is a feminine
Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Junko can be written using different
kanji characters and can mean any of the following:
*純子, "pure, child"
*順子, "order, child"
*淳子, "pure, child"
*潤子, "rich/favor/wet, child"
*準子, "conform, child"
*洵子, "truth, child"
The name can also be written in
hiragana or
katakana.
People
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Junko (manga artist) (ぢゅん子), Japanese manga artist
*, Japanese actress
*, Japanese singer
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Junko Chodos (born 1939), Japanese-American contemporary artist
*, Japanese torture and murder victim
*, Japanese former competitive figure skater
*, Japanese Paralympic judoka
*, Japanese actress and voice actress represented by Production Baobab
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Junko Itō
Junko Itō (born 1954) is a Japanese-born American linguist. She is emerita research professor of linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she served as chair of the department from 1999-2006.
Itō received her Ph.D. in Lingu ...
, American linguist
*, Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese singer
*, Japanese television announcer
*, Japanese actress
*
Junko Minagawa (純子, born 1975), Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese actress
*, Japanese manga artist
*, Japanese metalwork sculptor
*, Japanese composer
*, Japanese former volleyball player
*, Japanese high jumper
*, Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese serial killer
*
Junko Okada (純子), Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese singer
*, Japanese swimmer
*, Japanese voice actress
*, first woman to climb Mt. Everest
*, Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese synchronized swimmer
*, Japanese singer-songwriter
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Junko Yoshioka
Junko Yoshioka is a New York City based fashion designer known primarily for her bridal wear. She has been the recipient of various awards and other recognitions, including first place (bridal) at the Millennium Designer Invitational (Tokyo 20 ...
, New York City-based fashion designer
Fictional characters
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Ibara Junko
In ''Megatokyo'', the popular webcomic by Fred Gallagher, Japanese names are written in Japanese order, with the family name before the given name. The first feature of ''Megatokyo'' (a filler art day, referred to as a "dead piro day") which r ...
, a fictional character in ''
Megatokyo
(also stylized as ''MegaTokyo'') is an English-language webcomic created by Fred Gallagher (cartoonist), Fred Gallagher and Rodney Caston. ''Megatokyo'' debuted on August 14, 2000, and has been written and illustrated solely by Gallagher since ...
''
*
Junko Enoshima (江ノ島 盾子), a fictional character and the main antagonist of the "Hope's Peak Academy" arc in ''
Danganronpa
is a Japanese video game franchise created by Kazutaka Kodaka and developed and owned by Spike Chunsoft (formerly Spike). The series primarily surrounds various groups of apparent high school students who are forced into murdering each other ...
''
*Junko Hattori (服部 絢子), a fictional character in the light novel series ''
Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou''
*Junko Kaname (鹿目 詢子), a character from the anime series ''
Puella Magi Madoka Magica''
*Junko Konno, a character from the MAPPA idol anime series
Zombie Land Saga
*Junko Mochida (持田 潤子), a minor character in the
hentai
Hentai is anime and manga pornography. A loanword from Japanese, the original term ( ) does not describe a genre of media, but rather an abnormal sexual desire or act, as an abbreviation of . In addition to anime and manga, hentai works exis ...
anime series ''
Bible Black
is an eroge video game developed by ActiveSoft and published on July 14, 2000. Sei Shoujo is the original creator of the game's artwork, character design and penned the original script for the game.
Milky Studio has since adapted the ga ...
''
*Junko Saotome (早乙女淳子), a fictional character from ''
Nana''
*Junko Takei (竹井醇子), a fictional character from ''
Strike Witches
is a Japanese media mix originally created by Fumikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. The franchise has since been adapted into several light novel, manga, and anime series and various video games. ...
''
*
Junko Wallop
''Storm Hawks'' is an animated television series created by Asaph A. Fipke and was produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment. It premiered on YTV in Canada on September 8, 2007, and on Cartoon Network in the United States on May 25, 2007. Reruns for ...
, a fictional character in the animated television series ''
Storm Hawks''
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Junko
is a feminine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Junko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean any of the following:
*純子, "pure, child"
*順子, "order, child"
*淳子, "pure, child"
*潤子, "rich/favor/wet, child ...
(純狐), boss character from ''
Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom
is a scrolling shooter game developed and published by Team Shanghai Alice. It is the 15th installment in the Touhou Project series. The story centers around the chosen heroine traveling to the Moon to stop an invasion and purification of Earth ...
'', a
Touhou Project
The , also known simply as , is a bullet hell shoot 'em up video game series created by one-man independent Japanese ''doujin'' soft developer Team Shanghai Alice. Since 1995, the team's member, Jun'ya "ZUN" Ōta, has independently developed ...
game
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Japanese feminine given names