Kumiko (くみこ, クミコ) is a feminine

Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...

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Kumiko can be written using different

kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...

and can mean: *久美子, "forever, beauty, child" *空見子, "sky, see, child" *公美子, "public, beauty, child" *來未子, "come, not, child" *功美子, "success, beauty child" The name can also be written in

hiragana is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ...

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...

People

Kumiko Asō , better known by her stage name , is a Japanese actress. She is also a model and has participated in several commercials. Career In 1995, Asō made her film debut in ''Bad Guy Beach''. With her role in the 1998 film ''Dr. Akagi'', she received ...

(久美子), a Japanese actress *

Kumiko Akiyoshi (born July 29, 1954), better known as , is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 1st Hochi Film Award for ''Banka'', ''Saraba natsuno hikariyo'' and ''Brother and Sister''. Filmography Films * '' Tabi no omosa'' (1972 ...

(久美子), a Japanese actress *

Kumiko Ogura is a Japanese badminton player, affiliated with the Sanyo Electric team. Born in Kawagoe, Mie, Ogura started playing badminton at the age of eight. When she was in grade 1 in Shitennoji Senior High School, she entered the Japanese junior team. A ...

(久美子), a Japanese female badminton player *

Kumiko Nakano Nakano Kumiko (中野公美子, born March 3, 1977 in Osaka, Japan) is an actress who debuted as a Japanese idol with the girl band Osaka Performance Doll from 1993 to 1997. Television *星の金貨 (''Hoshi no kinka'') *竜馬におまかせ! *B ...

(公美子), a Japanese actress *

Kumiko Goto is a Japanese former singer, actress and Japanese idol active in the 1980s. As an actress, she is known for starring in the ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' films and the Jackie Chan film ''City Hunter''. In 1995, she quit her artistic career and marri ...

(久美子), a Japanese model, actress and wife of

Jean Alesi Jean Alesi (born Giovanni Alesi, 11 June 1964) is a French professional racing driver of Italian origin. After successes in minor categories, notably winning the 1989 Formula 3000 Championship, his Formula One career included spells at Tyrrell, ...

Kumiko Takeda is a Japanese actress. Personal life Takeda was married to an American from 2000 until divorcing in 2016. She currently lives with her daughter in San Diego. Filmography * ''Shuffle (film), Shuffle'' (1981) - Girl in playground * ''High Teen ...

(久美子), a Japanese actress and model *

Kumiko Hayashi is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). Overview A native of Shiga Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Sh ...

(久美子), a Japanese politician *

Kumiko Aihara is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Constitutional Democratic Party and a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan, Diet (national legislature). A native of Hokkaidō and law graduate of Hokk ...

(久美子), a Japanese politician *

Kumiko Nishihara is a Japanese voice actress from Chigasaki, Kanagawa affiliated with Aoni Production also known for her work on the stage. Biography While a student at Wako University, Nishihara attended voice acting classes run by Kaneta Kimotsuki. When Kimo ...

(久美子, born 1965), a

Japanese voice actress Voice acting in Japan is an industry where actors provide voice-overs as characters or narrators in media including anime, video games, audio dramas, commercials, and dubbing for non-Japanese films and television programs. In Japan, and a ...

Kumiko Watanabe is a Japanese voice actress. She played Sergeant Keroro in '' Sgt. Frog'', Shippō in ''InuYasha'', Mother in ''Atashin'chi'', Klonoa in '' Kaze no Klonoa'', and Regina in '' DokiDoki! PreCure''. She married Kōji Tsujitani in 2012. Filmogra ...

(久美子, born 1965), a Japanese actress and voice actress *Kumiko Nakane (中根久美子), a Japanese voice actress *, Japanese animator and character designer *, Japanese singer *, Japanese writer *

Kumiko Okamoto Kumiko Okamoto ( ja, 岡本久美子, born February 19, 1965) is a retired female tennis player from Japan, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul S ...

(久美子), a Japanese retired female tennis player *

Kumiko Sato , ''née'' (born February 22, 1946) is a Japanese figure skating coach and former competitor. She is the 1968 Winter Universiade champion and a two-time (1966, 1967) Japan national champion. She represented Japan twice at the Winter Olympics, ...

(久美子), a Japanese figure skating coach *

Kumiko Ikeda is a Japanese long jumper. She won bronze medals at the 2000 World Junior Championships and the 2001 Summer Universiade, and finished eleventh at the 2001 World Championships. On the regional level she won a bronze medal at the 2005 Asian Cha ...

(久美子), a Japanese long jumper *

Kumiko Koiwai is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She is the 1993 World Junior champion, 1992 NHK Trophy silver medalist, 1997 Winter Universiade champion, and a three-time Japan national bronze medalist. Skating career Koiwai finished 8th a ...

(久美子), a former Japanese figure skater *, Japanese cross-country skier

Fictional characters

Kumiko (character) Kumiko is a fictional character portrayed by Tamlyn Tomita in the film ''The Karate Kid Part II'' (1986), and in the third season of the sequel series ''Cobra Kai'' (2021). Overview Kumiko grew up in Tomi Village, in Okinawa Prefecture and was c ...

, a character portrayed by Tamlyn Tomita in ''

The Karate Kid Part II ''The Karate Kid Part II'' is a 1986 American martial arts drama film written by Robert Mark Kamen and directed by John G. Avildsen. It is the second installment in the ''Karate Kid'' franchise and the sequel to the 1984 film ''The Karate Kid'', ...

'' (1986) and ''

Cobra Kai ''Cobra Kai'' is an American martial arts comedy-drama television series and a sequel to the original ''The Karate Kid'' films by Robert Mark Kamen. The series was created by Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg, and is distributed b ...

'' (2021) *Kumiko Yamaguchi (久美子), the main character in the manga, anime, and television drama series ''

Gokusen is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kozueko Morimoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''You'' from 2000 to 2007, with its chapters collected in fifteen '' wideban'' volumes. The story follows Kumiko Yamaguchi, the grand ...

'' *Kumiko Okada (久美子), a character in Haruki Murakami's novel ''

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is a novel published in 1994–1995 by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The American translation and its British adaptation, dubbed the "only official translations" (English), are by Jay Rubin and were first published in 1997. For this novel, Mu ...

'' *Kumiko Ōmae (久美子), the protagonist of the novel series ''

Sound! Euphonium is a Japanese novel series written by Ayano Takeda. The story is set in Uji, Kyoto and focuses on the Kitauji High School Music Club, whose concert band is steadily improving thanks to the newly appointed adviser's strict instruction ...

'' *Kumiko Tanaka?, the little daughter of Mr. Tanaka in Memoirs of a Geisha *Kumiko, title character in the 2014 American drama film ''

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter ''Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter'' is a 2014 American drama film co-written and directed by David Zellner. The film stars Rinko Kikuchi, Nobuyuki Katsube, Shirley Venard, David Zellner, Nathan Zellner, and Kanako Higashi. Alexander Payne and Kikuchi ...

'' *Kumiko "The Bullet", pilot of one of the playable machines in '' F-Zero: Maximum Velocity'' * Kumiko Albertson, a recurring character in ''The Simpsons''

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