Yoko (name)

Female

Yōko (ヨウコ, ようこ) is a female Japanese given name. Depending on the kanji used in writing it, it can have many different meanings. Some of these different meanings include:

瑛子, "crystal, sparkle of jewelry, child"

陽子, "sunshine, child", "sunny, child"

洋子, "ocean, child"

遥子, "long ago, child"

楊子, "willow, child"

瑶子, "beautiful, child"

謡子, "noh (Japanese word for skill or talent), child"

八子, "eight, child"

羊子, "sheep, child"

要子, "vital, need, child"

暢子, "free, child"

容子, "glorious, child"

妖子, "bewitch, child"

葉子, "leaf, child"

曜子, "weekday, child"

The name Yoko is almost always written with the kanji character 子, which is the character for the final syllable ko, meaning child. the suffix ko also indicates that the name is female since the "ko" syllable is rarely, if ever, used in male names.

People who have the name "Yōko" include

Yoko Akino (暢子, born 1957), Japanese actress

Yōko Asada (葉子, born 1969), Japanese voice actress

Yōko Hikasa (陽子, born 1985), Japanese voice actress

Yōko Honda (陽子, born 1983), Japanese voice actress

Yōko Honna (陽子 born 1979), Japanese voice actress

Yoko Ishida (born 1973), Japanese singer

Yōko Ishino (ようこ born 1968), Japanese actress and tarento

Yoko Kamio (葉子, born 1966), manga artist popular for her manga Boys Over Flowers

Yoko Kando (漢人, born 1974), Japanese butterfly swimmer

Yoko Kanno (よう子, born 1964), composer-keyboardist

Yoko Kikuchi (born 1981), American artist, singer, and songwriter

Yoko Kikuchi (1967–1999) idol singer

Yoko Koikawa (born 1974), Japanese backstroke swimmer

Yoko Kumada (熊田 曜子, born 1982), Japanese gravure idol and singer

Yōko Maki (actress) (よう子, born 1982), Japanese actress

Yōko Maki (manga artist) (ようこ, born 1981), Japanese Manga artist

Yoko Matsugane (洋子, born 1982), Japanese gravure idol

Yoko Matsumoto (洋子), Japanese manga artist of Darkness Gathers

Yoko Matsuyama (松山容子, born 1937), Japanese actress

Yoko Minamida (南田 洋子, 1933-2009), a Japanese actress

Yoko Minamino (陽子, born 1967), Japanese actress and singer

Yoko Moriguchi (瑤子, born 1966), Japanese actress

Yōko Nagayama (洋子, born 1968), Japanese enka singer and actress

Yôko Natsuki (陽子, born 1952), Japanese actress

Yōko Nogiwa (陽子, born 1936), Japanese actress

Yoko Ono (洋子, born 1933), Japanese musician-artist and widow of John Lennon

Yoko Sakaue (坂上, born 1968), Japanese judoka

Yoko Shibui (陽子, born 1979), Japanese long-distance runner

Yoko Shimada (楊子, born 1953), Japanese actress

Yoko Shimomura (陽子, born 1967), Japanese composer and musician

Yōko Sōmi (陽子, born 1965), Japanese voice actress

Yoko Takahashi (洋子, born 1966), Japanese singer, performed "Cruel Angel's Thesis" opening for Neon Genesis Evangelion

Yoko Tanabe (陽子, born 1966), Japanese judoka

Yoko Tawada (葉子, born 1960), Japanese writer

Yoko Toyonaga (born 1977), Japanese shot putter

Yoko Wanibuchi (洋子, born 1972), Japanese politician

Yoko Watanabe (葉子, 1953–2004), Japanese operatic soprano

Male

Pronounced differently, with two long o's, Yōkō can be a given name for a man:

Yoko Gushiken (具志堅 用高, born 1955), professional boxer from 1974–1981

Fictional Characters

Yoko Nakajima, a character in The Twelve Kingdoms

Yoko Belnades, a supporting character in the Castlevania series.

Yoko Herene, a character in 'My-Otome

Yoko Kuno, a character All About Lily Chou-Chou

Yoko Littner, one of the main characters of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

Yoko Machi, a character in Bokurano: Ours

Yoko Matsutani, a character in Legendz

Yohko Mano, the title character of Devil Hunter Yohko

Yoko Minato, a character in Kamen Rider Gaim

Yoko Okino, a minor character in Detective Conan

Yoko Tsuno, the title character in a comic book series created by Belgian writer Roger Leloup.

Yoko Suzuki, a character in the Resident Evil series

Yoko Usami, a main character in Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters

Yoko, a character in Inukami!

Yoko, a character in the 2004 film The Grudge

Yoko, the birth name of the main character in the manga Gunnm.

The YuYu Hakusho character Kurama is referred to as "Yoko Kurama" when he is transformed into a fox demon; however, "Yoko" is not a proper name in his case.