# Anko

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**Anko** may refer to:

## People

- [Emperor Ankō](/source/Emperor_Ank%C5%8D) (安康天皇, reigned c. 453-456), Japanese emperor
- [Ankō Asato](/source/Ank%C5%8D_Asato) (安里 安恒, 1827–1906), karate master and contemporary of Itosu
- [Ankō Itosu](/source/Ank%C5%8D_Itosu) (糸洲 安恒, 1831–1915), father of modern karate
- [Mabuni Ankō](/source/Mabuni_Ank%C5%8D) (摩文仁 安恒), a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
- [Majikina Ankō](/source/Majikina_Ank%C5%8D) (真境名 安興, *1875-1933*), Japanese scholar
- [Anko van der Werff](/source/Anko_van_der_Werff), (born 1975) Dutch lawyer and business executive
- [Ankopaaingyadete](/source/Ankopaaingyadete) (Anko), 19th-century Kiowa calendar artist

## Fictional characters

- Anko Mitarashi (みたらしアンコ), in the *[Naruto](/source/Naruto)* series
- Anko Uehara (上原 杏子), in the manga/anime *[Great Teacher Onizuka](/source/Great_Teacher_Onizuka)*
- Anko Kitashirakawa (北白川 あんこ), in the anime *[Tamako Market](/source/Tamako_Market)*
- Anko Koshi (虎視 餡子) / Koshian (こしあん), in the manga/anime *[My Deer Friend Nokotan](/source/My_Deer_Friend_Nokotan)*
- King Anko, a [sea serpent](/source/Sea_serpent) in the children's fantasy novel *[The Sea Fairies](/source/The_Sea_Fairies)* (1911) by [L. Frank Baum](/source/L._Frank_Baum)
- Anko Uguisu, a private detective in the manga/anime *[Call of the Night](/source/Call_of_the_Night)*

## Other

- [Ankos Festival](/source/Ankos_Festival), an annual event celebrated
- [Anglerfish](/source/Anglerfish), in Japanese
- [Red bean paste](/source/Red_bean_paste), called Anko (餡こ or 小豆)) in Japanese
- Anko, in-house brand name of retail chain [Kmart](/source/Kmart_Australia) in Australia/New Zealand and [Zellers](/source/Zellers) in Canada

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