Ryōko, Ryouko or Ryoko is a

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. The meanings of Ryoko vary depending on which Kanji is used to write the name.

Written forms

Forms in

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can include: * 涼子 – "refreshing, child" * 亮子 – "helpful, child" * 良子 – "good, child" * 諒子 – "understanding, child" * 遼子 – "distant, child"

People

* Ryōko Akamatsu (赤松良子, born 1929), Japanese politician * Ryoko Azuma, (東良子, born 1973) Japanese military officer * Ryōko Chiba, (千葉涼子, born 1980) professional shogi player *

Ryōko Hirosue is a Japanese actress and singer, best known to international audiences for her roles in the Luc Besson-produced ''Wasabi'' (2001) and the Academy Award-winning Japanese film '' Departures'' (2008). She also starred in the 2008 comedy series '' ...

(広末涼子, born 1980), Japanese singer and actress * Ryōko Kihara (樹原涼子), Japanese composer, pianist, music educator *

Ryoko Kobayashi is a Japanese actress. Filmography Movies *'' Hinokio'' (2005), Sumire *''Kamen Rider The First'' (2005), Miyoko Harada *'' Helen the Baby Fox'' (2006), Misuzu Yajima *''Leaving the Scene'' (2019) *''Pornographer: Playback'' (2021) *''My Fat ...

(小林涼子, born 1989), Japanese actress * Ryōko Kuninaka (国仲涼子, born 1979), Japanese actress and singer *

Ryōko Nagata is a freelance Japanese voice actress. Filmography Anime Movies OVA/ONA Video games Dubbing roles Ashley Tisdale Other Live-action Animation References External linksRyōko Nagata
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(永田亮子, born 1975), Japanese voice actress * Ryoko Nakano (中野良子, born 1950), Japanese actress *

Ryōko Ono is a Japanese voice actress. She is also known as or . Filmography Anime ;2004 *'' Kurau: Phantom Memory'' as Washima *'' Otogi Zoshi'' as Daughter 2 (ep 2) *'' Black Jack'' as Wato ;2005 *''Honey and Clover'' as Female Student C (ep 3) *''Tr ...

(小野涼子, born 1977), Japanese voice actress *, Japanese speed skater *

Ryōko Shinohara is a Japanese singer and actress. As a singer, she is best known for the 1994 song " Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokoro Zuyosa to" with producer Tetsuya Komuro, which charted at number one and made her the first female artist in Japan to record a d ...

(篠原涼子, born 1973), Japanese singer and actress *

Ryōko Shintani is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Kanazawa, Ishikawa.Doi, Hitoshi.Shintani Ryouko. ''Seiyuu Database''. July 30, 2010Archivedby WebCite July 31, 2010.Nakagami, Yoshikattsu; Yoshida, Moichi; Onitsuka, Kanako; Nishimoto, Keiko. "Voice Actr ...

(新谷良子, born 1981), Japanese singer and voice actress *

Ryōko Shiraishi is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Kashiba, Nara. She is affiliated with Aoni Production. Possessing a husky voice, Shiraishi voices young to teenage men as well as young girls and teenage women. However, in a break from tradition, one ...

(白石涼子, born 1982), Japanese voice actress *, Japanese biathlete *

Ryoko Tani is a Japanese politician and retired female judoka. Competing in the extra-lightweight (48 kg) class, she won a record seven world titles and five Olympic medals including two golds at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. After her retirement, ...

(谷亮子, (née Tamura, 田村), born 1975), Japanese former judoka and current politician *, Japanese swimmer *

Ryoko Watanabe is a Japanese 1980s pink film actress and model who is best known for her Nikkatsu Roman Porno films in the period 1982–1985. Career Watanabe came under exclusive contract with Nikkatsu and made her studio debut as the lead role in an Atsushi ...

(渡辺　良子, born 1961), Japanese pink film actress, adult video performer, and gravure idol who was popular in the 1980s *

Ryoko Yamagishi is a Japanese manga artist. She is one of the Year 24 Group, a collection of female artists who innovated (girls') manga throughout the 1970s. Her major works include and '' Terpsichora''. Life and career Ryoko Yamagishi was born on Septe ...

(山岸凉子, born 1947), Japanese female manga artist *

Ryoko Yonekura is a Japanese actress and former fashion model best known for her role in the Japanese medical drama '' Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon''. She also performs the voice of Black Widow in the Japanese-language releases of the ''Avengers'' film ser ...

(米倉涼子, born 1975), Japanese actress and fashion model

Fictional characters

* Ryoko Kano, a playable character from

Fighter's History is a series of fighting games that were produced by Data East during the 1990s. The original '' Fighter's History'' was first released for the arcades in 1993 and ported to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994. Two different sequels ...

* Ryoko Hakubi (白眉魎呼), a character from ''Tenchi Muyo!'' * Ryoko Izumo from

World Heroes is a series of four fighting games created originally by ADK with assistance from SNK for the Neo Geo family of arcade and home consoles. Over the years, the games have been ported to various non-SNK platforms as well including the Super NES ...

* Ryoko Hata (波多量子), a character from '' Battle Royale II: Requiem'' *

Ryoko Mendo The '' Urusei Yatsura'' manga series features a large ensemble cast of characters created by Rumiko Takahashi. It tells the story of Japanese teenager Ataru Moroboshi, and the alien Lum, who believes she is Ataru's wife after he accidentally ...

, a character from ''Urusei Yatsura'' * Ryoko Kakyoin, a character from Kureijī Daiyamondo no Akuryō-teki Shitsuren * Ryoko Subaru, a character from ''Martian Successor Nadesico'' * Ryoko Kobato, a character in the ''

Revue Starlight is a Japanese media franchise created in 2017 by Bushiroad, Nelke Planning and Kinema Citrus. It primarily consists of a series of musicals, debuting between September 22 and 24, 2017 at the AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo; a 12-episode anime t ...

'' franchise * Ryoko Shinonome, a character in the ''

Schoolgirl Strikers is a Japanese social network game developed and published by Square Enix. Plot The newly established private high school for girls, Goryoukan Academy, has a hidden face that people on the outside do not know about. The world you know is un ...

'' game franchise

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