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Japanese 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 ...

for girls. Momo is usually written with the

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 ...

character 桃 for "

peach The peach (''Prunus persica'') is a deciduous tree first domesticated and cultivated in Zhejiang province of Eastern China. It bears edible juicy fruits with various characteristics, most called peaches and others (the glossy-skinned, non-fu ...

" or 百 for "one hundred" or 杏 for "apricot", followed by -ko, a common suffix for girls' names (meaning "child"). It may refer to:

People

*, Japanese actress and model *, Japanese film director *, Japanese ballerina *, Japanese novelist *

Momoko Iko Momoko Iko (1940–2020) was a Japanese-American playwright, best known for her 1972 play ''Gold Watch''. She was also a founding member of the Asian Liberation Organization and the Pacific Asian American Women Writers West. Life Momoko Iko was ...

(1940–2020), American playwright *, Japanese author and translator of children's books *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese women's shogi player *, Japanese actress *, Japanese tennis player *, Japanese actress best known for her role as Emiko Yamane in the original ''

Godzilla is a fictional monster, or '' kaiju'', originating from a series of Japanese films. The character first appeared in the 1954 film ''Godzilla'' and became a worldwide pop culture icon, appearing in various media, including 32 films produc ...

'' *, Japanese

haiku is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases that contain a ''kireji'', or "cutting word", 17 '' on'' (phonetic units similar to syllables) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern, and a ''kigo'', or se ...

poet *, Japanese women's professional shogi player *, Japanese wheelchair tennis player *, Japanese professional golfer *, Japanese voice actress from Hyogo, Japan *

Momoko Saito (cricketer) Momoko Saito (born 8 September 1981) is a former Japanese cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two ba ...

(born 1981), Japanese cricketer *, Japanese manga artist from Shimizu, Japan *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actress *, Japanese actress *, Japanese

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete *, Japanese footballer *,

J-pop J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1 ...

singer and member of the

Hello! Project is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups under Up-Front Promotion, a subsidiary of Up-Front Group. The name was initially used as Michiyo Heike and Morning Musume's fan club name in 1999, but has s ...

group

Berryz Kobo was a Japanese girl group formed by Up-Front Promotion in 2004 and associated with Hello! Project. The group's members consisted of Hello! Project Kids members Saki Shimizu, Momoko Tsugunaga, Miyabi Natsuyaki, Chinami Tokunaga, Maasa Sudo, Yuri ...

*, Japanese female professional

golfer Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

*, Japanese multi-instrumentalist *,

pseudonym A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individua ...

of an

Eisner Award The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the comics industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards. They are named in ...

-winning Japanese comic book artist and writer

Fictional characters

* Momoko (Maskman) (aka Pink Mask), a character in ''

Hikari Sentai Maskman is Toei Company, Toei's eleventh entry of the Super Sentai metaseries. It aired on TV Asahi from February 28, 1987 to February 20, 1988, replacing ''Choushinsei Flashman'' and was replaced by ''Choujyu Sentai Liveman'' with a total of 51 episode ...

'' * Momoko (''The King of Fighters''), a character in ''

The King of Fighters ''The King of Fighters'' (''KOF'') is a series of fighting games by SNK that began with the release of ''The King of Fighters '94'' in 1994. The series was developed originally for SNK's Neo Geo MVS arcade hardware. This served as the main plat ...

'' video game series * Momoko, a character in '' Armour of God II: Operation Condor'' * Momoko, a character in '' Momo Kyun Sword'' * Momoko, a character in ''

Shangri-La Shangri-La is a fictional place in Asia's Kunlun Mountains (昆仑山), Uses the spelling 'Kuen-Lun'. described in the 1933 novel ''Lost Horizon'' by English author James Hilton. Hilton portrays Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, ge ...

'' * Momoko Akatsutsumi, a character in the ''

Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z is a 2006 Japanese magical girl anime series directed by Megumu Ishiguro, based on the American animated television series ''The Powerpuff Girls''. The anime was co-produced by Cartoon Network (Japanese TV channel), Cartoon Network Japan and ...

'' anime series *

Momoko Asuka The following is the list of characters from the Japanese magical girl anime television series ''Ojamajo Doremi''. Ojamajos (Witch Apprentices) ; : : Doremi is the main protagonist of the series. A lively, longing for love, a little confused, ...

, a character in ''

Ojamajo Doremi , alternatively titled ''Magical DoReMi'' in English, is a Japanese magical girl anime television series created by Toei Animation. It focuses on a group of elementary school girls, led by Doremi Harukaze, who become witch apprent ...

'', but only in the third and fourth story arcs * Momoko Hamanaka, a character in ''

The Decay of the Angel is a novel by Yukio Mishima and is the fourth and last in his Sea of Fertility tetralogy. It was published in Shinchosha (orig.) on 25 February 1971, three months after Yukio Mishima's suicide. Explanation of the title In Buddhist scriptures ...

'' * Momoko Hasegawa, a character in ''

Mop Girl is a television drama series based on the novel of the same title by ; it recounts the adventures of Momoko Hasegawa, played by Keiko Kitagawa, who possesses the ability to travel back in time upon contact with belongings of a deceased person wit ...

'' * Momoko Hoshino, a character in ''

Major Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...

