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Mariko (given name)

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Pronunciation
  
Má-rí-ko

Word/name
  
Japanese

Related names
  
MariMarié

Gender
  
Female

Region of origin
  
Japan

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

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.

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Possible writings in Japanese

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)

    • People

  • 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

    • References

    Mariko (given name) Wikipedia
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