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Yumiko

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Pronunciation
  
Yu-mi-ko

Word/name
  
Japanese

Related names
  
Yumi Yumika

Gender
  
Female

Region of origin
  
Japan

Meaning
  
Many different meanings depending on the kanji used.

Yumiko is a feminine Japanese given name.

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Possible writings

Yumiko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

  • 弓子, "bow, child"
  • 由美子, "reason/cause, beauty, child"
  • 結実子, "fruition, child"
  • 夕実子, "evening, fruit, child"
  • 優美子, "tenderness, beauty, child"
  • 悠美子, "permanence, beauty, child"
  • 祐美子, "help, beauty, child"
  • 由実子, "reason/cause, fruit, child"
  • 有美子, "exist/possess, beauty, child"
  • 夕美子, "evening, beauty, child"
  • 友美子, "friend, beauty, child"
  • 裕美子, "rich, beauty, child"
  • 勇美子, "brave, beauty, child"
  • The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

    People

  • Yumiko Abe (由美子), a Japanese professional wrestler
  • Yumiko Ashikawa (芦川祐美子), a Japanese singer-songwriter
  • Yumiko Cheng (鄭烈瓊), a Hong Kong Cantopop singer
  • Yumiko Fujita (弓子), a Japanese actress
  • Yumiko Fukushima, announcer
  • Yumiko Hara (裕美子), a Japanese marathon runner
  • Yumiko Hosono (佑美子), a Japanese voice actress, actress, and singer
  • Yumiko Hotta (祐美子), a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
  • Yumiko Igarashi (ゆみこ), a Japanese manga artist
  • Yumiko Kobayashi (由美子), a Japanese voice actress
  • Yumiko Kokonoe (佑三子), a Japanese actress
  • Yumiko Kosaka (由美子), a Japanese singer
  • Yumiko Ōshima (弓子), a Japanese manga artist
  • Yumiko Nakagawa, a Japanese girl at the center of an Okinawan controversy
  • Yumiko Shaku (由美子), a Japanese actress and model
  • Yumiko Shibata (由美子), a Japanese voice actress
  • Yumiko Takeshima (竹島 由美子), a Japanese costume designer, ballet dancer, and founder of YUMIKO dancewear
  • Yumiko Kayukawa (粥川由美子) a Japanese painter, artist, animal advocate, blogger, essayist, former teenage manga artist,
  • Fictional characters

  • Yumiko Kusaka (友美子), a character in the novel, film and manga Battle Royale
  • Yumiko Shirasagi (白鷺弓子), a character in the novel series Digital Devil Story and the video game adaptation Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
  • Yumiko Takagi (高木由美子), a character in the anime and manga series Hellsing
  • Yumiko Sakaki (榊由美子), a character in the Grisaia series of visual novels
  • Yumiko (弓子), a female Japanese-American character in the comic book series The Walking Dead
  • Yumiko "Hibana" Imagawa (今川 由美子), A character in the video game series Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, nicknamed Hibana (Spark).
  • References

    Yumiko Wikipedia