Motoko is a feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

* もとこ

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 ...

* 素子 "unadorned, plain, undecorated, child" * 元子 "origin, child" * 基子 "fundamental, child" * 資子 "resourceful, child"

People with the name

Motoko Arai Motoko Arai (新井素子; born August 8, 1960) is a Japanese science fiction and fantasy writer. Her writing is characterized by her use of a light conversational tone geared towards a young adult audience. She has published three series of nove ...

(新井素子), Japanese writer * Hani Motoko (羽仁もと子), the first female Japanese journalist * Motoko Hirotsu (広津素子), Japanese politician * Motoko Obayashi (素子), a Japanese volleyball player *

Motoko Ishii is a Japanese people, Japanese lighting designer. From 1965 to 1967 she worked at lighting-design offices in Finland and Germany. Returning to Japan in 1968, she established the Ishii Motoko Design Office. One of her major projects was the desi ...

(幹子), a Japanese lighting designer * Motoko Fujimoto (索子), a Japanese softball player * Motoko Fujishiro Huthwaite (1927–2020), American teacher *

Motoko Katakura (née Niiya, 17 October 1937 - 23 February 2013) was a Japanese anthropologist who specialized in the Islamic world. Early life Born in Nara Prefecture in Japan, she moved to Kanagawa Prefecture and finished high school in 1956. She was admitte ...

(1937-2013), Japanese anthropologist *

Motoko Kumai is a Japanese voice actress employed by 81 Produce. She played Takao Kinomiya in ''Beyblade'' and Syaoran Li in ''Cardcaptor Sakura''. From December 21, 2006 to October 2007, she had a hiatus from her career due to an illness requiring medical tr ...

(統子, born 1970), a Japanese voice actress *, Japanese actress and striptease performer

Fictional characters

* Motoko Aoyama (素子), a character in the ''

Love Hina is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from October 1998 to October 2001, with the chapters collected into 14 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Kodansha. The ...

'' series *

Motoko Kusanagi Major , or just "Major", is the main protagonist in Masamune Shirow's ''Ghost in the Shell'' manga and anime series. She is a synthetic "full-body prosthesis" augmented- cybernetic human employed as the field commander of Public Security Sectio ...

(素子), protagonist of the ''

Ghost in the Shell ''Ghost in the Shell'' is a Japanese cyberpunk media franchise based on the seinen manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow. The manga, first serialized in 1989 under the subtitle of ''The Ghost in the Shell'' ...

'' series * Motoko Minagawa (素子), a character in the ''

Fruits Basket , sometimes abbreviated , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya. It was serialized in the semi-monthly Japanese manga magazine , published by Hakusensha, from 1998 to 2006. The series' title comes from ...

'' series * Motoko-chan (もと子), the main character of the

Super Famicom The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), commonly shortened to Super NES or Super Nintendo, is a Fourth generation of video game consoles, 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South ...

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Motoko-chan no Wonder Kitchen or ''Motokochan in Wonder Kitchen'' is a 1993 Super Famicom point-and-click video game that features minigames related to cooking. The game was a promotional item with a production run of 10,000 units which were used for a lottery contest. Consume ...

'' * Motoko Meada (前田元子), a character in the '' Shiki'' series {{given name Japanese feminine given names