Yoshiko
Yoshiko is a feminine Japanese given name.
Written forms
The name Yoshiko can have a variety of different meanings depending on which kanji characters are used to write it. Over 200 possible variations of the name exist. Some of the most common variations of Yoshiko include:- 良子; good, child
- 佳子; agreeable, child
- 美子; beautiful, child
- 義子; moral and just, child
- 吉子; fortunate, child
- 悦子; joyful, child
- 祥子; auspicious, child
- 芳子; fragrant, child
- 慶子; jubilant, child
- 好子; fond and pleasing, child
Japanese royalty
- Yoshiko, daughter of Emperor Saga
- Fujiwara no Yoshiko, consort of Emperor Kanmu
- Yoshiko, daughter of Emperor Toba
- Yoshiko, daughter of Emperor Reigen
- Princess Yoshiko (Kōkaku), empress consort of Emperor Kōkaku
- Princess Yoshiko (Arisugawa-no-miya), mother of the last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu
- Yoshiko Kawashima, princess of Manchuria
Others
- Princess Kishi, also known as Yoshiko Joō, Japanese poet
- Yoshiko Akiyama, Japanese archer
- Yoshiko Fujinaga, Japanese long-distance runner
- Yoshiko Ichikawa, Japanese long-distance runner
- Yoshiko Inoue, Japanese sport wrestler
- Yoshiko Ito, Japanese sport shooter
- Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada American textile artist, author
- Yoshiko Kakudo, Japanese-American curator, philanthropist
- Yoshiko Kuga, Japanese actress
- Yoshiko Mibuchi, Japanese lawyer
- Yoshiko Mita, Japanese actress
- Yoshiko Miya, Japanese writer and social critic
- Yoshiko Morizane, Japanese swimmer
- Yoshiko Nishitani, Japanese manga artist
- Yoshiko Ohtani, Japanese religious leader
- Yoshiko Sakakibara, Japanese voice actress
- Yoshiko Sakurai, Japanese journalist
- Yoshiko Shibaki, Japanese novelist
- Yoshiko Shigekane, Japanese writer
- Yoshiko Shiotani, Japanese politician
- Yoshiko Shirata, Japanese accounting scholar
- Yoshiko Takamatsu, Japanese swimmer
- Yoshiko Takano, Japanese speed skater
- Yoshiko Tamura, Japanese professional wrestler
- Yoshiko Tanaka, Japanese actress
- Yoshiko Tanaka (table tennis), Japanese table tennis player
- Yoshiko Watanabe, Japanese manga artist, illustrator and animator
- Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Japanese singer, actress and politician
- Yoshiko Yonekura, Japanese badminton player
Fictional characters
- Yoshiko Fujisawa, a fictional character from Captain Tsubasa
- Yoshiko Hanabatake, a fictional character from the Japanese manga series Aho Girl
- Yoshiko Koizumi, a fictional character from manga Little Ghost Q-Taro
- Yoshiko Kunieda, a fictional character from The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird
- Yoshiko Nishizawa, a fictional character from the anime/manga series Strike Witches
- Yoshiko Nonomiya, a fictional character from Natsume Soseki’s novel Sanshirō
- Yoshiko Tsushima, a fictional character from the Japanese multimedia project Love Live! Sunshine!!
- Yoshiko, a fictional character from Osamu Dazai's novel No Longer Human.
- Yoshiko Tajimi, a fictional character from the Japanese tokusatsu ''Kamen Rider Build''