Kyoko
Kyōko, Kyoko, Kyouko, or Kyohko 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"
People with the name
- Kyoko Aizome, an AV actress, singer, director, and writer
- Kyoko Ariyoshi, a Japanese shōjo manga artist
- Kyoko Chan Cox, the daughter of Yoko Ono and jazz musician Anthony Cox
- Kyoko Fukada, a Japanese actress, model, and singer
- Kyoko Hamaguchi, a Japanese freestyle wrestler
- Kyōko Hasegawa, a Japanese actress
- Kyoko Hayashi, a Japanese author
- Kyoko Hikami, a Japanese voice actress
- Kyoko Ina, a Japanese figure skater
- Kyoko Inoue, a Japanese professional wrestler
- Kyoko Ishida, Japanese volleyball player
- Kyoko Cuomo, wife of Rivers Cuomo
- Kyoko Iwasaki, a Japanese swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
- Kyoko Izawa, a Japanese politician
- Kyoko Kimura, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
- Kyōko Kishida, a Japanese actress, voice actress, and children's book writer
- Kyōko Kagawa, a Japanese actress
- Kyoko Kano, an older sister of the Japanese celebrities Kano Sisters
- Kyoko Kitamura, a Japanese American musician
- Kyōko Koizumi, a Japanese singer and actress
- Kyoko Kubota, Japanese gymnast
- Kyoko Mano, Japanese gymnast
- Kyoko Miyagi aka Kyouko Tonguu, a Japanese voice actress
- Kyoko Mizuki, a Japanese writer
- Kyoko Nakajima, Japanese writer
- Kyoko Nakayama, a Japanese politician
- Kyoko Nishikawa, a Japanese politician
- Kyōko Saitō, Japanese idol
- Kyoko Sasage, Japanese badminton player
- Kyoko Shimazaki, Japanese speed skater
- Kyoko Takezawa, a Japanese violinist
- Kyoko Terase, a Japanese voice actress
- Kyoko Uchiyama, Japanese table tennis player
- Kyoko Yamada, a Japanese voice actress
- Kyoko Yamazaki, Japanese archer
- Kyoko Yonemoto, Japanese violinist
Fictional characters
- Kyoko Hori, the main female protagonist of the manga and anime Hori-san to Miyamura-kun
- Kyoko Harase, a character in the 2003 J-Horror film Ju-on: The Grudge 2
- Kyoko Himeji, a character from Girl's High
- Kyoko Kirisaki, a fictional pyrokinetic from the Black Cat manga
- Kyoko Honda, a character in the manga and anime series Fruits Basket
- Kyoko Minazuki, a playable character in the fighting game series Rival Schools
- Kyoko Iwase, a racing character from Initial D series
- Kyoko Manabe, a character from Destroy all Monsters, one of the films of the Godzilla franchise
- Kyoko Mogami, the main heroine of the shōjo manga Skip Beat!
- Kyoko Okitegami, the main character in Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku
- Kyoko Otonashi, the female protagonist of the manga and anime series Maison Ikkoku
- Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu, a character in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Kyoko Sasagawa, 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
- 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, a character in Yukio Mishima's Kyoko no Ie
- Kyoko, a character in Log Horizon
- Kyoko Sakura, a character in Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- Kyoko Toshinō, a character in Yuru Yuri
- Kyōko Shirafuji, a female character in the manga and anime series Working!!.
- Kyoko Ozaki- the wife of Doctor Toshio Ozaki in the anime, manga, and novel, Shiki
- Kyōko Kasodani, a character in Ten Desires from the Touhou Project series
- Kyōko, a character in Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka and later River City Girls
- Kyoko, servant to Blue Book CEO Nathan Bateman in Ex Machina
- Kyoko Kirigiri, Ultimate Detective in the game Danganronpa Trigger Happy Havoc
- Kyōko Kuremi, a character in Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth
- Kyōko Tōno, a character in Seiren
- Kyōko Igarashi, a character in ''The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls''
Fiction works
- Kyoko, a novel by Ryū Murakami
- Kyoko or, in English, Because of You, a film inspired by Ryū Murakami's book
- Kyoko, a 2000 film by New Concorde