Naoko
Naoko is a feminine Japanese given name which is occasionally spelled Nahoko.
Written forms
Naoko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:- 直子, "obedient, child"
- 尚子, "esteem, child"
- 奈緒子, "Nara, cord, child"
- 菜緒子, "greens, cord, child"
- 奈央子, "Nara, center, child"
- 菜穂子, "greens, ear, child"
- 奈保子, "Nara, keep, child"
- 奈生子, "Nara, fresh, child"
People with the name
- Naoko Fujioka, Japanese former professional boxer
- Naoko Fukatsu, Japanese tennis table player
- Naoko Fukuman, Japanese badminton player
- Naoko Funayama, Japanese American sportscaster
- Naoko Gushima, Japanese singer-songwriter
- Naoko Hashimoto, Japanese volleyball player
- Naoko Hayashiba, Japanese writer, manga artist and former women's professional shogi player
- Naoko Iijima, Japanese television and film actress and a former gravure idol
- Naoko Imoto, Japanese former freestyle swimmer
- Naoko Ishihara, Japanese sports shooter
- Naoko Kamata, Japanese former sailor
- Naoko Kamio, Japanese suit actress
- Naoko Kawai, Japanese former pop idol, singer-songwriter, and composer
- Naoko Kawakami, Japanese former football player
- Naoko Kawashima, Japanese synchronized swimmer
- Naoko Ken, Japanese singer and actress
- Naoko Kijimuta, Japanese retired tennis player
- Kodama Naoko, Japanese manga artist
- Naoko Kouda, Japanese voice actress
- Naoko Kumagai, Japanese female kickboxer
- Naoko Kume, Japanese swimmer
- Naoko Kurahashi Neilson, American astrophysicist and neutrino astronomer
- Naoko Kurotsuka, Japanese artist
- Naoko Masuda, Japanese former taijiquan athlete
- Matsubara Naoko, Japanese-Canadian print-maker
- Naoko Matsui, Japanese voice actress and narrator
- Naoko Matsumoto, Japanese Professor in the Department of Archaeology
- Naoko Miura, Japanese former swimmer
- Naoko Mori, Japanese actress
- Naoko Moto, Japanese manga artist
- Naoko Nishigai, Japanese former football player
- Naoko Nozawa, Japanese comedian and musician
- Naoko Ogigami, Japanese film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
- Naoko Otani, Japanese actress
- Naoko Sahara, Japanese female handball player
- Naoko Saito, Japanese field hockey player
- Naoko Sakamoto (runner), Japanese long-distance runner
- Naoko Sakamoto (softball), Japanese softball player
- Naoko Sakurai, Japanese equestrian
- Naoko Sato, Japanese retired professional tennis player
- Naoko Sawamatsu, Japanese former professional tennis player
- Naoko Shibusawa, Japanese Associate Professor of History
- Naoko Shimazu, Japanese Professor of History
- Naoko Shinoda, Japanese politician and lawyer
- Naoko Suzuki, Japanese news anchor and television personality
- Naoko Takahashi, Japanese retired long-distance runner
- Naoko Takemoto, Japanese chess player
- Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese manga artist
- Naoko Terai, Japanese jazz violinist
- Naoko Tosa, Japanese media artist
- Naoko Watanabe (actress), Japanese actress and model
- Naoko Watanabe (voice actress), Japanese voice actress
- Orie Kimoto, known as Orie Kimoto, Japanese actress and voice actress
- Naoko Yamada, Japanese animator and director
- Naoko Yamano, Japanese musician of the Japanese rock trio Shonen Knife
- Naoko Yamazaki, Japanese engineer and former astronaut
- Nahoko Hishiyama, Japanese feminist, constitutional protection activist, and anti-war activist
- Nahoko Kinoshita, Japanese actress and voice actress
- Nahoko Kojima, Japanese paper cut artist
- Nahoko Takada, Japanese educator, trade unionist, politician, socialist and peace activist
- Nahoko Uehashi, Japanese writer
Fictional characters
- Naoko, a character in the anime series Bubblegum Crisis
- Naoko, a character in the novel Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
- Naoko, a character in The Revenge of Shinobi
- Naoko Akagi, minor character in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Naoko Kamikishiro, character in the light novel and manga Boogiepop and Others
- Naoko Kawamata, character in the film, The Grudge 3
- Naoko Satomi, a main character in the film The Wind Rises
- Naoko Yamada, the main heroine of the Japanese TV drama series Trick
- Naoko Yanagisawa, character in the anime and manga series Cardcaptor Sakura
- Naoko Yasutani, a main character of the novel A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki