Hiroko

{{Infobox given name | name = Hiroko | image = Hiroko Suzuki cropped.jpg | image_size = | caption = Hiroko Suzuki, a Japanese wrestling valet and promoter | pronunciation = Hí-ro-ko | gender = Female | meaning = It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used. | region = | language = Japanese | origin = | alternative spelling = | nickname = | variant forms = | related names = Hiro, Hiromi, Hiroki, Hiroka | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = | wikt = }} {{Nihongo|'''Hiroko'''|ひろこ, ヒロコ, ひろ子}} is a common feminine Japanese given name.

==Name meanings== Hiroko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *裕子, "Kind child" *弘子, "Beautiful child" *寛子, "Kind, tolerant child" *浩子, "Large child" *博子, "Wise child" *宏子, "Large child" *広子, "Broad child" *紘子, "Large child" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Hiragana: ひろこ

Katakana: ヒロコ

==People with the name== *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Anzai|安西ひろこ||born 1979}}, Japanese actress, model and gravure idol *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Emori|江森浩子||born 1961}}, Japanese voice actress *Hiroko Emura, Japanese international lawn bowler *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Fujii|藤井寛子||born 1982}}, Japanese table tennis player *{{Nihongo|Fujiwara no Hiroko|藤原寛子||1036–1127}}, Japanese empress consort of Emperor Go-Reizei *Hiroko Hara (born 1972), Japanese former professional tennis player *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Hatano|畑野ひろ子||born 1975}}, Japanese model and actress *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Hayashi|林寛子||1933–2023}}, better known as Chikage Oogi, Japanese actress and politician *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Hayashi (singer)|林寛子||born 1959}}, Japanese singer, actress and television personality *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Ishii|石井寛子||born 1986}}, Japanese female track cyclist *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Ishikawa|石川弘子||born 1971}}, Japanese retired judoka *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Ishizu|石津裕子||born 1956}}, Japanese archer *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Kamada|鎌田弘子||born 1953}}, Japanese fencer *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Kasahara|笠原弘子||born 1970}}, Japanese voice actress, J-pop singer and stage actress *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Katayama|片山広子||1878-1957}}, Japanese poet and translator *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Kobayashi|小林弘子||born 1970}}, Japanese slalom canoeist *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Komatsu|小松浩子||born 1969}}, Japanese artist and photographer *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Konishi|小西寛子||born 1975}}, Japanese voice actress, musician and AI artificial intelligence researcher *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Kosahara|古佐原ひろ子||born 1950}}, Japanese handball player *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Kuniya|国谷裕子||born 1957}}, Japanese news presenter and journalist *Hiroko Kurihara, American Oakland California-based designer and activist *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Kurumizawa|胡桃沢ひろこ||born 1974}}, Japanese singer *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Kuwata|桑田寛子||born 1990}}, Japanese tennis player *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Makino|牧野紘子||born 1999}}, Japanese swimmer *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Maruyama|丸山裕子||born 1946}}, Japanese voice actress *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Matsumoto|松本裕子||1936–2003}}, Japanese model *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Matsuura|松浦寛子||born 1990}}, Japanese volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Mima|美馬寛子||born 1986}}, Japanese fashion model, athlete *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Minagawa|皆川博子||born 1930}}, Japanese writer *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Minami|南裕子||born 1942}}, Japanese Nurse leader and educator *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Mita|三田寛子||born 1966}}, Japanese actress and former idol singer *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Miyagi|宮城寛子||born 1999}}, Okinawan-born Mahjong player *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Mizoguchi|溝口比呂子||born 1957}}, Japanese manga artist and photographer *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Mochizuki||born 1975}}, Japanese former professional tennis player *Hiroko Mori (born 1937), Micronesian clerk and politician *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Moriguchi|森口博子||born 1968}}, Japanese singer and tarento *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Nagahara|永原裕子||born 1952}}, Japanese cosmochemist and astromineralogist *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Nagamine|永峰弘子||born 1979}}, Japanese former badminton player *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Nagasaki|長崎宏子||born 1968}}, Japanese swimmer *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Nagata|永田洋子||1945–2011}}, Japanese leftist revolutionary and terrorist *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Nakamura|中村紘子||1944–2016}}, Japanese pianist *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Nakano|仲野博子||born 1959}}, Japanese former politician *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Nambu|南部博子||born 1968}}, Japanese cyclist *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Okada|岡田裕子||born 1970}}, Japanese contemporary artist *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Okamoto|岡本浩子||1949–2023}}, Japanese voice actress and singer *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Okuda|奥田広子||born 1957}}, Japanese inventor and musicologist *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Oshima|大島裕子||born 1943}}, Japanese sprint canoeist *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Ōta|大田弘子||born 1954}}, Japanese politician, university president and a researcher of economics *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Otsuka|大塚裕子||born 1967}}, Japanese retired rhythmic gymnast *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Oyamada|小山田浩子||born 1983}}, Japanese writer *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Sadakane|貞包紘子||born 1986}}, Japanese short-track speed-skater *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Saito|斎藤弘子||born 1945}}, Japanese swimmer *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Sakai|坂井寛子||born 1978}}, Japanese softball player *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Sakurai|桜井浩子||born 1946}}, Japanese actress, author and producer *Hiroko Sasaki, Japanese pianist *Hiroko Sato-Pijanowski (born 1942), Japanese jewelry designer, artist, author and educator *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Sato|佐藤寛子||born 1985}}, Japanese gravure idol, actress and singer *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Sato (athlete)|佐藤弘子||born 1939}}, Japanese javelin thrower *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Sengoku||born 1978}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Shibuya|born 1947}}, Japanese luger *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Shimabukuro|島袋寛子||born 1984}}, Japanese singer *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Shimizu|清水弘子||born 1977}}, Japanese ten-pin bowler *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Sho|翔ひろ子||born 1970}}, Japanese ultramarathon and marathon runner *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Suzuki|鈴木浩子||born 1974}}, Japanese professional wrestling valet and promoter *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Suzuki|鈴木弘子||born 1944}}, Japanese actress *Hiroko Tabuchi, Japanese climate journalist *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Taguchi|田口宏子||born 1973}}, Japanese voice actress *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Takahashi (artist)|高橋理子||born 1977}}, Japanese artist and kimono designer *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Takahashi|高橋弘子||born 1942}}, Japanese cross-country skier *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Takahashi|高橋裕子||born 1979}}, better known as Ao Takahashi, Japanese voice actress *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Takenishi|竹西寛子||born 1929}}, Japanese fiction writer and literary critic *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Tamoto|田本博子||born 1974}}, Japanese softball player *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Tokita|ときたひろこ||born 1956}}, Japanese anime screenwriter and director *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Tsuji|辻宏子||born 1938}}, Japanese retired gymnast *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Tsukumo|津雲博子||born 1970}}, Japanese retired volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Tsumaki Hiroko|妻木煕子||1530–1576}}, Japanese noble woman *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Uchida-Yokoyama|内田弘子||born 1936}}, Japanese athlete *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Uehara|上原公子||born 1949}}, Japanese centre-left politician and policy consultant *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Utsumi|born 1949}}, Japanese anime director, animator, storyboard artist and manga artist *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Yakushimaru|薬師丸ひろ子||born 1964}}, Japanese actress and singer *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Yamanaka|山中裕子||born 1978}}, Japanese retired female mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Yamasaki|山崎浩子||born 1960}}, Japanese rhythmic gymnast *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Yamashita|山下裕子||born 1963}}, Japanese actress *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Yamashita|山下博子||born 1951}}, Japanese retired long jumper *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Yasutake|安武洋子||1928-2019}}, Japanese politician *Hiroko Yoda, Japanese entrepreneur, translator, writer and folklorist

==Fictional characters== *Hiroko Ai, a character in the science fiction novel series ''Mars trilogy'' *Hiroko Haruna (aka Laura), a character in the anime series ''Hamtaro'' *Hiroko Kanemoto, a character in the anime series ''Smile PreCure!'' *Hiroko Katsuki, a character in the anime series '' Yuri on Ice'' *Hiroko Takashiro (高城寛子), a character in the anime series ''Black Bible'' *Hiroko Hagakure (葉隠浩子), a character in the video game series ''Danganronpa''

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