Yumiko is a
feminine
Femininity (also called womanliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with women and girls. Femininity can be understood as socially constructed, and there is also some evidence that some behaviors considered fe ...
Japanese given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
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Possible writings
Yumiko can be written using different
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 and can mean:
*弓子, "bow, child".
*由美子, "reason/cause, beauty, child".
*結実子, "fruition, child".
*夕実子, "evening, fruit, child".
*優美子, "tenderness, beauty, child".
*悠美子, "permanence, beauty, child".
*祐美子, "help, beauty, child".
*由実子, "reason/cause, fruit, child".
*有美子, "exist/possess, beauty, child".
*夕美子, "evening, beauty, child".
*友美子, "friend, beauty, child".
*裕美子, "rich, beauty, child".
*勇美子, "brave, beauty, 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 ...
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 fr ...
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People
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Yumiko Abe
, better known by her ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler. Originally trained by the now defunct JDStar promotion, Ohka now works for Oz Academy and Pro Wrestling Wave. She is a former two-time Wave Single Champion, while also being ...
(由美子), a Japanese professional wrestler.
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Yumiko Cheng (鄭烈瓊), a Hong Kong Cantopop singer.
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Yumiko Fujita (弓子), a Japanese actress.
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Yumiko Fukushima, announcer.
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Yumiko Hara
Yumiko Hara ( ja, 原裕美子, born 9 January 1982 in Ashikaga, Tochigi) is a Japanese marathon runner. She has represented Japan at two World Championships in Athletics and had won marathons in Nagoya, Osaka and Hokkaido.
She started out as a ...
(裕美子), a Japanese marathon runner.
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Yumiko Hosono
is a Japanese actress, voice actress, and singer from Saitama, Japan. She is also a member of the singing group COACH☆.
Filmography
Anime
* Suzuka (Voice of Honoka Sakurai)
* Saint October (Voice of Artista)
* Hoshizora Kiseki
is a 27- ...
(佑美子), a Japanese voice actress, actress, and singer.
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Yumiko Hotta (祐美子), a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist.
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Yumiko Igarashi
is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for illustrating the manga series ''Candy Candy''.
Career
In 1968, as a third-year high school student at the Asahi Gaoka High School in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Igarashi made her debut in Shueisha's ''Ri ...
(ゆみこ), a 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 ...
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Yumiko Kobayashi
is a freelance Japanese voice actress from Chiba Prefecture. She was formerly affiliated with Arts Vision until August 2007. She made her voice acting debut as Mita in '' Kirara'' while still in college in 1998, and her first lead role was as Ken ...
(由美子, born 1979), a
Japanese voice actress
Voice acting in Japan is an industry where actors provide voice-overs as characters or narrators in media including anime, video games, audio dramas, commercials, and dubbing for non-Japanese films and television programs.
In Japan, and a ...
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Yumiko Kokonoe
Yumiko Kokonoe (九重佑三子, born 21 March 1946) is a Japanese actress and singer. Her most notable role was the protagonist of the series '' Comet-san'' filmed by Tokyo Broadcasting Corporation
formerly is a Japanese media and license ...
(佑三子), a Japanese actress.
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Yumiko Ōshima
is a Japanese manga artist and is associated with the Year 24 group that heavily influenced the development of shōjo manga in the 1970s.
Career
She made her debut as a professional manga artist in 1968 with the short story "Paula no Namida" ...
(弓子), a Japanese manga artist.
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Yumiko Nakagawa, a Japanese girl at the center of an Okinawan controversy.
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Yumiko Shaku (由美子), a Japanese actress and model.
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Yumiko Shibata
is a Japanese voice actress
Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-ove ...
(由美子), a Japanese voice actress.
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Yumiko Suzuki (disambiguation) Yumiko Suzuki may refer to:
*, Japanese sprint canoeist
*, Japanese cyclist
* Yumiko Suzuki (manga artist) (鈴木由美子, born 1960), Japanese manga artist
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, multiple people.
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Yumiko Takeshima (竹島 由美子), a Japanese costume designer, ballet dancer, and founder of ''
YUMIKO
Yumiko is a feminine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Yumiko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*弓子, "bow, child".
*由美子, "reason/cause, beauty, child".
*結実子, "fruition, child".
*夕実子, "evenin ...
'' dancewear.
Fictional characters
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Yumiko Kusaka
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 ...
(友美子), a character in the novel, film and manga ''Battle Royale''.
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Yumiko Shirasagi
''Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei'' refers to two distinct role-playing video games based on a trilogy of science fantasy novels by Japanese author Aya Nishitani. One version was developed by Atlus and published by Namco in 1987 for the F ...
(白鷺弓子), a character in the novel series ''Digital Devil Story'' and the video game adaptation
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei.
*Yumiko Takagi (高木由美子), a character in the anime and manga series
Hellsing.
*Yumiko Sakaki (榊由美子), a character in the
Grisaia
is a Japanese adult visual novel, the first in a series of visual novels by Frontwing, with character designs by Akio Watanabe and Fumio. It was released in February 2011 for Windows, and it was later ported to the PlayStation Port ...
series of visual novels.
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Yumiko
Yumiko is a feminine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Yumiko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*弓子, "bow, child".
*由美子, "reason/cause, beauty, child".
*結実子, "fruition, child".
*夕実子, "evenin ...
(弓子), a female Japanese-American character in the comic book series
''The Walking Dead'' as well as the TV series adaptation.
*Yumiko "Hibana" Imagawa (今川 由美子), a character in the video game series
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, nicknamed
Hibana (Rainbow_Six_Siege)
''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege'' is an Online game, online tactical shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on December 1, 2015; ...
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*Yumiko, a character in the fighting game,
Brawlhalla
''Brawlhalla'' is a free-to-play fighting game developed by Blue Mammoth Games and published by Ubisoft for macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series S & X, Android and iOS, with full cross-pla ...
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*Mirkou Yumiko, a character from ''
Kusunoki Mebuki is a Hero''.
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Japanese feminine given names