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Pronunciation
  
Jú-n-kó

Word/name
  
Japanese

Gender
  
Female

Related names
  
Jun

Meaning
  
It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.

Junko (じゅんこ, ジュンコ) is a feminine Japanese given name.

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Possible writings

Junko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean any of the following:

  • 純子, "pure, child"
  • 順子, "order, child"
  • 淳子, "pure, child"
  • 潤子, "rich/favor/wet, child"
  • 準子, "conform, child"
  • 洵子, "truth, child"
  • The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

    People

  • Junko Akimoto (順子), a Japanese singer
  • Junko Chodos, a Japanese-American contemporary artist
  • Junko Furuta (古田順子), a Japanese murder victim
  • Junko Graat, cartoonist
  • Caroline Junko King, an American child actress
  • Junko Iwao (潤子), a Japanese voice actress
  • Junko Kitanishi (born 1975), Japanese voice actress
  • Junko Kubo (純子), a Japanese television announcer
  • Junko Mihara (じゅん子), a Japanese actress
  • Junko Minagawa (純子), a Japanese voice actress
  • Junko Miyashita (順子), a Japanese actress
  • Junko Mizuno (純子), a Japanese manga artist
  • Junko Mori ( 純子), a Japanese metalwork sculptor
  • Junko Mori (composer) (森 (矢内) 潤子), a Japanese composer
  • Jungo Morita (森田 淳悟), Japanese former volleyball player
  • Junko Noda (順子), a Japanese voice actress
  • Junko Ogata (純子), a Japanese serial killer
  • Junko Sakurada (淳子), a Japanese singer
  • Junko Shimakata (淳子), a Japanese voice actress
  • Junko Tabei, first woman to climb Mt. Everest
  • Junko Takeuchi (順子), a Japanese voice actress
  • Junko Yagami (純子), a Japanese singer
  • Junko Yoshioka, a New York City based fashion designer
  • Fictional characters

  • Ibara Junko, a fictional character in Megatokyo
  • Junko Enoshima (江ノ島 盾子), a fictional character in Danganronpa
  • Junko Hattori (服部 絢子), a fictional character in the light novel series Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou
  • Junko Mochida (持田 潤子), a minor character in the hentai anime series Bible Black
  • Junko Saotome (早乙女淳子), a fictional character from Nana
  • Junko Takei (竹井醇子), a fictional character from Strike Witches
  • Junko Wallop, a fictional character in the animated television series Storm Hawks
  • Junko (純狐), boss character from Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom, a Touhou Project game
  • References

    Junko Wikipedia