japanese gymnast
• Kyoko Matsuoka (松岡 享子; 1935–2022), Japanese librarian, translator, and expert in children's literature
• Kyoko Mizuki (水木 杏子; born 1949), Japanese writer
• Kyoko Mochida (持田 京子; born 1974), Japanese softball player
• Kyōko Nagatsuka (長塚 京子; born 1974), Japanese former professional tennis player
• Kyoko Nakajima (中島 京子; born 1964), Japanese writer
• Kyōko Nakano (中野 京子), Japanese scholar
• Kyoko Nakayama (中山 恭子; born 1940), Japanese politician
• Kyoko Narumi (鳴海 杏子; born 1986), Japanese female voice actress and singer
• Kyoko Nishikawa (西川 京子; born 1945), Japanese political activist
• Kyoko Nozaki (野崎 京子; born 1964), Japanese chemist
• Kyoko Okazaki (岡崎 京子; born 1963), Japanese manga artist
• Kyoko Oshima (大島 杏子; born 1986), Japanese former artistic gymnast
• Kyōko Saitō (齊藤 京子; born 1997), Japanese actress, television presenter, singer and model
• Kyoko Sasage (捧 匡子; born 1969), Japanese badminton player
• Kyoko Sato (佐藤 京子; born 1966), Japanese Paralympian athlete
• Kyoko Sato (curator), Japanese curator, editor, and former television producer
• Kyoko Seo (瀬尾 京子; born 1972), Japanese gymnast
• Kyoko Shimazaki (島崎 京子; born 1972), Japanese speed skater
• Kyoko Sone (曽根 恭子; born 1969), Japanese professional pool player
• Kyōko Takada (高田 恭子; born 1948), Japanese singer
• Kyoko Takezawa (竹澤 恭子; born 1966), Japanese violinist
• Kyoko Terase (寺瀬 今日子; born 1958), Japanese voice actress
• Kyōko Tongū (頓宮 恭子; born 1956), Japanese voice actress
• Kyoko Toyokawa, Japanese make-up artist and hairstylist
• Kyoko Uchida (内田 恭子; born 1976), Germany born-Japanese free announcer
• Kyoko Uchida (writer), Japanese‑American poet, prose writer, and translator
• Kyoko Uchiyama (内山 京子; born 1968), Japanese table tennis player
• Kyoko Yamada (山田 恭子; born 1959), Japanese voice actress
• Kyoko Yamazaki (山崎 京子; born 1954), Japanese archer
• Kyoko Yano (矢野 喬子; born 1984), Japanese former football player
• Kyoko Yoneda (米陀 京子; born 1931), Japanese athlete
• Kyoko Yonemoto (米元 響子; born 1984), Japanese classical music violinist
• Kyoko Yoshine (芳根 京子; born 1997), Japanese actress

Fictional characters

• Kyoko, a To-Oh University student in the anime and manga series Death Note
• Kyoko, a friendly home computer in the 2008 Janet Jackson album Discipline
• Kyoko, servant to Blue Book CEO Nathan Bateman in Ex Machina
• Kyoko (京子), a character in Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?
• Kyoko (キョウコ), 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 (鏡子), a character in Yukio Mishima's Kyoko no Ie
• Kyoko (キョウコ), a character in Log Horizon
• Kyōko (きょうこ), a character in Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka and later River City Girls
• Kyōko Ayasato (綾里 供子) (Ami Fey), a character in the Ace Attorney franchise
• Kyoko Harase (原瀬 京子), a character in the 2003 J-Horror film Ju-on: The Grudge 2
• Kyoko Himeji (姫路 京子), a character from Girl's High
• Kyoko Hoin (宝院 京子), a character in Kodomo no Jikan
• Kyoko Honda (本田 今日子), a character in the manga and anime series Fruits Basket
• Kyoko Hori (堀 京子), the main female protagonist of the manga and anime Hori-san to Miyamura-kun (Horimiya)
• Kyōko Igarashi (五十嵐 響子), a character in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
• Kyoko Iwase (岩瀬 恭子), a racing character from Initial D series
• Kyōko Kasodani (幽谷 響子), a character in Ten Desires from the Touhou Project series
• Kyoko Kirigiri (霧切 響子), Ultimate Detective in the game Danganronpa Trigger Happy Havoc
• Kyoko Kirisaki (キリサキ＝キョウコ), a fictional pyrokinetic from the Black Cat manga
• Kyōko Kuremi (暮海 杏子), a character in Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth
• Kyoko Manabe (真鍋 杏子), a character from Destroy all Monsters, one of the films of the Godzilla franchise
• Kyoko Minazuki (水無月 響子), a playable character in the fighting game series Rival Schools
• Kyoko Mogami (最上 キョーコ), the main heroine of the shōjo manga Skip Beat!
• Kyoko Okitegami (掟上 今日子), the main character in Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku
• Kyoko Okudera (奥寺 杏子), the main female protagonist in the Japanese horror movie Chakushin Ari 2
• Kyoko Otonashi (音無 響子), the female protagonist of the manga and anime series Maison Ikkoku
• Kyoko Ozaki (尾崎 恭子) the wife of Doctor Toshio Ozaki in the anime, manga, and novel, Shiki
• Kyoko Sakura (佐倉 杏子), a character in Puella Magi Madoka Magica
• Kyoko Sasagawa (笹川 京子), a character in the anime series Katekyo Hitman REBORN!
• Kyōko Shirafuji (白藤 杏子), a female character in the manga and anime series Working!!.
• Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu (惣流・キョウコ・ツェッペリン, Sōryū Kyōko Tsepperin), a character in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Kyōko Tōno (桃乃 今日子), a character in Seiren
• Kyoko Toshinō (歳納 京子), 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^{[citation needed]}
• Kyoko, a 2000 film by New Concorde

References

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