Tomoko (ともこ, トモコ) is a female

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. Like many Japanese names, Tomoko can be written using different

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characters and can mean: * 友子 - "friendly child" * 知子 - "knowing child" * 智子 - "wise child" * 朋子 - "friendly child" * 皆子 - "beautiful girl" * 詩子 - "poetic child"

People with the name

* , Japanese politician * , Japanese

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* Tomoko Aran (荒野智子), born January 14, 1958, Japanese city pop artist * , Japanese judoka * , Japanese

origami ) is the Japanese paper art, art of paper folding. In modern usage, the word "origami" is often used as an inclusive term for all folding practices, regardless of their culture of origin. The goal is to transform a flat square sheet of pape ...

writer * , Japanese swimmer * , Japanese announcer * , Japanese actress and

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* , Japanese motorcycle racer * , Japanese actress * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese politician * , victim of

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and subject of the photo ''

Tomoko and Mother in the Bath ''Tomoko and Mother in the Bath'' is a photograph taken by American photojournalist W. Eugene Smith in 1971. Many commentators regard ''Tomoko'' as Smith's greatest work. The black-and-white photo depicts a mother cradling her severely deformed, n ...

'' * , Japanese singer * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese artist * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese singer * , Japanese professional wrestler * , Japanese singer, part of 1980s J-Pop duo

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* , Japanese painter * , Japanese voice actress *

Tomoko Masuzawa Tomoko Masuzawa is professor emerita of comparative literature and history at the University of Michigan. In 1979, she received her MA in religious studies at Yale University. Masuzawa received her PhD in religious studies from University of Calif ...

, American philosopher * , Japanese women's footballer * , Japanese film director and actress *

Tomoko Miho Tomoko Miho (September 2, 1931 - February 10, 2012) was a Japanese-American graphic designer and recipient of the 1993 List of AIGA medalists, AIGA Medal. She is known for her understanding of the relationship between space and object. Biography ...

(1931 – 2012), American graphic designer * , Japanese professional wrestler * , Japanese photographer *

Tomoko Moriguchi-Matsuno Tomoko Moriguchi-Matsuno (née Moriguchi; born August 25, 1945), also known as Tomoko Matsuno, is an American businesswoman who served as CEO of Uwajimaya from 2007 to 2017. Biography Moriguchi-Matsuno was born at Tule Lake National Monument, Tu ...

(born 1945), American businesswoman * , Japanese women's footballer * , Japanese swimmer * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese actress * , Japanese businesswoman * , Japanese actress * , Japanese

manga artist A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist be ...

* , Japanese rock climber * , Japanese women's footballer * , Japanese geneticist, pioneer of the

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* , Japanese fencer * , Japanese volleyball player * , Japanese swimmer * , Japanese fencer * , Japanese ice hockey player * , Japanese lawyer, politician and writer * , Japanese photographer *

Tomoko Sugawara Tomoko Sugawara is a harpist from Tokyo, Japan who grew up playing classical and Irish harp before learning to play the kugo or angular harp. With Swedish professor Bo Lawergren, whom she met at a kugo museum exhibit in Nara, Japan she enginee ...

, Japanese harpist * , Japanese women's footballer * , Japanese actress *

Tomoko Takahashi Tomoko Takahashi is a Japanese artist. She was born in Tokyo in 1966 and has based in London since the early 1990s. She studied at Tama Art University, Goldsmiths College and the Slade School of Fine Art. Takahashi's main medium is installati ...

(born 1966), Japanese artist * , Japanese politician *

Tomoko Tamura is a member of the Japanese Communist Party serving in the House of Councillors. She was elected in 2010 and again in 2016 for the National party list block. Political career Tenure She criticized former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's female c ...

, Japanese table tennis player * , Japanese ice dancer * , Japanese singer, songwriter and arranger * , Japanese manga artist * , Japanese politician * , Japanese actress and singer * , Japanese tennis player * , Japanese writer * , Japanese volleyball player

Fictional characters

* Tomoko Anabuki a character from the ''

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. ...

light novel A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a ''wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English languag ...

* Tomoko Saeki, a character from the anime and manga series ''

DNA² is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine between August 1993 and July 1994, spanning 42 chapters collected in a total of five ''tankōbon'' volum ...

'' * Tomoko Kuroki, the main character from the manga series ''

WataMote , commonly referred to as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by two people under the pseudonym Nico Tanigawa. It began serialization on Square Enix's ''Gangan Online'' service from August 4, 2011 and is published by Yen Pre ...

'' * Tomoko Nakaoka, the baby sister of ''

Barefoot Gen is a Japanese historical manga series by Keiji Nakazawa. Loosely based on Nakazawa's own experiences as a Hiroshima survivor, the series begins in 1945 in and around Hiroshima, Japan, where the six-year-old boy Gen Nakaoka lives wi ...

''. *, a character from the manga and anime series ''

Great Teacher Onizuka ''Great Teacher Onizuka'', officially abbreviated as ''GTO'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from January 1997 to February 2 ...

'' * Tomoko Nozama, a character from the tokusatsu show ''

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'' * In

Liu Cixin Liu Cixin (, pronounced ; born 23 June 1963) is a Chinese science fiction writer. He is a nine-time winner of China's Galaxy Award and has also received the 2015 Hugo Award for his novel '' The Three-Body Problem'' as well as the 2017 Lo ...

's science fiction novel

Death's End ''Death's End'' () is a science fiction novel by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin. It is the third novel in the trilogy titled Remembrance of Earth's Past, following the Hugo Award-winning novel '' The Three-Body Problem'' and its sequel, '' The Dar ...

the ambassador of an alien civilisation is called 智子 and appears in the shape of a Japanese woman. This is a

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between sophon (a fictitious

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) and the Japanese name. * Tomoko Hayashi, a character from the tokusatsu show ''

Himitsu Sentai Gorenger is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' superhero television series. ''Gorenger'', created by Shotaro Ishinomori, was the first in the long-running ''Super Sentai'' metaseries of ''tokusatsu'' programming. The series aired on NET (now TV Asahi) from April 5, ...

'' * Tomoko Shiretoko, a character from the ''

Boku no Hero Academia is a Japanese superhero manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 2014, with its chapters additionally collected into ...

'' * Tomoko Higashikata, a character from the anime and manga ''

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1987 to 2004, and was transferred to the monthly ''seinen'' manga ...

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