{{Infobox given name | name = Asako | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | gender = Female | meaning = Different meanings depending on the kanji used | region = | language = | origin = Japanese | alternative spelling = | nickname = | variant forms = | related names = | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = | wikt = }} '''Asako''' (written: 麻子, 朝子, 浅子, 亜少子, あさ子 or あさこ in hiragana) from Japanese 麻 (''asa'') meaning "flax" combined with 子 (''ko'') meaning "child", is a feminine Japanese given name.
== Notable persons == *{{Nihongo|Asako Dodo|百々 麻子||born 1967}}, Japanese voice actress *Asako Hirabayashi, Japanese-American harpsichordist and composer *{{Nihongo|Asako Hirooka|広岡 浅子||1849–1919}}, Japanese businesswoman, banker and college founder *{{Nihongo|Asako Ideue|井手上 麻子||born 1987}}, Japanese women's footballer *{{Nihongo|Asako Ito|いとう あさこ||born 1970}}, Japanese comedian *{{Nihongo|Asako Kishi|岸 朝子||born 1923}}, Japanese journalist *{{Nihongo|Asako Kōzuki|春花 亜少子}} Japanese voice actress *{{Nihongo|Asako Narahashi|楢橋 朝子||born 1959}}, Japanese photographer *{{Nihongo|Asako Shirakura|白倉 麻子||born 1977}}, Japanese voice actress *{{Nihongo|Asako Tajimi|多治見 麻子||born 1972}}, Japanese volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Asako Takakura|高倉 麻子||born 1968}}, Japanese women's footballer and manager *{{Nihongo|Asako Toki|土岐 麻子||born 1976}}, Japanese singer and composer *{{Nihongo|Asako Watanabe|渡辺 麻子||born 1959}}, Japanese sprint canoeist *{{Nihongo|Asako Yuzuki|柚木 麻子||born 1981}}, Japanese writer
==Fictional characters== *{{Nihongo|Asako Natsume|夏目 あさ子}}, a character in the manga series ''My Little Monster'' *{{Nihongo|Asako Nakamura|中村 麻子}}, a character in the manga series ''Ushio and Tora'' *{{Nihongo|Asako Yamagishi|山岸 朝子}}, a character in the manga series ''The Summer Hikaru Died''
== Films & Television ==
* Asako I & II (寝ても覚めても, ''Netemo Sametemo'', "whether asleep or awake"), a 2018 Japanese romance drama film directed by Ryūsuke Hamaguchi. {{given name}}
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