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Yūko


Yūko


Yūko or Yuko (ゆうこ, ユウコ) or Yuuko is a common feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Yūko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

  • 優子, "gentle, child"
  • 裕子, "abundance, child"
  • 祐子, "helpful, child"
  • 夕子, "evening, child"
  • 有子, "qualified, child"
  • 悠子, "permanence, child"
  • 侑子, "leading, child"
  • 結子, "bind, child"
  • 由子, "reason, child"
  • 勇子, "courage, child"
  • 友子, "friend, child"
  • 木綿子, "cotton, child"

The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

  • Yūko Andō (news anchor) (優子), Japanese TV presenter and news anchor
  • Yūko Andō (singer) (裕子, born 1977), Japanese singer-songwriter
  • Yuko Aoki (裕子, born 1977), Japanese bikini model
  • Yuko Arimori (裕子, born 1966), Japanese marathon runner
  • Yūko Asano (ゆう子, born 1960), Japanese singer and actress
  • Yuko Fueki (優子, born 1979), Japanese actress who is most popular in South Korea, known as Yoo Min
  • Yuko Goto (裕子), (born 1975) Japanese voice actress
  • Yuko Hara (由子, born 1956), plays the keyboards for Southern All Stars
  • Yūko Hara (voice actress) (優子, born 1992), Japanese voice actress
  • Yuko Inoue (井上 祐子), Japanese classical violinist
  • Yuko Ito (裕子, born 1974), Japanese fashion model and actress
  • Yuko Kato (有生子, born 1969), Japanese voice actress
  • Yuko Kawaguchi (悠子, born 1981), Japanese pair skater
  • Yuko Kobayashi (優子, born 1961), Japanese voice actress
  • Yuko Maruyama (裕子, born 1989), Japanese volleyball player
  • Yūko Minaguchi (裕子, born 1966), Japanese voice actress
  • Yūko Miyamura (優子, born 1972), Japanese voice actress, actress, J-pop singer and sound director
  • Yuko Mizuno (水野 裕子, born 1982), Japanese television personality and actress
  • Yūko Mizutani (優子, 1964–2016), Japanese voice actress
  • Yūko Mochizuki (優子, 1917–1977), Japanese actress
  • Yuko Moriguchi (森口 祐子, born 1955), Japanese golfer
  • Yūko Nakagawa (郁子, born 1958), Japanese politician
  • Yūko Nakamura (優子, born 1975), Japanese actress
  • Yuko Nakanishi (悠子, born 1981), Japanese butterfly swimmer
  • Yuko Nakazawa (裕子), J-pop singer and actress
  • Yuko Ogura (優子, born 1983), Japanese idol and model
  • Yuko Oshima (優子, born 1988), AKB48 member
  • Yuko Sano (優子, born 1979), Japanese volleyball player
  • Yūko Sasaki (佐々木 優子, born 1982), Japanese cricketer
  • Yuko Sato (athlete) (佐藤 優子, born 1968), Japanese racewalker
  • Yuko Sato (politician) (佐藤 夕子, born 1963), Japanese politician
  • Yūko Satō (voice actress) (佐藤 ゆうこ), Japanese voice actress
  • Yūko Sanpei (由布子, born 1986) a Japanese voice actress
  • Yuko Shimizu (侑子, born 1946), Japanese designer, creator of Hello Kitty
  • Yuko Shimizu (actress) (清水 ゆう子, born 1988), Japanese actress and gravure idol
  • Yuko Shimizu (illustrator) (清水 裕子), Japanese illustrator
  • Yuko Suzuki (裕子, born 1989), Japanese volleyball player
  • Yuko Takahashi (高橋 侑子, born 1991), Japanese triathlete
  • Yuko Takayama (侑子, born 1992), Japanese actress
  • Yuko Takeuchi (結子, 1980–2020), Japanese actress
  • Yuko Tojo (由布子, 1939–2013), Granddaughter of General Hideki Tōjō
  • Yūko Tsuno (裕子, born 1966), Japanese manga artist and doujin writer
  • Yuko Yamaguchi (裕子, born 1955), Japanese character designer and illustrator
  • Yuko Yamashita (裕子), Japanese straight hair specialist
  • Yūko Hama (浜 木綿子), Japanese actress

Fictional characters

  • Yuko, a female elf from Mia and Me, a children's TV series
  • Yuko, an antagonist character in Sexy Parodius
  • Yuko, a female character from Sword Art Online
  • Yūko, a female character and the yūrei in The Terror: Infamy
  • Yuuko Aioi, a main character from the anime and manga series Nichijou
  • Yuko Amamiya, the heroine of game Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two
  • Yuko Amasawa, one of the main characters in the series Dennō Coil
  • Yuko Asou, the main character in the Valis series
  • Yuko Ichihara - Witch of dimensions, a character from the manga and anime xxxHolic and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle by CLAMP
  • Yūko Kanoe, a character from the manga and anime Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
  • Yuko Minami, Ultraman Ace's alter ego alongside Seiji Hokuto in the 1972 namesake tokusatsu film
  • Yuko Ogawa, a character from the manga and anime Kocchi Muite! Miiko
  • Yuko Okonogi, one of the main characters in the series Dennō Coil
  • Yuko Omori, a character from the anime HappinessCharge PreCure!
  • Yuko Sakaki, a character in the novel Battle Royale, and the film and manga of the same name
  • Yuuko Shirakawa, a librarian from the visual novel Katawa Shoujo
  • Yuko Takao, a character in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
  • Yuuko Yoshikawa, a character from the novel and anime Hibike! Euphonium
  • Yuuko Nishi a character from the manga and anime A Channel (manga)

See also

  • 5291 Yuuko, a main-belt asteroid
  • "Yuko and Hiro", a song by Blur


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