Yukiko 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 ...

Possible writings

Yukiko can be written using different combinations of

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 ...

characters. Here are some examples: *雪子, "snow, child" *幸子, "happiness, child" *由紀子, "reason, chronicle, child" *由起子, "reason, to rise, child" *有紀子, "possession, chronicle, child" *有希子, "possession, hope, child" *夕紀子, "evening, chronicle, 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 ...

ゆきこ or

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 f ...

ユキコ.

Notable people with the name

Yukiko Akaba is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres, half marathon and marathon events. Career She won the silver medal in half marathon at the 1999 Summer Universiade. At the 2001 Summer Universiade she finished eighth in ...

(赤羽有紀子, born 1979), Japanese long-distance runner *

Yukiko Fujisawa is a Japanese former figure skater. She was born in Chiba. She is the 2008 JGP Czech Skate champion, 2009 JGP Final silver medalist, and 2010 Japanese junior bronze medalist. Programs Competitive highlights ''JGP: ISU Junior Grand Prix ...

(藤澤亮子, born 1995), Japanese figure skater *, Japanese singer *

Yukiko Inui is a Japanese competitor in synchronised swimming. She won Japan's List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming, first gold medal in each the Artistic swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Solo technica ...

(乾友紀子, born 1990), Japanese synchronized swimmer *, Japanese beach volleyball player *

Yukiko Iwai is a Japanese voice actress who is best known for her voice role as Ayumi Yoshida in ''Detective Conan''. She was born in Chiba. Roles Anime 1995 *Ping Pong Club - Junko Hoshino * Saint Tail - female student (ep 5); first year girl A (ep 11) ...

(岩居由希子, born 1972), Japanese voice actress *

Yukiko Iwai (Onyanko Club) , also known by the nickname , is a Japanese singer and actress born 26 May 1968 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Iwai was a member of the all-girl pop group Onyanko Club (from 21 June 1985 until 31 August 1987), and she was the shortest ...

(岩井由紀子, born 1968), Japanese singer, actress and former member of the all-female J-pop group

Onyanko Club was a large all-girl Japanese pop Japanese idol, idol group in the 1980s. Some members of the group participated in spin-off groups, such as Nyangilas, Ushiroyubi Sasaregumi and Ushirogami Hikaretai. Many of the latter two groups' songs were us ...

Yukiko Kada is a Japanese politician and member of the National Diet of Japan, serving as member of the House of Councillors from Shiga Prefecture since 2019. She was the prefectural governor of Shiga for two terms from 2006 to 2014. She is from Honjō, Sa ...

(嘉田由紀子, born 1950), the governor of

Shiga Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,412,916 (1 October 2015) and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to the north ...

, Japan *, Japanese manga artist *

Yukiko Kashihara is a Japanese retired competitive figure skater. She is the 1988 World Junior bronze medalist and the 1988 Japanese national bronze medalist. Results References 1971 births Japanese female single skaters Living people World Junior ...

(柏原由紀子, born 1971), retired Japanese competitive figure skater * Yukiko Kashiwagi (柏木由紀子, born 1947), Japanese actress * Yukiko Kawasaki (川崎由紀子, born 1977), Japanese figure skater *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese actress * Yukiko Maki (1902–1989), Japanese educator * Yukiko Miyake (三宅雪子, 1965–2020), Japanese politician *, Japanese writer, playwright and theatre director *

Yukiko Okada was a Japanese singer and actress, active in the mid-1980s. After winning a nationwide television show at age 15 in 1983, she debuted as an Japanese idol, idol in 1984. Her death by suicide two years later led to a number of copycat suicides, a ...

(岡田有希子, 1967–1986), former Japanese pop singer *

Yukiko Okamoto (actress) is a Japanese actress. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 1998 Yokohama Film Festival The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personn ...

(岡元夕紀子, born 1979), Japanese singer * Yukiko Okamoto (athlete) (岡本幸子, born 1979), Japanese female distance runner * Yukiko Osada (長田友喜子, born 1981), retired Japanese swimmer who specialized in the butterfly stroke *, Japanese swimmer * Yukiko Sakamoto (坂本由紀子, born 1949), Japanese politician and member of the Liberal Democratic Party *

Yukiko Sumiyoshi is a female Japanese manga artist. She has been creating manga since her debut title ''Ten no Otoshimono'' first released in 2004. She is also notable as the artist for the manga version of Key's visual novel '' Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Li ...

(住吉文子, born 1982), Japanese manga author * Yukiko Tamaki (玉木有紀子, born 1980), Japanese voice actress *

Yukiko Todoroki Yukiko Todoroki ( ''Todoroki Yukiko''; September 11, 1917 – May 11, 1967) was a Japanese actress. Her real name was Tsuruko Nishiyama. She participated in the Takarazuka Revue. At Takarazuka, she was known not by her real name, but by the stage ...

(轟夕起子, 1917–1967), former Japanese actress *

Yukiko Ueno is a Japanese,
(in Japanese). ''Japan Softball League''. Retrieved July 31, 2021. medal-winning

(上野由岐子, born 1982), Japanese softball pitcher * Yukiko Yamashita (山下幸子, born 1972), American developmental biologist

Fictional characters

* Yukiko Amagi (天城雪子), character from ''

Persona 4 released outside of Japan as ''Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4'', is a 2008 role-playing video game by Atlus. It is chronologically the fifth installment in the ''Persona'' series, itself a part of the larger ''Megami Tensei'' franchise, and was ...

'' * Yukiko Hirohara (広原雪子), character in the '' 11 Eyes'' manga and anime series *

Yukiko Kitano The following is a list of characters that appear in Battle Royale (novel), the novel, Battle Royale (manga), manga and Battle Royale (film), film versions of ''Battle Royale''. Primary characters Shuya Nanahara * Assigned weapon: Knife, Army ...

(北野雪子), character from the novel, manga and film '' Battle Royale'' *Yukiko Kudō (工藤有希子), character in the ''

Detective Conan ''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994, with its cha ...

'' manga and anime series * Yukiko Steavens (ユキコ・スティーブンス), character in the ''

Gun Sword , is a Japanese anime television series animated by AIC A.S.T.A, written by Hideyuki Kurata, and directed by Gorō Taniguchi. Plot The story is set on the "Planet of Endless Illusion", a place where rogues of all sorts gather. The protag ...

'' anime series *Yukiko Kanzaki (神崎有希子), character from the '' Assassination Classroom'' manga and anime series *Yukiko Satō (佐藤雪子), character from The Station Master, a novel by

Jirō Asada is the pen name of , a Japanese writer. Inspired by Yukio Mishima, who tried to stage a coup d'état among Japan Self-Defense Forces then committed suicide after the coup was failed, Asada enlisted in the SDF after finishing his studies. He c ...

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