is a common feminine
Japanese given name
in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...
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Name meanings
Hiroko can be written using different
kanji
are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, 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 and are ...
characters and can mean:
*裕子, "Kind child"
*弘子, "Beautiful child"
*寛子, "Kind, tolerant child"
*浩子, "Large child"
*博子, "Wise child"
*宏子, "Large child"
*広子, "Broad child"
*紘子, "Large child"
The name can also be written in
hiragana
is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''.
It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...
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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Hiragana: ひろこ
Katakana: ヒロコ
People with the name
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Hiroko Anzai (安西 ひろこ, born 1979), Japanese model and idol
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Hiroko Hatano (畑野 ひろ子, born 1975), Japanese supermodel and actress
*, better known as
Chikage Oogi, Japanese actress and politician
*, Japanese singer, actress and television personality
*, Japanese archer
*, Japanese fencer
*, Japanese slalom canoeist
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Hiroko Konishi (小西 寛子, born 1975), Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese handball player
*, Japanese swimmer
*, Japanese model
*, Japanese writer
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Hiroko Mita (三田 寛子, born 1966), Japanese singer and actress
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Hiroko Mori (born 1937), Micronesian politician
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Hiroko Moriguchi (森口 博子, born 1968), Japanese singer and tarento
*, Japanese swimmer
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Hiroko Nakamura (中村 紘子, 1944–2016), Japanese pianist
*, Japanese cyclist
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Hiroko Okada (born 1970), Japanese artist
*, Japanese sprint canoeist
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Hiroko Ōta
is a Japanese politician, national university president and a researcher of economics. Her academic specialties are national public finance and economic policy. She is a noted lecturer of public finance and is a senior professor at the Natio ...
(大田 弘子, born 1954), Japanese politician and researcher of economics
*, Japanese swimmer
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Hiroko Sasaki, Japanese pianist
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Hiroko Sato (佐藤 寛子, born 1985), Japanese gravure idol, actress and singer
*, Japanese javelin thrower
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Hiroko Shimabukuro
, best known Mononymous person, mononymously as hiro, is a Japanese singer. She debuted as a member of the popular girl group Speed (Japanese band), Speed in 1996. In 1998, hiro released her first solo song, "Mitsumete Itai", as a B-side to Spee ...
(島袋 寛子, born 1984), Ryukyuan musician
*, Japanese ten-pin bowler
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Hiroko Suzuki (鈴木 浩子, born 1975), Japanese professional wrestling valet and promoter
*, Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese cross-country skier
*, better known as
Ao Takahashi, Japanese voice actress
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Hiroko Yakushimaru
is a Japanese actress and singer.
Biography
After passing the audition for the film produced by Haruki Kadokawa, she began her acting career. Along with teen idols Tomoyo Harada and Noriko Watanabe who debuted from Kadokawa Haruki Corporation, ...
(薬師丸 ひろ子, born 1964), Japanese actress and singer
*, Japanese rhythmic gymnast
*, Okinawan-born Mahjong player
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Hiroko Yamashita (disambiguation), multiple people
Fictional characters
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Hiroko Ai, a character in the science fiction novel series ''
Mars trilogy
The ''Mars'' trilogy is a series of science fiction novels by Kim Stanley Robinson that chronicles the settlement and terraforming of the planet Mars through the personal and detailed viewpoints of a wide variety of characters spanning 187 year ...
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Hiroko Haruna (aka Laura), a character in the anime series ''
Hamtaro
''Hamtaro'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga and storybook series created and illustrated by Ritsuko Kawai about a hamster. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Shōgaku Ninensei'' (''Second Grade'') magazine in April ...
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*Hiroko Kanemoto, a character in the anime series ''
Smile PreCure!
is a 2012 Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and the ninth installment in Izumi Todo's ''Pretty Cure'' metaseries, featuring the seventh generation of Cures. The series is written by Shōji Yonemura, best known as ...
''
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Hiroko Katsuki, a character in the anime series ''
Yuri on Ice''
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Hiroko Takashiro (高城 寛子), a character in the anime series ''
Black Bible''
*Hiroko Hagakure (葉隠 浩子), a character in the video game series ''
Danganronpa
is a Japanese video game franchise created by Kazutaka Kodaka and developed and owned by Spike Chunsoft (formerly Spike). The series primarily surrounds various groups of apparent high-school students who are forced into murdering each oth ...
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