Sadako
Sadako is a Japanese name, commonly used for women. The same name can be written with a variety of kanji, and the meanings of the name differ accordingly:
- , "chaste child"; the same characters can also be read as a Korean female given name, Jeong-ja
- , "child of integrity"
People with the name
- Fujiwara no Teishi, empress consort of the Japanese Emperor Ichijō.
- Princess Sadako Kujō, later Empress Teimei of Japan, wife of Emperor Taishō
- Sadako Kurihara, Japanese poet
- Sadako Moriguchi, American businesswoman
- Sadako Ogata, Japanese scholar and United Nations administrator
- Sadako Pointer, American singer
- Sadako Sasaki, a childhood Atomic [bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|Hiroshima atomic bomb] victim, who made origami cranes based on a legend about their healing properties, making them an international symbol for peace.
- Sadako Sawamura, Japanese actress
- Toyotomi Sadako, Japanese noble woman
- Sadako Yamamoto, Japanese javelin thrower
- Sadako Yamashita, Japanese swimmer
Entertainment
- Sadako Yamamura, fictional character in the Japanese novel, manga and film franchise Ring (franchise)|Ring]
- Sadako (film), 2019 film in the Ring franchise