# Junko

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For the bird species, see [Junco](/source/Junco).

For the streamer with the nickname Junko, see [Jynxzi](/source/Jynxzi).

**Junko** is a feminine [Japanese given name](/source/Japanese_given_name). It is typically written in [kanji](/source/Kanji), but can be written in [hiragana](/source/Hiragana) (じゅんこ) or [katakana](/source/Katakana) (ジュンコ).

Junko can be written using [kanji](/source/Kanji) including:

- 純子, "pure, child"
- 順子, "order, child"
- 淳子, "pure, child"
- 潤子, "rich/favor/wet, child"
- 準子, "conform, child"
- 洵子, "truth, child"

## People

- [Junko (manga artist)](/source/Junko_(manga_artist)) (ぢゅん子), Japanese manga artist
- [Junko Abe](/source/Junko_Abe) (阿部純子, born 1993), Japanese actress
- [Junko Akimoto](/source/Junko_Akimoto) (秋元 順子, born 1947), Japanese singer
- [Junko Asahina](/source/Junko_Asahina) (朝比奈 順子, 1953–2021), Japanese actress and singer
- [Junko Asami](/source/Junko_Asami) (麻見 順子, born 1967), Japanese voice actress and narrator
- [Junko Asari](/source/Junko_Asari) (浅利 純子, born 1969), Japanese retired marathon runner
- [Junko Chodos](/source/Junko_Chodos) (born 1939), Japanese-American contemporary artist
- [Junko Furuta](/source/Junko_Furuta) (古田 順子, 1971–1989), Japanese torture and murder victim
- [Junko Hagimori](/source/Junko_Hagimori) (萩森 侚子, born 1964), Japanese voice actress
- [Junko Hiramatsu](/source/Junko_Hiramatsu) (平松 純子, born 1942), Japanese former competitive figure skater
- [Junko Hirose](/source/Junko_Hirose) (広瀬 順子, born 1990), Japanese Paralympic judoka
- [Junko Hirotani](/source/Junko_Hirotani) (広谷 順子, 1956–2020), Japanese singer
- [Junko Hori](/source/Junko_Hori) (堀 絢子, born 1942), Japanese actress and voice actress represented by Production Baobab
- [Junko Hoshino](/source/Junko_Hoshino) (星野 純子, born 1989), Japanese skier
- [Junko Ikeuchi](/source/Junko_Ikeuchi) (池内 淳子, 1933–2010), Japanese actress
- [Junko Ishida](/source/Junko_Ishida) (石田 順子, born 1966), Japanese former football player
- [Junko Isoda](/source/Junko_Isoda) (磯田 順子, born 1981), Japanese former swimmer
- [Junko Itō](/source/Junko_It%C5%8D) (born 1954) American linguist
- [Junko Iwao](/source/Junko_Iwao) (岩男 潤子, born 1970), Japanese voice actress
- [Junko Izumi](/source/Junko_Izumi) (和泉 淳子, born 1969), Japanese actress and kyōgen performer
- [Junko Karube](/source/Junko_Karube) (軽部 潤子), Japanese manga artist
- [Junko Kawada](/source/Junko_Kawada) (河田 純子, born 1974), Japanese former J-pop idol, singer-songwriter and actress
- [Junko Kawano](/source/Junko_Kawano) (河野 純子), Japanese game designer, game director and writer
- [Junko Kazukawa](/source/Junko_Kazukawa) (数川 純子, born 1963), Japanese ultrarunner
- [Junko Kitamura](/source/Kitamura_Junko) (*born 1956*), Japanese ceramic artist
- [Junko Kobayashi](/source/Murder_of_Junko_Kobayashi) (小林 順子, 1975–1996), Japanese university student who was murdered
- [Junko Kōmura](/source/Junko_K%C5%8Dmura) (香村 純子, born 1976), Japanese screenwriter
- [Junko Kubo](/source/Junko_Kubo) (久保 純子, born 1972), Japanese television announcer
- [Junko Kudō](/source/Junko_Kud%C5%8D), Japanese professional dancer
- [Junko Kusayanagi](/source/Junko_Kusayanagi) (草柳 順子), Japanese voice actress
- [Junko Mabuki](/source/Junko_Mabuki) (麻吹 淳子, born 1955), Japanese retired pink film actress
- [Junko Maru](/source/Junko_Maru) (丸 純子, born 1976), Japanese actress
- [Junko Matsui](/source/Junko_Matsui) (松井 潤子, 1906–1989), Japanese actress
- [Junko Maya](/source/Junko_Maya) (真屋 順子, 1942–2017), Japanese actress
- [Junko Mihara](/source/Junko_Mihara) (三原 じゅん子, born 1964), Japanese actress
- [Junko Minagawa](/source/Junko_Minagawa) (皆川 純子, born 1975), Japanese voice actress
- [Junko Mitsuhashi](/source/Junko_Mitsuhashi) (三橋 順子, born 1955), Japanese social and cultural historian
- [Junko Miyashita](/source/Junko_Miyashita) (宮下 順子, born 1949), Japanese actress
- [Junko Miyazono](/source/Junko_Miyazono) (宮園 純子, born 1943), Japanese actress
- [Junko Mizuno](/source/Junko_Mizuno) (水野 純子, born 1973), Japanese manga artist
- [Junko Mori](/source/Junko_Mori) (森 純子, born 1974), Japanese metalwork sculptor
- [Junko Mori (composer)](/source/Junko_Mori_(composer)) (森 潤子, born 1949), Japanese composer
- [Junko Moriyama](/source/Junko_Moriyama) (森山 淳子, born 1975), Japanese retired female volleyball player
- [Junko Nishida](/source/Junko_Nishida) (西田 順子, born 1915), Japanese high jumper
- [Junko Nishimuro](/source/Junko_Nishimuro) (西室 淳子, born 1980), Japanese curler
- [Junko Noda](/source/Junko_Noda) (野田 順子, born 1971), Japanese voice actress
- [Junko Ogata](/source/Junko_Ogata) (緒方 純子, born 1962), Japanese serial killer
- [Junko Ohashi](/source/Junko_Ohashi) (大橋 純子, 1950-2023), Japanese singer
- [Junko Okada](/source/Junko_Okada) (岡田 純子, born 1973), Japanese voice actress
- [Junko Omote](/source/Junko_Omote) (表 純子, born 1974), Japanese professional golfer
- [Junko Onishi](/source/Junko_Onishi_(musician)) (大西 順子, born 1967), Japanese jazz pianist
- [Junko Onishi](/source/Junko_Onishi_(swimmer)) (大西 順子, born 1974), Japanese former butterfly swimmer
- [Junko Ozawa](/source/Junko_Ozawa) (小澤 純子, born 1973), Japanese former football player
- [Junko Sakurada](/source/Junko_Sakurada) (桜田 淳子, born 1958), Japanese singer
- [Junko Sakurai](/source/Junko_Sakurai) (桜井 純子, born 1967), Japanese swimmer
- [Junko Sawamatsu](/source/Junko_Sawamatsu) (沢松 順子, born 1948), Japanese retired tennis player
- [Junko Shigemitsu](/source/Junko_Shigemitsu) (*born 1949*), Japanese-American physicist
- [Junko Shimakata](/source/Junko_Shimakata) (嶋方 淳子, born 1967), Japanese voice actress
- [Junko Tabei](/source/Junko_Tabei) (田部井 淳子, 1939–2016), first woman to climb Mt. Everest
- [Junko Takeuchi](/source/Junko_Takeuchi) (竹内 順子, born 1972), Japanese voice actress
- [Junko Tanaka](/source/Junko_Tanaka) (田中 順子, born 1973), Japanese synchronized swimmer
- [Junko Torikai](/source/Junko_Torikai) (鳥飼 淳子, born 1975), Japanese former swimmer
- [Junko Yagami](/source/Junko_Yagami) (八神 純子, born 1958), Japanese singer-songwriter
- [Junko Yaginuma](/source/Junko_Yaginuma) (八木沼 純子, born 1973), Japanese former figure skater
- [Junko Yamakawa](/source/Junko_Yamakawa) (山川 純子, born 1975), Japanese alpine skier
- [Junko Yasui](/source/Junko_Yasui) (安井 純子, born 1960), Japanese professional golfer
- [Junko Yoshioka](/source/Junko_Yoshioka), New York City-based fashion designer
- [Jungo Morita](/source/Jungo_Morita) (森田 淳悟, born 1947), Japanese former volleyball player

