Kou (name)
Kòu is a Chinese surname. It originates as a title denoting status as a police officer, and is a shortened for of Sikou. A 2013 study found it was the 240th most common surname, shared by 380,000 people or 0.029% of the population, with the province with the most people being Henan.
Kou may refer to:
People with Ko/Kou/Kow as the given name
- Kou Abhay, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos
- Ko Arima, Japanese former football player
- Kou Fumizuki, Japanese manga artist
- Kou Gotou, Japanese footballer
- Kō Kojima, Japanese manga artist
- Kou Luogon, Liberian athlete
- Kō Machida, Japanese author, punk rock singer, poet and actor
- Kow Otani, Japanese music composer
- Ko Shibasaki, Japanese actress and singer
- Kou Voravong, Laotian politician
- Kou Yaginuma, Japanese manga artist
People with Kou as the surname
- Kou Roun, Cambodian minister for national security
- Johanna Kou, New Caledonian badminton player
- Kou Nai-han, Taiwanese volleyball player
- Kou Lei, Ukrainian table tennis player of Chinese origin
- Kou Qianzhi, Taoist reformer
- Kou Tie, Chinese major general
- Kou Yingjie, Chinese military leader
- Kou Zhun, chancellor during Emperor Zhenzong's reign
- Kou Zhichao, Chinese volleyball player
Fictional characters
- List of Terra Formars characters#Others, a character from Terra Formars
- Kou Mukami, a character from Diabolik Lovers
- Kō Nakano, a character from Ajin: Demi-Human
- Kou Tominaga, a character from Wangan Midnight
- Sailor Starlights from Sailor Moon
- *Kou Seiya, Named Sailor Star Fighter
- *Kou Taiki, Named Sailor Star Maker
- *Kou Yaten, Named Sailor Star Healer
- Kou Uraki, a character from Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
- Kou Minamoto, a character from Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun
- Kou Mabuchi, a character from Ao Haru Ride