Mariko (given name)
# Mariko (given name)

Mariko (まりこ, マリコ, 茉莉子, 真理子, 万里子, 眞里子, 万利子) is a feminine Japanese given name.

## Possible writings in Japanese

The name Mariko can be written using various kanji characters, each of which has a different meaning, such as the following:

* 鞠子, "ball" + "child"
* 真理子, "truth" + "child"
* 万里子, "long distance" + "child"
* 茉莉子, "jasmine" + "child"
* 麻里子, "hemp, village (country house)" + "child"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana:

* まりこ (hiragana)
* マリコ (katakana)

## People

Notable people with the given name Mariko include:

* Mariko Daouda (born 1981), Ivorian football player
* Mariko Ebralidze (მარიკო ებრალიძე), a Georgian jazz singer
* Mariko Gotō (まりこ), a Japanese musician and actress
* Mariko Hayashi (林 真理子, born 1954), Japanese writer
* Mariko Iwadate (真理子), a Japanese manga artist
* Mariko Kaga (まりこ), a Japanese actress
* Mariko Kawana (まり子), a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress
* Mariko Kōda (マリ子), a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer
* Mariko Koike (小池 真理子, born 1952), Japanese writer
* Mariko Masubuchi (増淵 まり子, born 1980), Japanese softball player
* Mariko Mori (万里子), a Japanese video and photographic artist
* Mariko Nanba, (真理子), a Japanese video game composer
* Mariko Nishiwaki (万里子), a Japanese volleyball player
* Mariko Ōhara (まり子), a Japanese science fiction writer
* Mariko Okada (茉莉子), a Japanese actress
* Mariko Okamoto (眞理子), a Japanese volleyball player
* Mariko Peters, a Dutch politician
* Mariko Suzuki (麻里子), a Japanese voice actress
* Mariko Shiga (真理子), a Japanese idol and voice actress
* Mariko Shimizu (マリコ), a Japanese novelist
* Mariko Shinoda (麻里子), a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48
* Mariko Takahashi (gymnast) (高橋 麻理子, born 1988), Japanese gymnast
* Mariko Takahashi (model and actress) (高橋 マリ子, born 1984), Japanese model and actress
* Mariko Takahashi (singer) (高橋 真梨子, born 1949), Japanese singer
* Mariko Takamura (まりこ), a Japanese deaf artist, writer, and performer
* Mariko Yamada, an American Democratic assemblywoman
* Mariko Yamamoto (万里子), (born 1983), Japanese cricketer
* Mariko Yoshida (万里子), a Japanese professional wrestler
* Mariko Yoshida (真理子), a Japanese volleyball player
* Mariko Yoshikawa (吉川 真理子, born 1951), Japanese fencer
* Plum Mariko (麻里子), a Japanese professional wrestler

## Fictional characters

Notable fictional characters with the given name Mariko include:

* Mariko, a character in the newspaper and webcomic strip Piled Higher and Deeper
* Mariko Konjo, a character in the anime and manga series Ranma ½
* Mariko Kurama, a supporting character of the anime series Elfen Lied
* Mariko Shinobu, a character in the anime and manga series Onii-sama e...
* Mariko Takeda, a fictional character from the comic book series W.I.T.C.H
* Mariko Tanaka, a character in the video game Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi
* Mariko Toda, a character in the novel Shōgun
* Mariko Uehara, a character from the television drama Nobuta wo Produce
* Mariko Uki, a character in the Japanese horror movie Ju-on: The Grudge
* Mariko Yashida, a character that appears in various comic books published by Marvel Comics
