is a common Japanese given name, used for women.

Possible writings

Yuriko 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: *百合子, "lily, child" *由里子, "reason, hometown, child" *由利子, "reason, benefit, child" *由李子, "reason, plum, child" *優梨子, "tenderness, pear, child" *有里子, "possess, hometown, 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 ...

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 ...

Real people

;with the given name Yuriko *

Alisa Yuriko Durbrow (born April 16, 1988) is a Japanese model, actress, and singer from Saitama Prefecture. History She is most famous for her role as Mio Kuroki in the Sailor Moon live action show ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003 TV series), Pretty Guardian Sai ...

(ユリコ), a Japanese model, actress, and singer *

Yuriko Chiba is an animator and character designer. Some of her major character designs were for anime shows ''To Heart'', ''Figure 17'', ''Planetes'', and ''Sacred Seven''. In animation direction, she worked on '' I Dream of Mimi'', '' Berserk'', ''Code Gea ...

(千羽由利子), a Japanese animation director * Yuriko Fuchizaki (渕崎ゆり子), a Japanese voice actress *

Yuriko Handa is a retired Japanese volleyball player. She was a member of the Japanese winning teams, , at the 1962 World Championships and 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an internati ...

(百合子), a Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese high jumper *

Yuriko Hishimi is a Japanese actress. In 1965, she signed a contract with Toho. Following year, she made her film debut in ''Taifu to Zakuro''. She portrayed Anne Yuri in the Japanese television series ''Ultra Seven'' (1967–1968) and subsequent appearances in ...

(ひし美ゆり子), a Japanese actress *

Yuriko Ishida is a Japanese actress and essayist from Nagoya. She was the Japanese voice of the title character San from the 1997 animated film ''Princess Mononoke''. She is the older sister of Hikari Ishida, also an actress. Filmography Films *''Gokudo no On ...

(石田ゆり子), a Japanese actress * Yuriko Kaida (貝田由里子), a Japanese singer *

Yuriko Kajiya Yuriko Kajiya (加治屋百合子 ''Kajiya Yuriko'', born 1984) is a Japanese ballet dancer who currently performs as a principal (ballet), principal dancer with Houston Ballet. Prior to joining Houston Ballet, she danced as a soloist with Americ ...

(百合子), a Japanese ballerina * Yuriko Kikuchi (née Amemiya, 1920–2022), a Japanese American dancer *

Yuriko Kobayashi Yuriko Kobayashi ( ja, 小林祐梨子; born 12 December 1988) is a Japanese professional middle- and long-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres. She represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She started out ...

(祐梨子), a Japanese middle distance runner *

Yuriko Koike is a Japanese politician who currently serves as the Governor of Tokyo since 2016. She graduated from the American University in Cairo in 1976 and was a member of the House of Representatives of Japan from 1993 until 2016, when she resigned to ...

(小池百合子), a Japanese politician *

Yuriko Kuronuma (born 4 June 1940, in Tokyo) is a Japanese violinist. Starting the violin at age 8, she won in 1956 the first prize and special award in The Music Competition of Japan, one of the most prestigious music contests in Japan. After that, she studi ...

(ユリ子), a Japanese violinist *

Yuriko Miyamoto was a Japanese novelist, short-story writer, social activist, and literary critic active during the Taishō and early Shōwa periods of Japan. She is best known for her autobiographical fiction and involvement in proletarian and women's libera ...

(宮本百合子), a Japanese novelist * Yuriko Nakamura (由利子), a Japanese composer and pianist *, Japanese footballer *

Yuriko Shiratori is a Japanese gravure idol, tarento artist and actress formerly affiliated to the A-Team Entertainment Production Agency. Career Yuriko graduated at Sendai Vocational School in April 2004 and moved to the capital, hoping to become an actress, wh ...

(百合子), a Japanese gravure idol,

tarento Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in mass media in Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, bankable stars in America were described as "tal ...

and actress *Yuriko Takagi (高木百合子), later

Princess Mikasa (born ; 4 June 1923), is a member of the Imperial House of Japan as the widow of Takahito, Prince Mikasa, the fourth son of Emperor Taishō and Empress Teimei. The Princess is the last surviving paternal great-aunt-in-law of Emperor Naruhito, an ...

of Japan *, Japanese weightlifter *, Japanese slalom canoeist * Yuriko Yamaguchi (山口由里子), (born 1965) a Japanese voice actress * Yuriko Yamaguchi, a Japanese American sculptor *

Yuriko Yamamoto is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and narrator from Hino, Tokyo. She is represented by Aoni Production. Her debut role was the title character in ''Hello! Sandybell'' in 1981. She has voiced many major roles in 1980s and 1990s anime ...

(山本百合子), a Japanese voice actress * Yuriko Yoshitaka (吉高由里子), a Japanese actress

Fictional characters

;with the given name Yuriko * Yuriko Omega (), the commando unit of the Empire of the Rising Sun in the real-time strategy video game '' Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3'' *

Yuriko Oyama Lady Deathstrike (Yuriko Oyama), occasionally spelled "Deathstryke", is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is a foe of the X-Men, especially Wolverine (character), Wolverine. Her father Lord Dark Win ...

(ユリコ・オヤマ, also known as Lady Deathstrike), a

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...

villain *Yuriko Star (ユリコ), a character in the

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

and anime series '' The Irresponsible Captain Tylor'' *Yuriko Janetson is the name of the narrator's daughter in Joanna Russ's short story " When It Changed" *Yuriko Suzuhina is the name of the cross dressing version of Accelerator by Kamijou Touma in the

To Aru Majutsu no Index is a Japanese light novel series written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura, which has been published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint since April 2004 in a total of three separa ...

. *Yuriko Edogawa, a character from

Ultra Q is a tokusatsu science fiction kaiju series made in the tradition of Toho's many tokusatsu sci-fi/horror films. Produced in black and white by Tsuburaya Productions, this is actually the first of the long-running Ultra Series, and was broadcast ...

*Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow is a card from the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. *Yuriko Nishinotouin, Head of the Traditional Culture Research Club at Hyakkou Private Academy in the anime Kakegurui.

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