Naoko

Written forms

• 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, Japanese long-distance runner
• Naoko Sakamoto, 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, Japanese actress and model
• Naoko Watanabe, 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