Kyo can refer to:
;Anime, game and manga
* Kusanagi 'Kyo', KOF 1994, one of the main characters of the ''King of Fighters'' series of video games
* ''Kyo'', a manga comic created by
Ryōji Minagawa
is a Japanese manga artist born in Sumida, Tokyo.
He was invited with ''Spriggan'' story writer Hiroshi Takashige to go to a comic convention in Portugal in 1996 as a guest of honor due to his work on ''Spriggan''. He worked on other manga co ...
in 1996
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Kyo Sohma
The characters of ''Fruits Basket'' were created by Natsuki Takaya in the manga written and illustrated by her. The manga was serialized in 136 chapters in the monthly manga magazine ''Hana to Yume'' between January 1999 and November 2006, and ...
, a character in the manga and anime series ''Fruits Basket''
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Demon Eyes Kyo, a character in the manga series ''Samurai Deeper Kyo''
;Music
* An alias of English singer-songwriter
Carol Leeming
Staxx of Joy were a British house music studio project assembled by producers Simon Thorne and Tom Jones. In the mid-1990s, they had four top 10 hits on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, two of which reached number 1: "Joy" and "You". ...
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Kyo (band)
Kyo is a French rock band with lead by Benoît Poher. The band was active from 1997 to 2005 with three albums ''Kyo'' (2000), '' Le Chemin'' (2003) and ''300 Lésions'' (2004) and a string of singles. It announced a hiatus in 2005 without a def ...
, a French rock band
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Kyo (album)
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Kyo (musician)
is a Japanese musician, singer, lyricist and poet. He is best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the heavy metal band Dir En Grey. He was formerly in a string of visual kei rock bands, with the most notable being La:Sadie's from 1995 to 1997 ...
, Japanese musician, poet and singer-songwriter; vocalist for the Japanese metal band Dir En Grey
;Places
* Three villages in
County Durham
County Durham ( ), officially simply Durham,UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. is a ceremonial county in North East England.North East Assembly About North East E ...
, England:
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East Kyo
East Kyo is a small hamlet in County Durham, England. It is situated a short distance to the west of Stanley, close to Annfield Plain, West Kyo
West Kyo (also known locally as Old Kyo) is a small village in County Durham, England, United Ki ...
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West Kyo
West Kyo (also known locally as Old Kyo) is a small village in County Durham, England, United Kingdom. The name 'kyo' is derived from an old word for 'cow'. It is situated a very short distance to the north of Annfield Plain and to the east of C ...
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New Kyo
New Kyo is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated close to the A693 road between Annfield Plain and Stanley, and is slightly larger than nearby East Kyo and West Kyo
West Kyo (also known locally as Old Kyo) is a small vil ...
* another name for
Kyoto
Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the ci ...
, a city in Japan
;Other
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Kyō Fujibayashi, a character in the visual novel ''Clannad''
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Machiko Kyō
was a Japanese actress who was active primarily in the 1950s.
Early life and education
Kyō, an only child, was born in Osaka in 1924. Her father left when she was five years old, and she was raised by her mother and grandmother. She adopted ...
Japanese actress
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Kyō Noguchi
Kyō Noguchi (June 14, 1939January 1, 2009) is a Japanese former professional boxer who was best known for winning the Japanese flyweight title and fighting for the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation title.
Professional career
On April 2 ...
Japanese former professional boxer
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Kiuchi Kyō
was a Japanese educator and politician who served as a member of the House of Councillors. She is believed to be the first woman to become the principal of a Japanese school.
Name
Her maiden surname was , and her pen name was .
Biography
Kiuch ...
Japanese educator and politician
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Kyo Koike
Dr. was a Japanese-American poet, physician and photographer.
Photography
Koike arrived in Seattle in 1916 at the age of 38, and established a medical clinic in the downtown area near Main Street and 5th Avenue.
Although he was a respect ...
Japanese-American poet
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Kyo Yoshida
is a Japanese rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running ...
Japanese rugby union player
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Kyo Maclear
Kyo Maclear (born 1970) is a Canadian novelist and children's author.
Maclear was born in England and moved to Canada at a young age. Her father is the journalist and documentary filmmaker Michael Maclear.
She studied fine art and art history ...
Canadian novelist and author
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Japanese unisex given names
ja:京
zh:京