Motoko is a feminine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
* もとこ
hiragana
* 素子 "unadorned, plain, undecorated, child"
* 元子 "origin, child"
* 基子 "fundamental, child"
* 資子 "resourceful, child"
People with the name
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Motoko Arai (新井 素子), Japanese writer
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Hani Motoko
is considered to be Japan's first female journalist.
Born into a former samurai family, Hani was born Matsuoka Motoko in Aomori Prefecture and was baptized a Christian in 1890. She was educated at Tokyo First Higher Women's School and then at th ...
(羽仁 もと子), the first female Japanese journalist
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Motoko Hirotsu
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Karatsu, Saga and graduate of the University of Tokyo she was elected to the House of Representativ ...
(広津 素子), Japanese politician
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Motoko Obayashi
is a volleyball player from Japan, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics
The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and o ...
(素子), a Japanese volleyball player
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Motoko Ishii (幹子), a Japanese lighting designer
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Motoko Fujimoto (索子), a Japanese softball player
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Motoko Fujishiro Huthwaite
Motoko Fujishiro Huthwaite (born Motoko Fujishiro, August 24, 1927 – May 4, 2020) was an American teacher. She served during World War II with the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program. In 2015, she was awarded the Congressional Gold Meda ...
(1927–2020), American teacher
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Motoko Katakura (1937-2013), Japanese anthropologist
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Motoko Kumai (統子, born 1970), a Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese actress and striptease performer
Fictional characters
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Motoko Aoyama (素子), a character in the ''
Love Hina'' series
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Motoko Kusanagi (素子), protagonist of the ''
Ghost in the Shell'' series
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Motoko Minagawa (素子), a character in the ''
Fruits Basket'' series
* Motoko-chan (もと子), the main character of the
Super Famicom video game ''
Motoko-chan no Wonder Kitchen''
* Motoko Meada (前田 元子), a character in the ''
Shiki'' series
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Japanese feminine given names