Kyoko

Kyōko, Kyoko, Kyouko or Kyohko (きょうこ, キョウコ, 京子) is a very common feminine Japanese given name. Not to be confused with Kiyoko.

Kyoko
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
MeaningMultiple meanings depending on the kanji used. Most usual meaning is 'Girl of Kyoto.' Kyoto is a city in Japan
Region of originJapan
Other names
Related namesKiyoko
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Possible writings

The final syllable "ko" is typically written with the kanji character for child, 子. It is a common suffix to female names in Japan. The first syllable "Kyō" can be written several different ways, with different meanings.

  • 恭, "respectful,"
  • 京, "of the city or of the capital,"
  • 今日, "of today,"
  • 杏, "apricot,"
  • 鏡, "mirror,"
  • 響, "echo", "influential"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

Fictional characters

  • Kyoko Harase (京子), a character in the 2003 J-Horror film Ju-on: The Grudge 2
  • Kyoko Himeji, a character from Girl's High (Joshikousei)
  • Kyoko Kirisaki, a fictional pyrokinetic
  • Kyoko Honda (今日子), a character in the manga and anime series Fruits Basket
  • Kyoko Minazuki (響子), a playable character in the fighting game series Rival Schools
  • Kyoko Iwase(恭子), a racing character from Initial D series.
  • Kyoko Mogami (キョーコ), the main heroine of the shōjo manga Skip Beat!
  • Kyoko Okitegami (今日子), the main character in Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku
  • Kyoko Otonashi (響子), the female protagonist of the manga and anime series Maison Ikkoku
  • Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu (キョウコ), a character in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion
  • Kyoko Sasagawa (京子), a character in the anime series Katekyo Hitman REBORN!
  • Kyoko, a friendly home computer in the 2008 Janet Jackson album Discipline
  • Kyoko Hoin, a character in Kodomo no Jikan
  • Kyoko Okudera, the main female protagonist in the Japanese horror movie Chakushin Ari 2
  • Kyoko, a To-Oh University student in the anime and manga series Death Note (appears volumes 3 and 4, episodes 9, 10, and 15). She is noted for her crush on the Detective L.
  • Kyoko Yuuki (結城 京子), Asuna Yuuki's mother in the Sword Art Online series
  • Kyoko, a young woman who comes to New York City to find a man who taught her to dance salsa, from the novel Kyoko by Ryū Murakami.
  • Kyoko, a character in Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?
  • Kyoko, a character in Yukio Mishima's Kyoko no Ie (Kyōko no Ie 鏡子の家)
  • Kyoko, a character in Log Horizon
  • Kyoko Sakura (佐倉 杏子), a character in Puella Magi Madoka Magica
  • Kyoko Toshinō, a character in Yuru Yuri
  • Kyōko Shirafuji (白藤 杏子), a female character in the manga and anime series Working!!.
  • Kyoko Kirigiri, a character in Danganronpa
  • Kyoko Ozaki- the wife of Doctor Toshio Ozaki in the anime, manga, and novel, Shiki
  • Kyōko Kasodani, a character in Ten Desires
  • Kyōko, a character in Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka and later River City Girls
  • Kyoko, servant to Blue Book CEO Nathan Bateman in Ex Machina

Fiction works

  • Kyoko, a novel by Ryū Murakami
  • Kyoko or, in English, Because of You, a film inspired by Ryū Murakami's book
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References

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