## Fictional characters

- [Junko Enoshima](/source/Junko_Enoshima) (江ノ島 盾子), character and the main antagonist of the "Hope's Peak Academy" arc in *Danganronpa*
- Junko Hattori (服部 絢子), character in the light novel series *[Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou](/source/Ichiban_Ushiro_no_Daimaou)*
- Junko Kaname (鹿目 詢子), character from the anime series *[Puella Magi Madoka Magica](/source/Puella_Magi_Madoka_Magica)*
- Junko Konno, (紺野 純子), character from the MAPPA idol anime series [Zombie Land Saga](/source/Zombie_Land_Saga)
- Junko Mochida (持田 潤子), minor character in the [hentai](/source/Hentai) anime series *[Bible Black](/source/Bible_Black)*
- Junko Saotome (早乙女淳子), character from *[Nana](/source/Nana_(manga))*
- Junko Asagiri (朝霧 純子), character from *[Desert Punk](/source/Desert_Punk)*
- Junko Takei (竹井醇子), character from *[Strike Witches](/source/Strike_Witches)*
- [Junko Wallop](/source/Junko_Wallop), character in the animated television series *Storm Hawks*
- Junko (純狐), character in *[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom](/source/Legacy_of_Lunatic_Kingdom)* from *Touhou Project*
- Ibara Junko, character in *[Megatokyo](/source/Megatokyo)*

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