# Hiroko

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{{Infobox given name
| name          = Hiroko
| image         = Hiroko Suzuki cropped.jpg
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| caption       = [Hiroko Suzuki](/source/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](/source/kanji) used.
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| language      = Japanese
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| variant forms = 
| related names = [Hiro](/source/Hiro_(given_name)), [Hiromi](/source/Hiromi_(given_name)), [Hiroki](/source/Hiroki), [Hiroka](/source/Hiroka)
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{{Nihongo|'''Hiroko'''|ひろこ, ヒロコ, ひろ子}} is a common feminine [Japanese given name](/source/Japanese_given_name). 

==Name meanings==
Hiroko can be written using different [kanji](/source/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](/source/hiragana) or [katakana](/source/katakana). 

Hiragana: ひろこ

Katakana: ヒロコ

==People with the name==
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Anzai](/source/Hiroko_Anzai)|安西 ひろこ||born 1979}}, Japanese actress, model and gravure idol
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Emori](/source/Hiroko_Emori)|江森 浩子||born 1961}}, Japanese voice actress
*[Hiroko Emura](/source/Hiroko_Emura), Japanese international lawn bowler
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Fujii](/source/Hiroko_Fujii)|藤井 寛子||born 1982}}, Japanese table tennis player
*{{Nihongo|[Fujiwara no Hiroko](/source/Fujiwara_no_Hiroko)|藤原寛子||1036–1127}}, Japanese empress consort of Emperor Go-Reizei
*[Hiroko Hara](/source/Hiroko_Hara) (born 1972), Japanese former professional tennis player
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Hatano](/source/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](/source/Chikage_Oogi), Japanese actress and politician 
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Hayashi (singer)](/source/Hiroko_Hayashi_(singer))|林 寛子||born 1959}}, Japanese singer, actress and television personality
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Ishii](/source/Hiroko_Ishii)|石井 寛子||born 1986}}, Japanese female track cyclist
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Ishikawa](/source/Hiroko_Ishikawa)|石川 弘子||born 1971}}, Japanese retired judoka
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Ishizu](/source/Hiroko_Ishizu)|石津 裕子||born 1956}}, Japanese archer
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Kamada](/source/Hiroko_Kamada)|鎌田 弘子||born 1953}}, Japanese fencer
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Kasahara](/source/Hiroko_Kasahara)|笠原 弘子||born 1970}}, Japanese voice actress, J-pop singer and stage actress
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Katayama](/source/Katayama_Hiroko)|片山 広子||1878-1957}}, Japanese poet and translator
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Kobayashi](/source/Hiroko_Kobayashi)|小林 弘子||born 1970}}, Japanese slalom canoeist
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Komatsu](/source/Hiroko_Komatsu)|小松 浩子||born 1969}}, Japanese artist and photographer
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Konishi](/source/Hiroko_Konishi)|小西 寛子||born 1975}}, Japanese voice actress, musician and AI artificial intelligence researcher
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Kosahara](/source/Hiroko_Kosahara)|古佐原 ひろ子||born 1950}}, Japanese handball player
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Kuniya](/source/Hiroko_Kuniya)|国谷 裕子||born 1957}}, Japanese news presenter and journalist
*[Hiroko Kurihara](/source/Hiroko_Kurihara), American Oakland California-based designer and activist
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Kurumizawa](/source/Hiroko_Kurumizawa)|胡桃沢 ひろこ||born 1974}}, Japanese singer
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Kuwata](/source/Hiroko_Kuwata)|桑田 寛子||born 1990}}, Japanese tennis player
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Makino](/source/Hiroko_Makino)|牧野 紘子||born 1999}}, Japanese swimmer
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Maruyama](/source/Hiroko_Maruyama)|丸山 裕子||born 1946}}, Japanese voice actress 
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Matsumoto](/source/Hiroko_Matsumoto)|松本 裕子||1936–2003}}, Japanese model
