Yumiko is a feminine Japanese given name.
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.
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,
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).