Asako (written: 麻子, 朝子, 浅子, 亜少子, あさ子 or あさこ in hiragana) from Japanese 麻 (''asa'') meaning "morning" combined with 子 (''ko'') meaning "child", is a feminine Japanese given name.
Notable persons
*, Japanese voice actress
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Asako Hirabayashi, Japanese-American harpsichordist and composer
*, Japanese businesswoman, banker and college founder
*, Japanese women's footballer
*, Japanese comedian
*, Japanese journalist
* Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese photographer
*, Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese volleyball player
*, Japanese women's footballer and manager
*, Japanese singer and composer
*, Japanese sprint canoeist
*, Japanese writer
Fictional characters
*, a character in the manga series ''My Little Monster''
*, a character in the manga series ''
Ushio and Tora
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiro Fujita. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from January 1990 to October 1996, with its chapters collected in thirty-three '' ...
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Films & Television
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Asako I & II
is a 2018 Japanese romance drama film directed by Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, starring Masahiro Higashide and Erika Karata. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on a 2010 novel by Tomoka Shibasaki ...
(寝ても覚めても, ''Netemo Sametemo'', "whether asleep or awake"), a 2018 Japanese
romance
Romance (from Vulgar Latin , "in the Roman language", i.e., "Latin") may refer to:
Common meanings
* Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings
* Romance languages, ...
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Ryūsuke Hamaguchi
is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. An alumnus of the University of Tokyo and the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, he started getting attention in his home country with the graduate film ''Passion'' (2008).
Hamaguc ...
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Japanese feminine given names