is a common feminine Japanese given name.
Name meanings
Hiroko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- è£ÂÃ¥ÂÂ, "Kind child"
- å¼ÂÃ¥ÂÂ, "Beautiful child"
- å¯ÂÃ¥ÂÂ, "Kind, tolerant child"
- 浩åÂÂ, "Large child"
- Ã¥ÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ, "Wise child"
- å®ÂÃ¥ÂÂ, "Large child"
- åºÂÃ¥ÂÂ, "Broad child"
- ç´ÂÃ¥ÂÂ, "Large child"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
Hiragana: ã²ãÂÂãÂÂ
Katakana: ãÂÂãÂÂã³
People with the name
- , Japanese actress, model and gravure idol
- , Japanese voice actress
- Hiroko Emura, Japanese international lawn bowler
- , Japanese table tennis player
- , Japanese empress consort of Emperor Go-Reizei
- Hiroko Hara (born 1972), Japanese former professional tennis player
- , Japanese model and actress
- , better known as Chikage Oogi, Japanese actress and politician
- , Japanese singer, actress and television personality
- , Japanese female track cyclist
- , Japanese retired judoka
- , Japanese archer
- , Japanese fencer
- , Japanese voice actress, J-pop singer and stage actress
- , Japanese poet and translator
- , Japanese slalom canoeist
- , Japanese artist and photographer
- , Japanese voice actress, musician and AI artificial intelligence researcher
- , Japanese handball player
- , Japanese news presenter and journalist
- Hiroko Kurihara, American Oakland California-based designer and activist
- , Japanese singer
- , Japanese tennis player
- , Japanese swimmer
- , Japanese voice actress
- , Japanese model
- , Japanese volleyball player
- , Japanese fashion model, athlete
- , Japanese writer
- , Japanese Nurse leader and educator
- , Japanese actress and former idol singer
- , Okinawan-born Mahjong player
- , Japanese manga artist and photographer
- , Japanese former professional tennis player
- Hiroko Mori (born 1937), Micronesian clerk and politician
- , Japanese singer and tarento
- , Japanese cosmochemist and astromineralogist
- , Japanese former badminton player
- , Japanese swimmer
- , Japanese leftist revolutionary and terrorist
- , Japanese pianist
- , Japanese former politician
- , Japanese cyclist
- , Japanese contemporary artist
- , Japanese voice actress and singer
- , Japanese inventor and musicologist
- , Japanese sprint canoeist
- , Japanese politician, university president and a researcher of economics
- , Japanese retired rhythmic gymnast
- , Japanese writer
- , Japanese short-track speed-skater
- , Japanese swimmer
- , Japanese softball player
- , Japanese actress, author and producer
- Hiroko Sasaki, Japanese pianist
- Hiroko Sato-Pijanowski (born 1942), Japanese jewelry designer, artist, author and educator
- , Japanese gravure idol, actress and singer
- , Japanese javelin thrower
- , Japanese manga artist
- , Japanese luger
- , Japanese singer
- , Japanese ten-pin bowler
- , Japanese ultramarathon and marathon runner
- , Japanese professional wrestling valet and promoter
- , Japanese actress
- Hiroko Tabuchi, Japanese climate journalist
- , Japanese voice actress
- , Japanese artist and kimono designer
- , Japanese cross-country skier
- , better known as Ao Takahashi, Japanese voice actress
- , Japanese fiction writer and literary critic
- , Japanese softball player
- , Japanese anime screenwriter and director
- , Japanese retired gymnast
- , Japanese retired volleyball player
- , Japanese noble woman
- , Japanese athlete
- , Japanese centre-left politician and policy consultant
- , Japanese anime director, animator, storyboard artist and manga artist
- , Japanese actress and singer
- , Japanese retired female mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
- , Japanese rhythmic gymnast
- , Japanese actress
- , Japanese retired long jumper
- , Japanese politician
- Hiroko Yoda, Japanese entrepreneur, translator, writer and folklorist
Fictional characters