Kyoko
# Kyoko

Kyōko, Kyoko, Kyouko, or Kyohko (きょうこ, キョウコ, 京子) is a very common feminine Japanese given name. Not to be confused with Kiyoko.

## Possible writings

The final syllable "ko" is typically written with the kanji character for child, 子. It is a common suffix to female names in Japan. The first syllable "Kyō" can be written several different ways, with different meanings.

* 恭, "respectful,"
* 京, "of the city or of the capital,"
* 今日, "of today,"
* 杏, "apricot,"
* 鏡, "mirror,"
* 響, "echo", "influential"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

## People with the name

* Kyoko Aizome (恭子), an AV actress, singer, director, and writer
* Kyoko Ariyoshi (京子), a Japanese shōjo manga artist
* Kyoko Chan Cox, the daughter of Yoko Ono and jazz musician Anthony Cox
* Kyoko Fukada (恭子), a Japanese actress, model, and singer
* Kyoko Hamaguchi (京子), a Japanese freestyle wrestler
* Kyōko Hasegawa (京子), a Japanese actress
* Kyoko Hayashi (京子), a Japanese author
* Kyoko Hikami (恭子), a Japanese voice actress
* Kyoko Ina (恭子), a Japanese figure skater
* Kyoko Inoue (京子), a Japanese professional wrestler
* Kyoko Ishida (石田 京子, born 1960), Japanese volleyball player
* Kyoko Iwasaki (恭子), a Japanese swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
* Kyoko Izawa (京子), a Japanese politician
* Kyoko Kimura (木村 響子, born 1977), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
* Kyōko Kishida (今日子), a Japanese actress, voice actress, and children's book writer
* Kyōko Kagawa (京子), a Japanese actress
* Kyoko Kano, an older sister of the Japanese celebrities Kano Sisters
* Kyoko Kitamura, a Japanese American musician
* Kyōko Koizumi (今日子), a Japanese singer and actress
* Kyoko Kubota (久保田 恭子, born 1933), Japanese gymnast
* Kyoko Mano (真野 郷子, born 1956), Japanese gymnast
* Kyoko Miyagi aka Kyouko Tonguu (恭子), a Japanese voice actress
* Kyoko Mizuki (杏子), a Japanese writer
* Kyoko Nakajima (中島 京子, born 1964), Japanese writer
* Kyoko Nakayama (恭子), a Japanese politician
* Kyoko Nishikawa (京子), a Japanese politician
* Kyōko Saitō (齊藤 京子, born 1997), Japanese idol
* Kyoko Sasage (捧 匡子, born 1969), Japanese badminton player
* Kyoko Shimazaki (島崎 京子, born 1972), Japanese speed skater
* Kyoko Takezawa (恭子), a Japanese violinist
* Kyoko Terase (今日子), a Japanese voice actress
* Kyoko Uchiyama (内山 京子, born 1968), Japanese table tennis player
* Kyoko Yamada, a Japanese voice actress
* Kyoko Yamazaki (山崎 京子, born 1954), Japanese archer

## Fictional characters

* Kyoko Hori (堀 京子), the main female protagonist of the manga and anime Hori-san to Miyamura-kun (Horimiya)
* Kyoko Harase (京子), a character in the 2003 J-Horror film Ju-on: The Grudge 2
* Kyoko Himeji, a character from Girl's High (Joshikousei)
* Kyoko Kirisaki, a fictional pyrokinetic
* Kyoko Honda (今日子), a character in the manga and anime series Fruits Basket
* Kyoko Minazuki (響子), a playable character in the fighting game series Rival Schools
* Kyoko Iwase(恭子), a racing character from Initial D series.
* Kyoko Mogami (キョーコ), the main heroine of the shōjo manga Skip Beat!
* Kyoko Okitegami (今日子), the main character in Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku
* Kyoko Otonashi (響子), the female protagonist of the manga and anime series Maison Ikkoku
* Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu (キョウコ), a character in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion
* Kyoko Sasagawa (京子), a character in the anime series Katekyo Hitman REBORN!
* Kyoko, a friendly home computer in the 2008 Janet Jackson album Discipline
* Kyoko Hoin, a character in Kodomo no Jikan
* Kyoko Okudera, the main female protagonist in the Japanese horror movie Chakushin Ari 2
* Kyoko, a To-Oh University student in the anime and manga series Death Note (appears volumes 3 and 4, episodes 9, 10, and 15). She is noted for her crush on the Detective L.
* Kyoko, a young woman who comes to New York City to find a man who taught her to dance salsa, from the novel Kyoko by Ryū Murakami.
* Kyoko, a character in Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?
* Kyoko, a character in Yukio Mishima's Kyoko no Ie (Kyōko no Ie 鏡子の家)
* Kyoko, a character in Log Horizon
* Kyoko Sakura (佐倉 杏子), a character in Puella Magi Madoka Magica
* Kyoko Toshinō, a character in Yuru Yuri
* Kyōko Shirafuji (白藤 杏子), a female character in the manga and anime series Working!!.
* Kyoko Ozaki- the wife of Doctor Toshio Ozaki in the anime, manga, and novel, Shiki
* Kyōko Kasodani, a character in Ten Desires
* Kyōko, a character in Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka and later River City Girls
* Kyoko, servant to Blue Book CEO Nathan Bateman in Ex Machina

## Fiction works

* Kyoko, a novel by Ryū Murakami
* Kyoko or, in English, Because of You, a film inspired by Ryū Murakami's book
