Keiko (given name)
Keiko is a feminine Japanese given name. Keikō, with a long "o", is the name posthumously given to Emperor Keikō.
Possible meanings
As with many Japanese names, Keiko can be written using a number of different kanji. Some of the most common ways of writing Keiko are:- 恵子 — "lucky child"
- 敬子 — "respectful child"
- 景子 — "sunlight/view/scenic child"
- 桂子 — "katsura tree child"
- 圭子 — "blessed child"
- 慶子 — "happy child"
- 啓子 — "open /express/spring child"
- 硅子 — "silicon child"
People with the name
- Keiko Abe, Japanese composer and marimba player
- Keiko Agena, American actress
- Keiko Ai, Japanese writer
- Keiko Aizawa, Japanese actress who specializes in voice acting
- Keiko Aoki, Japanese retired professional wrestler and professional golfer
- Keiko Aono, Japanese retired professional wrestler
- Keiko Asao, Japanese speed skater
- Keiko Awaji, Japanese stage and film actress
- Keiko Bonk, American artist, musician and former politician
- Keiko Chiba, Japanese politician and former justice minister
- Keiko Devaux, Canadian composer
- Keiko Erikawa, Japanese businesswoman and video game designer
- Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer, actress, and mother of Hikaru Utada
- Keiko Fujiie, Japanese composer
- Keiko Fujimori, Peruvian politician and business administrator
- Keiko Fukazawa, Japanese ceramicist
- Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-American martial artist and judoka
- Keiko Furukawa, Japanese announcer
- Keiko Hama, Japanese former volleyball player
- Keiko Han, Japanese actress and voice actress
- Keiko Hanagata, Japanese voice actress
- Keiko Hasegawa, Japanese speed skater
- Keiko Hattori, Japanese geochemist and mineralogist
- Higuchi Keiko, Japanese activist, journalist and writer
- Keiko Hirakawa, Japanese sport shooter
- Keiko Holmes, Japanese coordinator for a charity
- Keiko Ihara, Japanese race car driver
- Keiko Ishida, Japanese former professional tennis player
- Keiko Itō, Japanese poet
- Keiko Itoh, Japanese writer and historian
- Keiko Itokazu, Japanese politician
- Keiko Iwasaka, Japanese novelist
- Keiko Kasza, Japanese American picture book author and illustrator
- Keiko Katsukata, Okinawan researcher
- Keiko Kawashima, Japanese historian of science
- Keiko Kishi, Japanese actress, writer, and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador
- Keiko Kitagawa, Japanese actress and model
- Keiko Kojima, Japanese tarento, essayist and radio personality
- Keiko Kubota, Japanese pop singer and a member of the J-pop groups FictionJunction and Kalafina
- Keiko Lee, Japanese jazz singer
- Keiko Manabe, Japanese field hockey player
- Keiko Masuda, Japanese pop singer and actress
- Keiko Masumoto, Japanese artist specializing in contemporary ceramics
- Keiko Matsui, Japanese keyboardist and composer
- Keiko Matsuzaka, Japanese actress
- Keiko McDonald, American orientalist
- Keiko Minami, Japanese artist, aquatint engraver, and poet
- Keiko Mine, Japanese fencer
- Keiko Miura, Japanese female field hockey field player
- Keiko Miyagawa, Japanese sailor
- Keiko Miyajima, Japanese former volleyball player
- Keiko Mukaide, Japanese artist
- Keiko Muto, Japanese sprint canoer
- Keiko Nagaoka, Japanese politician
- Keiko Nagatomi, Japanese former professional tennis player
- Keiko Nakagomi, Japanese archer
- Keiko Namai, Japanese women's basketball player
- Keiko Nemoto, Japanese voice actress
- Keiko Nishi, Japanese manga artist
- Keiko Nishikawa, Japanese physical chemist
- Keiko Nobumoto, Japanese screenwriter
- Keiko Nogami (runner), Japanese long-distance runner
- Keiko Nogami (sailor), Japanese sailor
- Keiko Ochiai, Japanese author, bookstore owner, radio personality and feminist
- Keiko Oginome, Japanese actress
- Keiko Okamoto, Japanese sprint canoer
- Keiko Onidani, Japanese para-athlete
- Keiko Orrall, American politician
- Keiko Osaki, Japanese diver
- Keiko Ota, Japanese diver
- Keiko Ota, Brazilian politician
- Keiko Ozato, Japanese American geneticist
- Keiko Saito, Japanese actress and tarento
- Keikō Sakai, Japanese voice actor
- Keiko Sena, Japanese illustrator, children's book writer, and kamishibai artist
- Keiko Shimizu, Japanese idol of the idol group Me:I
- Keiko Sonoi, Japanese actress
- Keiko Suenobu, Japanese shōjo manga artist
- Keiko Sugita, Japanese politician
- Keiko Sugiura, Japanese road and track cyclist
- Keiko Suzuka, Japanese actress
- Keiko Suzuki, Japanese voice actress and narrator
- Keiko Taguchi, Japanese former professional tennis player
- Keiko Takahashi, Japanese actress
- Keiko Takemiya, Japanese manga artist, professor and university administrator
- Keiko Takeshita, Japanese actress
- Keiko Tamai, Japanese mixed martial arts fighter
- Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda, Japanese female gymnast
- Keiko Tanaka (footballer), Japanese footballer
- Keiko Terada, Japanese rock singer
- Keiko Teshima, Japanese retired judoka
- Keiko Tobe, Japanese manga artist
- Keiko Toda, Japanese actress, singer and narrator
- Keiko Torii, Japanese plant scientist and academic teaching
- Keiko Tsuji, Japanese teacher, model and beauty pageant titleholder
- Keiko Tsushima, Japanese actress
- Keiko Uchibori, Japanese former cricketer
- Keiko Utoku, Japanese singer and songwriter
- Keiko Watanabe, Japanese voice actress
- Keiko Eventius Warman Simbolon, Indonesian actor
- Keiko Yamada, Japanese singer and lead vocalist of the J-pop band Globe
- Keiko Yamada (artist), Japanese manga artist
- Keiko Yamamoto, Japanese voice actress
- Keiko Yokozawa, Japanese voice actress, actress, and narrator
- Keiko Yoshitomi, Japanese female badminton player
- Mazie Keiko Hirono, American lawyer, politician and the junior United States senator from Hawaii
Fictional characters
- Keiko Arahida, a recurring character played by Yūko Takeuchi in the 2009 TV series FlashForward
- Keiko Ayano, game name Silica, from the light novel, anime and manga media franchise Sword Art Online
- Keiko Hasegawa, a main character in the webcomic Okashina Okashi – Strange Candy
- Keiko Katou, a character from the anime media franchise Strike Witches
- Keiko Larasati Hirosuke, a character from the film. The main cast film, who plays Keiko Larasati Hirosuke is the
- Keiko Makino, a character from the manga The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service
- Keiko Motoki, a character from the Japanese tokusatsu television series Kamen Rider Kuuga
- Keiko Nekton, a character from the graphic novel The Deep: Here Be Dragons and the following TV series The Deep
- Keiko Nishi, a character from the film The Big Hit, which was released in 1998. China Chow who plays the role of Keiko Nishi in this film
- Keiko O'Brien, a character from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Keiko Onuki, also Keiko Inoue, a character in the novel and film Battle Royale
- Keiko Yukimura, a character from the manga and anime series ''YuYu Hakusho''
Animals
- Keiko (orca), the orca, or killer whale, who performed in the film ''Free Willy''