Taeko is a

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used. Possible written forms include: 妙子 "mysterious child" 多恵子 "many blessings, child"

People

* Taeko Fukao, Japanese jazz singer * Taeko Hattori (b. 1949), a Japanese stage, film, and television actress *

Taeko Ishikawa (born October 14, 1975) is a Japanese softball player who played as a pitcher. She won the silver medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and ...

(b. 1975), Japanese softball player * Taeko Kawasumi (b. 1972), Japanese football player *

Taeko Kawata is a Japanese voice actress best known for voicing Amy Rose from the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise. Her former stage name is . After graduating from Jissen Commercial High School, she worked at 81 Produce until 2010. On October 1, 2019, ...

(b. 1965), a Japanese voice actress * Taeko Kono (b. 1926), a Japanese novelist and essayist * Taeko Kubo (b. 1949), Japanese diver * Taeko Kunishima, Japanese jazz pianist * ''Taeko Kuwata'' (b. 1945), half of the classical piano duo Duo Crommelynck *

Taeko Nakanishi is a Japanese actress who specializes in voice acting and previously worked for Aoni Production. She is best known as the voices of the various Panther Claw villains in ''Cutie Honey'', and the Hell Tree in the first arc of the ''Sailor Moon R ...

(b. 1931), a Japanese voice actress * Taeko Namba, a Japanese table tennis player *

Taeko Onuki is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician who achieved success and popularity during the 1970s and 80s in the city pop music scene. Early life and career Taeko Onuki was born in Suginami Ward, Tokyo, in 1953. Her father was Kenichiro Onu ...

(b. 1953), a Japanese singer * Taeko Oyama (b. 1974), Japanese basketball player *

Taeko Takeba is a Japanese trap shooter. She won a gold medal in the women's trap at the 2001 ISSF World Cup final in Doha, Qatar, achieved a fifth-place finish at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, and represented her nation Japan in two editio ...

(b. 1966), Japanese trap shooter * Taeko Todo (b. 1968), Chinese-born table tennis * Taeko Tomioka (b. 1935), a Japanese writer * Tomiyama Taeko (1921–2021), Japanese visual artist * Taeko Udagawa (b. 1960), Japanese anthropologist * Taeko Watanabe (b. 1960), a Japanese manga artist

Fictional

* Makioka Taeko in ''

The Makioka Sisters is a novel by Japanese writer Jun'ichirō Tanizaki that was serialized from 1943 to 1948. It follows the lives of the wealthy Makioka family of Osaka from the autumn of 1936 to April 1941, focusing on the family's attempts to find a husband fo ...

'' by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki * Taeko, the main character in the 1991 Studio Ghibli film '' Only Yesterday'' * Taeko Hiramatsu, a character in the light novel series ''Is This a Zombie?'' * Taeko Minazuki, a character in the series ''Ai Yori Aoshi'' * Taeko Ishiki, captain of Nadeshiko Japan in '' Area no Kishi'' * Taeko Yasuhiro, a.k.a. Celestia Ludenberg, a student in '' Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc'' * Taeko Nomura, one of the main characters in the manga and anime ''

Coppelion is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tomonori Inoue. The story follows three high school girls who were genetically engineered to be impervious to radioactivity and sent to Tokyo after the city was contaminated by a nuclear ...

'' * Taeko Yamada, a female version of Taro Yamada in ''

Yandere Simulator ''Yandere Simulator'' is an upcoming stealth action video game for Windows. The story follows obsessively lovesick schoolgirl Ayano Aishi, nicknamed " Yandere- chan", who takes it upon herself to eliminate (through either violent or non-viole ...

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