Ryōko
Ryōko, Ryouko or Ryoko is a Japanese female given name. The meanings of Ryoko vary depending on which Kanji is used to write the name.
Written forms
Forms in kanji can include:- 涼子 – "refreshing, child"
- 亮子 – "helpful, child"
- 良子 – "good, child"
- 諒子 – "understanding, child"
- 遼子 – "distant, child"
People
- Ryōko Akamatsu, Japanese politician
- Ryōko Aoyagi, Japanese actress and singer
- Ryoko Azuma, Japanese military officer
- Ryōko Chiba, Japanese women's professional shogi player
- Ryoko Eda, Japanese marathon runner
- Ryōko Fuda, Japanese retired tennis player
- Ryoko Fujimoto, Japanese judoka
- Ryōko Fujino, Japanese actress
- Ryōko Hirosue, Japanese actress and singer
- Ryōko Kihara, Japanese composer, pianist, music educator and author
- Ryoko Kimura, Japanese contemporary artist
- Ryōko Kinomiya, Japanese actress and voice actress
- Ryoko Kizaki, Japanese long-distance runner
- Ryoko Kobayashi, Japanese actress
- Ryoko Kui, Japanese manga artist
- Ryōko Kuninaka, Japanese actress and singer
- Ryoko Maekawa, Japanese voice actress
- Ryoko Mima, Japanese model and entertainer
- Ryōko Morishita, Japanese actress
- Ryoko Moriyama, Japanese folk singer and actress
- Mutsu Ryōko, Japanese noblewoman and humanitarian
- Ryōko Nagata, Japanese freelance voice actress
- Ryoko Nakagawa, Japanese female track cyclist
- Ryoko Nakano, Japanese actress
- Ryōko Ono, Japanese voice actress
- Ryoko Onozawa, Japanese speed skater
- Ryoko Sekiguchi, Japanese poet and translator
- Ryōko Shinohara, Japanese singer and actress
- Ryōko Shintani, Japanese voice actress and singer
- Ryoko Shiraishi, Japanese voice actress and singer
- Ryoko Suzuki, Japanese artist
- Ryoko Takahashi, Japanese biathlete
- Ryoko Takara, Japanese former footballer
- Ryoko Takemura, Japanese former professional tennis player
- Ryōko Tanaka, Japanese voice actress
- Ryoko Tani, Japanese politician and retired female judoka
- Ryōko Tateishi, Japanese stage, movie, television and voice-over actress
- Ryoko Tokuno, Japanese beach volleyball player
- Ryoko Uno, Japanese former football player
- Ryoko Urakami, Japanese former freestyle swimmer
- Ryoko Watanabe, Japanese 1980s pink film actress and model
- Ryoko Yamagishi, Japanese manga artist
- Ryoko Yano, Japanese basketball player
- Ryoko Yonekura, Japanese actress and former fashion model
Fictional characters
- Ryoko Asakura, from the Haruhi Suzumiya light novel and anime series
- Ryoko Kano, a playable character from Fighter's History
- Ryoko Hakubi, a character from Tenchi Muyo!
- Ryoko Izumo from World Heroes
- Ryoko Hata, a character from Battle Royale II: Requiem
- Ryoko Mendo, a character from Urusei Yatsura
- Ryoko Kakyoin, a character from Kureijī Daiyamondo no Akuryō-teki Shitsuren
- Ryoko Subaru, a character from Martian Successor Nadesico
- Ryoko Kobato, a character in the Revue Starlight franchise
- Ryoko Shinonome, a character in the Schoolgirl Strikers game franchise