Mariko (まりこ, マリコ,茉莉子,真理子,万里子,眞里子,万利子) is a feminine Japanese given name.
Mariko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
鞠子, "ball, child"
真理子, "truth, child"
万里子, "long distance, child"
茉莉子, "jasmine, child"
麻里子, "hemp, village (country house), child"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana:
まりこ, (hiragana)
マリコ, (katakana)
Mariko Do (真理子), a Japanese announcer
Mariko Ebralidze (მარიკო ებრალიძე), a Georgian jazz singer
Mariko Gotō (まりこ), a Japanese musician and actress
Mariko Iwadate (真理子), a Japanese manga artist
Mariko Kawana (まり子), a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress
Mariko Kōda (マリ子), a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer
Mariko Higashiuchi (マリ子 東内), a Japanese voice actress
Mariko Mori (万里子), a Japanese video and photographic artist
Mariko Nanba, (真理子), a Japanese video game composer
Mariko Nishiwaki (万里子), a Japanese volleyball player
Mariko Ōhara (まり子), a Japanese science fiction writer
Mariko Okada (茉莉子), a Japanese actress
Mariko Okamoto (眞理子), a Japanese volleyball player
Mariko Peters, a Dutch politician
Mariko Suzuki (麻里子), a Japanese voice actress
Mariko Shiga (真理子), a Japanese idol and voice actrees
Mariko Shimizu (マリコ), a Japanese novelist
Mariko Shinoda (麻里子), a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48
Mariko Takahashi (model and actress) (マリ子), an American-born Japanese actress and model
Mariko Takahashi (singer) (真梨子), a Japanese singer
Mariko Takahashi (gymnast), a Japanese gymnast
Mariko Takamura (まりこ), a Japanese deaf artist, writer, and performer
Mariko Yamada, a Democratic assemblywoman in the U.S.
Mariko Yamamoto (万里子), (born 1983), Japanese cricketer
Mariko Yoshida (万里子), a Japanese professional wrestler
Mariko Yoshida (真理子), a Japanese volleyball player
MC Mariko, one of the two vocalists of the Finnish band Kwan
Plum Mariko (麻里子), a Japanese professional wrestler
Fictional characters:
Mariko, a character in the newspaper and web comic strip Piled Higher and Deeper
Mariko Konjo, a character in the anime and manga series Ranma ½
Mariko Kurama, a supporting character of the anime series Elfen Lied
Mariko Tanaka, a character in the Wing Commander computer game series
Mariko Yashida, a character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics
The name of Rika Nishina's best friend in the Japanese horror movie Ju-on: The Grudge is Mariko
Mariko Takeda, a fictional character from the comic book series W.I.T.C.H
Lady Mariko Buntaro-Toda in Shogun (book and miniseries)
Mariko, a character in the comic book series Usagi Yojimbo
Mariko Akechi Jinsai, central female character in author James Clavell's 1975 major-bestseller Shogun
Mariko Uehara, a character from the television drama Nobuta wo Produce
Mariko Kusumi, eventual name of Marie, a character from the video game Persona 4 Golden
