is a feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

The name Emiko can have a variety of different meanings depending on which kanji characters are used to write it. Some possible variations include: *栄美子; "prosperous, beauty, child" *恵美子; "blessing, favor, beauty, child" *絵美子; "picture, beauty, child" *英美子; "superior, beauty, child" *映海子; "shine, sea, child" *笑子; "laugh/smile, child" *愛実子; "love, fruit, child" The name may also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

Emiko Davies Emiko Davies is an Australia-born cookbook author, food journalist and food blogger, known for a focus on regional Italian food. She is based in Florence, Italy. About Emiko Davies is from Canberra, Australia and raised between Australia and Chi ...

, Australian-born cookbook author, food journalist and illustrator, of Australian–Japanese decent. *

Emiko Kado ; January 28, 1976 – April 9, 1999) was a Japanese people, Japanese female professional wrestler. She died after a wrestling injury, only months into her professional career. Kado's wrestling-related ring death was the second to occur in Ja ...

(門恵美子, 1976-1999), Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese long jumper *

Emiko Miyamoto is a retired Japanese volleyball player. She was a member of the Japanese winning teams, , at the 1962 World Championships and 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an internati ...

(宮本恵美子, born 1937), Japanese volleyball player *

Emiko Nakano Emiko Nakano (1925–1990) was an American abstract expressionist painter, printmaker, fiber artist, and fashion Illustrator. Biography Emiko Nakano was born on July 4, 1925 in Sacramento, California; her parents were immigrants from Japan. She ...

(1925–1990), American

abstract expressionist Abstract expressionism is a post–World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York City in the 1940s. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve international influence and put New York at the center of the ...

artist, of American–Japanese decent. *

Emiko Odaka Emiko Odaka ( ja, 小高笑子; born December 14, 1962) is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1 ...

(小高笑子, born 1962), former Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese table tennis player * , American anthropologist *, Japanese alpine skier *

Emiko Okuyama Emiko Okuyama (born June 23, 1951) is a Japanese politician. She served as the mayor of Sendai from 2009 to 2017. Career Okuyama was born in Akita City, Japan on June 23, 1951. Her father was a public official, and when Okuyama was a child he ...

(奥山恵美子, born 1951), Japanese politician *

Emiko Raika Emiko Raika (来家恵美子, born January 24, 1975 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese female professional boxer and mixed martial artist. Although more Japanese women have taken up traditionally male sports such as karate, kickboxing and wrestling ...

(来家恵美子, born 1975), Japanese professional boxer *, Japanese cross-country skier * Emiko Shinohara (篠原恵美子, born 1963), Japanese voice actress *

Emiko Shiratori Emiko Shiratori ( ''Shiratori Emiko''; born March 16, 1950) is a Japanese singer and songwriter. In 1969, the record label Toshiba EMI (now EMI Music Japan) paired her with Sumio Akutagawa, and they formed the folk group Toi et Moi. They achieved ...

(白鳥英美子, born 1950), Japanese singer and songwriter * Emiko Suzuki (鈴木絵美子, born 1981), Japanese synchronized swimmer *, Japanese speed skater *

Emiko Uematsu is a Japanese politician in the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Takamatsu, Kagawa and graduate of Kobe University , also known in the Kansai region as , ...

(植松恵美子, born 1967), Japanese politician * Emiko Ueno (植野恵美子, born 1957), Japanese badminton player *, Japanese handball player

Fictional characters

Emiko Niwa This is a list of characters in the manga series '' D.N.Angel'' by Yukiru Sugisaki and its anime adaptation. Protagonists Daisuke Niwa Character Voice: *Anime: Miyu Irino, Tomoko Kaneda (younger version) *Drama CD: Sōichirō Hoshi *English ...

(丹羽笑子), a character in the manga series ''

D.N.Angel ''D.N.Angel'' (stylized as ''D•N•ANGEL'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukiru Sugisaki. The manga premiered in Japan in the Kadokawa Shoten magazine ''Monthly Asuka'' in November 1997. After two extended hia ...

'' * Emiko Yamane (山根恵美子), a character in the 1954 film '' Godzilla'' * Emiko, a main character in the science fiction novel ''

The Windup Girl ''The Windup Girl'' is a biopunk science fiction novel by American writer Paolo Bacigalupi. It was his debut novel and was published by Night Shade Books on September 1, 2009. The novel is set in a future Thailand and covers a number of contempo ...

'' * Emiko Queen, a character from DC Comics

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