Kyoko

is a very common feminine Japanese given name, not to be confused with Kiyoko.

Written forms

The final syllable "ko" is typically written with the kanji character for child, 子. It is a common suffix to female names in Japan. The first syllable "Kyō" can be written several different ways, with different meanings.

• 恭, "respectful,"
• 京, "of the city or of the capital,"
• 今日, "of today,"
• 杏, "apricot,"
• 鏡, "mirror,"
• 響, "echo", "influential"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

• Kyoko Aizome (恭子), an AV actress, singer, director, and writer
• Kyoko Ariyoshi (京子), a Japanese shōjo manga artist
• Kyoko Chan Cox, the daughter of Yoko Ono and jazz musician Anthony Cox
• Kyoko Fukada (恭子), a Japanese actress, model, and singer
• Kyoko Hamaguchi (京子), a Japanese freestyle wrestler
• Kyōko Hasegawa (京子), a Japanese actress
• Kyoko Hayashi (京子), a Japanese author
• Kyoko Hikami (恭子), a Japanese voice actress
• Kyoko Ina (恭子), a Japanese figure skater
• Kyoko Inoue (京子), a Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese volleyball player
• Kyoko Cuomo (née Ito), wife of Rivers Cuomo
• Kyoko Iwasaki (恭子), a Japanese swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
• Kyoko Izawa (京子), a Japanese politician
• , Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
• Kyōko Kishida (今日子), a Japanese actress, voice actress, and children's book writer
• Kyōko Kagawa (京子), a Japanese actress
• Kyoko Kano, an older sister of the Japanese celebrities Kano Sisters
• Kyoko Kitamura, a Japanese American musician
• Kyōko Koizumi (今日子), a Japanese singer and actress
• , Japanese gymnast
• , Japanese gymnast
• Kyoko Miyagi aka Kyouko Tonguu (恭子), a Japanese voice actress
• Kyoko Mizuki (杏子), a Japanese writer
• , Japanese writer
• Kyoko Nakayama (恭子), a Japanese politician
• Kyoko Nishikawa (京子), a Japanese politician
• , Japanese idol
• , Japanese badminton player
• , Japanese speed skater
• Kyoko Takezawa (恭子), a Japanese violinist
• Kyoko Terase (今日子), a Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese table tennis player
• Kyoko Yamada, a Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese archer
• Kyoko Yonemoto (米元響子; born 1984), Japanese violinist

Fictional characters

• Kyoko, a To-Oh University student in the anime and manga series Death Note
• Kyoko, a friendly home computer in the 2008 Janet Jackson album Discipline
• Kyoko, servant to Blue Book CEO Nathan Bateman in Ex Machina
• , a character in Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?
• , a young woman who comes to New York City to find a man who taught her to dance salsa, from the novel Kyoko by RyÅ« Murakami
• , a character in Yukio Mishima's Kyoko no Ie
• , a character in Log Horizon
• , a character in ' and later River City Girls
• (Ami Fey), a character in the Ace Attorney franchise
• , a character in the 2003 J-Horror film '
• , a character from Girl's High
• , a character in Kodomo no Jikan
• , a character in the manga and anime series Fruits Basket
• , the main female protagonist of the manga and anime Hori-san to Miyamura-kun (Horimiya)
• , a character in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
• , a racing character from Initial D series
• , a character in Ten Desires from the Touhou Project series
• , Ultimate Detective in the game Danganronpa Trigger Happy Havoc
• , a fictional pyrokinetic from the Black Cat manga
• , a character in '
• , a character from Destroy all Monsters, one of the films of the Godzilla franchise
• , a playable character in the fighting game series '
• , the main heroine of the shōjo manga Skip Beat!
• , the main character in Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku
• , the main female protagonist in the Japanese horror movie Chakushin Ari 2
• , the female protagonist of the manga and anime series Maison Ikkoku
• the wife of Doctor Toshio Ozaki in the anime, manga, and novel, Shiki
• , a character in Puella Magi Madoka Magica
• , a character in the anime series Katekyo Hitman REBORN!
• , a female character in the manga and anime series Working!!.
• , a character in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion
• , a character in Seiren
• , a character in Yuru Yuri

Fiction works

• Kyoko, a novel by RyÅ« Murakami
• Kyoko or, in English, Because of You, a film inspired by RyÅ« Murakami's book
• Kyoko, a 2000 film by New Concorde

References