Yukiko is a feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Yukiko can be written using different combinations of kanji 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 ゆきこ or katakana ユキコ.

Notable people with the name

* Yukiko Akaba (赤羽有紀子, born 1979), Japanese long-distance runner * Yukiko Fujisawa (藤澤亮子, born 1995), Japanese figure skater *, Japanese singer * Yukiko Inui (乾友紀子, born 1990), Japanese

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*, Japanese beach volleyball player * Yukiko Iwai (岩居由希子, born 1972), Japanese voice actress * Yukiko Iwai (Onyanko Club) (岩井由紀子, born 1968), Japanese singer, actress and former member of the all-female J-pop group Onyanko Club *

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, Japan *, Japanese manga artist * Yukiko Kashihara (柏原由紀子, born 1971), retired Japanese competitive figure skater *

Yukiko Kashiwagi is a Japanese actress and was the wife of Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto from 1971 until his death in 1985. In the 1970s, Kashiwagi retired from her career as an actress and instead presented a series of welfare performances with her husband in chi ...

(柏木由紀子, born 1947), Japanese actress *

Yukiko Kawasaki is a Japanese former competitive figure skater who competed in both singles and pair skating. As a pair skater, she competed with Alexei Tikhonov for Japan. They are two-time Japanese national champions and won the bronze medal at the 1993 NHK ...

(川崎由紀子, born 1977), Japanese figure skater *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese actress *

Yukiko Maki Yukiko Maki (1902 – October 18, 1989), born Yukiko Domoto, was a Japanese educator. In 1976 she was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Fourth Class, for her work in international exchange. Early life Yukiko Domoto was from Oakland, ...

(1902–1989), Japanese educator *

Yukiko Miyake Yukiko Miyake (; March 5, 1965 – January 2, 2020) was an American-born Japanese politician. She served one term in the Japanese House of Representatives. Career Early life Miyake's father, Wasuke Miyake, was a diplomat to the United Stat ...

(三宅雪子, 1965–2020), Japanese politician *, Japanese writer, playwright and theatre director * Yukiko Okada (岡田有希子, 1967–1986), former Japanese pop singer * Yukiko Okamoto (actress) (岡元夕紀子, born 1979), Japanese singer *

Yukiko Okamoto (athlete) Yukiko Okamoto, also known as ''Sachiko Okamoto'', ( ja, 岡本幸子; born 29 November 1974) is a retired Japanese runner who specialized in the half marathon and marathon. At the 1990 World Cross Country Championships she finished eighteenth i ...

(岡本幸子, born 1979), Japanese female distance runner *

Yukiko Osada is a retired Japanese swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events. Osada won two bronze medals in the 200 m butterfly and the medley relay at the 2003 Summer Universiade in Daegu, South Korea. Osada qualified for the women's 200 m butterfly a ...

(長田友喜子, born 1981), retired Japanese swimmer who specialized in the

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*, Japanese swimmer *

Yukiko Sakamoto is a Japanese politician and bureaucrat from Mishima, Shizuoka. She was the first woman to be appointed vice-governor of Shizuoka Prefecture in 1996 and served one term in the House of Councillors in the National Diet from 2004 until 2009. E ...

(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 , also known by the stage name , is a Japanese voice actress who was born in Chiba, Japan. She is part of ToriTori office. Filmography Anime television *''Beet the Vandel Buster'' as Zeke *''Coyote Ragtime Show'' as May *''Digimon Tamers'' as ...

(玉木有紀子, born 1980), Japanese voice actress * Yukiko Todoroki (轟夕起子, 1917–1967), former Japanese actress * Yukiko Ueno (上野由岐子, born 1982), Japanese softball pitcher *

Yukiko Yamashita Yukiko Yamashita (born 1971) is an American developmental biologist. She joined the Whitehead Institute in September 2020 and has been appointed a professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MI She is the inaugural incumben ...

(山下幸子, born 1972), American developmental biologist

Fictional characters

Yukiko Amagi The plot of Atlus's PlayStation 2 console role-playing game, role-playing game ''Persona 4'' is centered on a group of high-school students dedicated to capturing the culprit responsible for the murders and kidnappings that happened in their sm ...

(天城雪子), character from '' Persona 4'' * Yukiko Hirohara (広原雪子), character in the ''

11 Eyes Eleven or 11 may refer to: *11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12 * one of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011, or any year ending in 11 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn *''El ...

'' manga and anime series * Yukiko Kitano (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'' manga and anime series * Yukiko Steavens (ユキコ・スティーブンス), character in the '' Gun Sword'' anime series *Yukiko Kanzaki (神崎有希子), character from the ''

Assassination Classroom is a Japanese science fiction comedy manga series written and illustrated by Yusei Matsui. The series follows the daily life of an extremely powerful octopus-like being working as a junior high homeroom teacher, and his students dedicate ...

'' manga and anime series *Yukiko Satō (佐藤雪子), character from The Station Master, a novel by Jirō Asada, which was made into a movie: Poppoya, Railroad Man {{given name Japanese feminine given names