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Matsuura](/source/Hiroko_Matsuura)|松浦 寛子||born 1990}}, Japanese volleyball player
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Mima](/source/Hiroko_Mima)|美馬 寛子||born 1986}}, Japanese fashion model, athlete 
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Minagawa](/source/Hiroko_Minagawa)|皆川 博子||born 1930}}, Japanese writer
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Minami](/source/Hiroko_Minami)|南 裕子||born 1942}}, Japanese Nurse leader and educator
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Mita](/source/Hiroko_Mita)|三田 寛子||born 1966}}, Japanese actress and former idol singer
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Miyagi](/source/Hiroko_Miyagi)|宮城 寛子||born 1999}}, Okinawan-born Mahjong player
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Mizoguchi](/source/Milk_Morizono)|溝口 比呂子||born 1957}}, Japanese manga artist and photographer
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Mochizuki](/source/Hiroko_Mochizuki)||born 1975}}, Japanese former professional tennis player
*[Hiroko Mori](/source/Hiroko_Mori) (born 1937), Micronesian clerk and politician
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Moriguchi](/source/Hiroko_Moriguchi)|森口 博子||born 1968}}, Japanese singer and tarento
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Nagahara](/source/Hiroko_Nagahara)|永原 裕子||born 1952}}, Japanese cosmochemist and astromineralogist
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Nagamine](/source/Hiroko_Nagamine)|永峰 弘子||born 1979}}, Japanese former badminton player
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Nagasaki](/source/Hiroko_Nagasaki)|長崎 宏子||born 1968}}, Japanese swimmer
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Nagata](/source/Hiroko_Nagata)|永田 洋子||1945–2011}}, Japanese leftist revolutionary and terrorist
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Nakamura](/source/Hiroko_Nakamura)|中村 紘子||1944–2016}}, Japanese pianist
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Nakano](/source/Hiroko_Nakano)|仲野 博子||born 1959}}, Japanese former politician
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Nambu](/source/Hiroko_Nambu)|南部 博子||born 1968}}, Japanese cyclist
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Okada](/source/Hiroko_Okada)|岡田 裕子||born 1970}}, Japanese contemporary artist
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Okamoto](/source/Miyuki_Ichijo)|岡本 浩子||1949–2023}}, Japanese voice actress and singer
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Okuda](/source/Okuda_Hiroko)|奥田 広子||born 1957}}, Japanese inventor and musicologist
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Oshima](/source/Hiroko_Oshima)|大島 裕子||born 1943}}, Japanese sprint canoeist
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Ōta](/source/Hiroko_%C5%8Cta)|大田 弘子||born 1954}}, Japanese politician, university president and a researcher of economics
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Otsuka](/source/Hiroko_Otsuka)|大塚 裕子||born 1967}}, Japanese retired rhythmic gymnast
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Oyamada](/source/Hiroko_Oyamada)|小山田 浩子||born 1983}}, Japanese writer
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Sadakane](/source/Hiroko_Sadakane)|貞包 紘子||born 1986}}, Japanese short-track speed-skater
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Saito](/source/Hiroko_Saito)|斎藤 弘子||born 1945}}, Japanese swimmer
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Sakai](/source/Hiroko_Sakai)|坂井 寛子||born 1978}}, Japanese softball player 
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Sakurai](/source/Hiroko_Sakurai)|桜井 浩子||born 1946}}, Japanese actress, author and producer 
*[Hiroko Sasaki](/source/Hiroko_Sasaki), Japanese pianist
*[Hiroko Sato-Pijanowski](/source/Hiroko_Sato-Pijanowski) (born 1942), Japanese jewelry designer, artist, author and educator
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Sato](/source/Memeco_Sakata)|佐藤 寛子||born 1985}}, Japanese gravure idol, actress and singer 
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Sato (athlete)](/source/Hiroko_Sato_(athlete))|佐藤 弘子||born 1939}}, Japanese javelin thrower
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Sengoku](/source/Hiroko_Sengoku)||born 1978}}, Japanese manga artist
