# Asako

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'''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](/source/Asako_Dodo)|百々 麻子||born 1967}}, Japanese voice actress
*[Asako Hirabayashi](/source/Asako_Hirabayashi), Japanese-American harpsichordist and composer
*{{Nihongo|[Asako Hirooka](/source/Asako_Hirooka)|広岡 浅子||1849–1919}}, Japanese businesswoman, banker and college founder
*{{Nihongo|[Asako Ideue](/source/Asako_Ideue)|井手上 麻子||born 1987}}, Japanese women's footballer
*{{Nihongo|[Asako Ito](/source/Asako_Ito)|いとう あさこ||born 1970}}, Japanese comedian
*{{Nihongo|[Asako Kishi](/source/Asako_Kishi)|岸 朝子||born 1923}}, Japanese journalist
*{{Nihongo|[Asako Kōzuki](/source/Asako_K%C5%8Dzuki)|春花 亜少子}} Japanese voice actress
*{{Nihongo|[Asako Narahashi](/source/Asako_Narahashi)|楢橋 朝子||born 1959}}, Japanese photographer
*{{Nihongo|[Asako Shirakura](/source/Asako_Shirakura)|白倉 麻子||born 1977}}, Japanese voice actress
*{{Nihongo|[Asako Tajimi](/source/Asako_Tajimi)|多治見 麻子||born 1972}}, Japanese volleyball player
*{{Nihongo|[Asako Takakura](/source/Asako_Takakura)|高倉 麻子||born 1968}}, Japanese women's footballer and manager
*{{Nihongo|[Asako Toki](/source/Asako_Toki)|土岐 麻子||born 1976}}, Japanese singer and composer
*{{Nihongo|[Asako Watanabe](/source/Asako_Watanabe)|渡辺 麻子||born 1959}}, Japanese sprint canoeist
*{{Nihongo|[Asako Yuzuki](/source/Asako_Yuzuki)|柚木 麻子||born 1981}}, Japanese writer 

==Fictional characters==
*{{Nihongo|[Asako Natsume](/source/Tonari_no_Kaibutsu-kun)|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](/source/Ushio_and_Tora)''
*{{Nihongo|Asako Yamagishi|山岸 朝子}}, a character in the manga series ''[The Summer Hikaru Died](/source/The_Summer_Hikaru_Died)''

== Films & Television ==

* [Asako I & II](/source/Asako_I_%26_II) (寝ても覚めても, ''Netemo Sametemo'', "whether asleep or awake"), a 2018 Japanese [romance](/source/Romance_film) [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by [Ryūsuke Hamaguchi](/source/Ry%C5%ABsuke_Hamaguchi).
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