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"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

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