'' * Momoko Ichihara, a character in ''

Love Get Chu is a Japanese mobile phone visual novel created by ARiKO System about a group of five girls trying to become voice actresses. An anime adaptation entitled aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between April 4 and September 27, 2006, containing twenty- ...

'' * Momoko Kanda, a character in ''

Wonder Momo is a 1987 beat 'em up arcade game that was developed and published by Namco exclusively in Japan. It was ported to the PC-Engine in 1989, with both versions of the game later ported to the Wii Virtual Console. The game was also included in '' ...

'' * Momoko Koigakubo, a character in ''

Ghost Stories A ghost story is any piece of fiction, or drama, that includes a ghost, or simply takes as a premise the possibility of ghosts or characters' belief in them."Ghost Stories" in Margaret Drabble (ed.), ''Oxford Companion to English Literature''. ...

'' * Momoko Koishikawa, a character in ''

Long Vacation ''Long Vacation'' (, also known as ) is a Japanese television drama series from Fuji Television, first shown in Japan from 15 April to 24 June 1996. The show's high ratings in Japan made Takuya Kimura popular in the Asia-Pacific region and is k ...

'' * Momoko Kuzuryū, a character in ''

Sumomomo Momomo is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinobu Ohtaka. It was serialized in Square Enix's Seinen manga, ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Young Gangan'' (first named ''Gangan YG'') from January 2004 to February 2009, with its chapter ...

'' * Momoko Momohara, a character in ''

Sailor Moon is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from 1991 to 1997; the 52 individual chapters were published in 18 volumes. The seri ...

'' * Momoko Naitō, a character in ''

Shōjo Sect is a Japanese adult yuri manga series written and illustrated by Kenn Kurogane. The manga was serialized in the adult manga magazine ''Comic MegaStore'' from June 17, 2003, to June 17, 2005, and was later released as two bound volumes. A li ...

'' * Momoko Ryugasaki, a character in the novel, manga and movie ''

Kamikaze Girls ''Kamikaze Girls'', originally released in Japan as , is a 2002 Japanese light novel written by Novala Takemoto. The story centers on the friendship between two students named Momoko Ryugasaki and Ichigo "Ichiko" Shirayuri. These two are fro ...

'' *

Momoko Sakura (8 May 1965 – 15 August 2018) was the pen name of a Japanese manga artist from Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture. She was best known as the creator of the long-running manga ''Chibi Maruko-chan''. Biography Miki Miura, was born 8 May 1965. She rev ...

(aka Maruko-chan), main character of the Japanese anime and manga series ''

Chibi Maruko-chan is a shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Momoko Sakura. The series depicts the simple, everyday life of Momoko Sakura, a young girl everyone calls ''Maruko'', and her family in suburban Japan in the year 1974. Maruko is a tro ...

'' * Momoko Suō, a character in ''

The Idolmaster Million Live! is a Japan, Japanese multimedia spin-off (media), spin-off series of ''The Idolmaster'', starting with the game of the same name. The series follows a new group of idols working alongside the idols of 765 Productions with a producer at the 76 ...

'' * Momoko Takamachi, a character in ''

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha is a Japanese anime television series directed by Akiyuki Shinbo, with screenplay written by Masaki Tsuzuki and produced by Seven Arcs. It forms part of the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (series), ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' series. T ...

'' * Momoko Togame, a character in ''

Magia Record is a Japanese role-playing video game developed by f4samurai for Android and iOS, which was released by Aniplex in Japan on August 22, 2017. A North American version was available from June 2019 to October 2020. The game is a spin-off of ...

'' *Momoko, mentally and physically disabled twin sister of nine-year-old Rikki in 2003 animated movie ''My Sister Momoko'' *

Wedding Peach (character) is a '' shōjo'' manga written by Sukehiro Tomita and illustrated by Nao Yazawa that was originally serialized in Shogakukan's '' Ciao'' magazine. In North America, it was translated and published by VIZ Media in its entirety, consisti ...

, also known as Momoko Hanasaki, a character in ''

Wedding Peach is a '' shōjo'' manga written by Sukehiro Tomita and illustrated by Nao Yazawa that was originally serialized in Shogakukan's '' Ciao'' magazine. In North America, it was translated and published by VIZ Media in its entirety, consisting ...

'' *

Momoko Takeuchi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukiya Sakuragi. It started in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' on September 22, 2004, and was later transferred to ''Monthly Young Jump'' on August 18, 2009, wh ...

, a character in the manga ''

Inubaka is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukiya Sakuragi. It started in Shueisha's Seinen manga, ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' on September 22, 2004, and was later transferred to ''Monthly Young Jump'' on August ...

'' * Momoko Fujikawa, a character in ''Magical Princess Club'' * Momoko Kuramoto, a character in ''My Sister Momoko'' * Momoko Fuller, a character in ''

All Over Creation ''All Over Creation'' is a novel by Ruth Ozeki about Yumi Fuller, the Japanese-American daughter of a potato farmer in Idaho who returns home as an adult to care for her parents, Lloyd and Momoko, and stumbles into the growing controversy around g ...

'' * Momoko Yamazaki, a character in ''

The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird is a 1991 anime television series, created by Takara and Sunrise under the direction of Katsuyoshi Yatabe. It is the second incarnation in the long-running " ''Brave''", (or ''Yūsha''), franchise. This series's title's English translation bea ...

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