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Shibuya](/source/Hiroko_Shibuya)|born 1947}}, Japanese luger
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Shimabukuro](/source/Hiroko_Shimabukuro)|島袋 寛子||born 1984}}, Japanese singer
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Shimizu](/source/Hiroko_Shimizu)|清水 弘子||born 1977}}, Japanese ten-pin bowler
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Sho](/source/Hiroko_Sho)|翔 ひろ子||born 1970}}, Japanese ultramarathon and marathon runner
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Suzuki](/source/Hiroko_Suzuki)|鈴木 浩子||born 1974}}, Japanese professional wrestling valet and promoter
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Suzuki](/source/Hiroko_Suzuki_(voice_actress))|鈴木 弘子||born 1944}}, Japanese actress
*[Hiroko Tabuchi](/source/Hiroko_Tabuchi), Japanese climate journalist
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Taguchi](/source/Hiroko_Taguchi)|田口 宏子||born 1973}}, Japanese voice actress
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Takahashi (artist)](/source/Hiroko_Takahashi_(artist))|高橋 理子||born 1977}}, Japanese artist and kimono designer
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Takahashi](/source/Hiroko_Takahashi_(cross-country_skier))|高橋 弘子||born 1942}}, Japanese cross-country skier
*{{Nihongo|Hiroko Takahashi|高橋 裕子||born 1979}}, better known as [Ao Takahashi](/source/Ao_Takahashi), Japanese voice actress
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Takenishi](/source/Hiroko_Takenishi)|竹西 寛子||born 1929}}, Japanese fiction writer and literary critic
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Tamoto](/source/Hiroko_Tamoto)|田本 博子||born 1974}}, Japanese softball player
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Tokita](/source/Hiroko_Tokita)|ときた ひろこ||born 1956}}, Japanese anime screenwriter and director
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Tsuji](/source/Hiroko_Tsuji)|辻 宏子||born 1938}}, Japanese retired gymnast
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Tsukumo](/source/Hiroko_Tsukumo)|津雲 博子||born 1970}}, Japanese retired volleyball player
*{{Nihongo|[Tsumaki Hiroko](/source/Tsumaki_Hiroko)|妻木煕子||1530–1576}}, Japanese noble woman
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Uchida-Yokoyama](/source/Hiroko_Uchida-Yokoyama)|内田 弘子||born 1936}}, Japanese athlete
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Uehara](/source/Hiroko_Uehara)|上原 公子||born 1949}}, Japanese centre-left politician and policy consultant
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Utsumi](/source/Hiroko_Utsumi)|born 1949}}, Japanese anime director, animator, storyboard artist and manga artist
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Yakushimaru](/source/Hiroko_Yakushimaru)|薬師丸 ひろ子||born 1964}}, Japanese actress and singer
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Yamanaka](/source/Hiroko_Yamanaka)|山中 裕子||born 1978}}, Japanese retired female mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Yamasaki](/source/Hiroko_Yamasaki)|山崎 浩子||born 1960}}, Japanese rhythmic gymnast
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Yamashita](/source/Hiroko_Yamashita_(actress))|山下 裕子||born 1963}}, Japanese actress
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Yamashita](/source/Hiroko_Yamashita_(athlete))|山下 博子||born 1951}}, Japanese retired long jumper 
*{{Nihongo|[Hiroko Yasutake](/source/Hiroko_Yasutake)|安武 洋子||1928-2019}}, Japanese politician
*[Hiroko Yoda](/source/Hiroko_Yoda),  Japanese entrepreneur, translator, writer and folklorist

==Fictional characters==
*[Hiroko Ai](/source/Mars_trilogy), a character in the science fiction novel series ''[Mars trilogy](/source/Mars_trilogy)''
*[Hiroko Haruna](/source/List_of_Hamtaro_characters) (aka Laura), a character in the anime series ''[Hamtaro](/source/Hamtaro)''
*Hiroko Kanemoto, a character in the anime series ''[Smile PreCure!](/source/Smile_PreCure!)''
*[Hiroko Katsuki](/source/List_of_Yuri_on_Ice_characters), a character in the anime series '' [Yuri on Ice](/source/Yuri_on_Ice)'' 
*[Hiroko Takashiro](/source/Black_Bible) (高城 寛子), a character in the anime series ''[Black Bible](/source/Black_Bible)''
*Hiroko Hagakure (葉隠 浩子), a character in the video game series ''[Danganronpa](/source/Danganronpa)''

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