{{About|people with the given name Kyoko}} {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Kyoko | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation = | gender = Female | meaning = The name has several meanings, depending on the kanji used, but its typical meaning is "Girl of Kyoto". (Kyoto is a city in Japan.) | region = Japan | origin = Japanese | related names = Kiyoko | footnotes = <ref>[http://www.babynames.co.uk/meaning_origin_name_Kyoko.htm Kyoko - Meaning and origin of the name Kyoko]</ref> }}
{{Nihongo|'''Kyōko''', '''Kyoko''', '''Kyouko''', or '''Kyohko'''|きょうこ, キョウコ, 京子}} is a very common feminine Japanese given name, not to be confused with Kiyoko.
== Written forms == The final syllable "ko" is typically written with the kanji character for child, 子. It is a common suffix to female names in Japan. The first syllable "Kyō" can be written several different ways, with different meanings. *恭, "respectful," *京, "of the city or of the capital," *今日, "of today," *杏, "apricot," *鏡, "mirror," *響, "echo", "influential"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
==People with the name== *{{Nihongo|Kyōko Aizome|愛染 恭子||born 1958}}, Japanese porn actress, singer, writer and AV and film director *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Ariyoshi|有吉 京子||born 1950}}, Japanese shōjo manga artist *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Asakura|朝倉 響子||1925–2016}}, Japanese sculptor *{{Nihongo|Kyōko Asanuma|浅沼 享子||1904–1981}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Date|伊達 杏子}}, Japanese virtual influencer *Kyoko Chan Cox, the daughter of Yoko Ono and jazz musician Anthony Cox *Kyoko Cuomo (née Ito), wife of Rivers Cuomo *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Enami|江波 杏子||1942–2018}}, Japanese film and television actress *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Fukada|深田 恭子||born 1982}}, Japanese actress, model and singer *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Funahashi|舟橋 京子}}, Japanese bioarchaeologist *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Hamaguchi|浜口 京子||born 1978}}, Japanese freestyle wrestler *{{Nihongo|Kyōko Hasegawa|長谷川 京子||born 1978}}, Japanese model and actress *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Hashimoto|橋本 杏子||born 1964}}, Japanese model, pink film actress *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Hayashi|林 京子||1930–2017}}, Japanese writer *{{Nihongo|Kyōko Hikami|氷上 恭子||born 1969}}, Japanese voice actress *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Hinami|日南 響子||born 1994}}, Japanese gravure idol and actress *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Hosokawa|細川 恭子||born 1999}}, Japanese rugby union player *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Ina|伊奈 恭子||born 1972}}, American figure skater *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Inoue|井上 京子||born 1969}}, Japanese professional wrestler *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Iriye Selden|入江 恭子||1936–2013}}, Japanese scholar *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Ishida|石田 京子||born 1960}}, Japanese volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Iwasaki|岩崎 恭子||born 1978}}, Japanese swimming coach and retired Olympic swimmer *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Izawa|井沢 京子||born 1962}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Kyōko Kagawa|香川 京子||born 1931}}, Japanese actress *Kyoko Kano, an older sister of the Japanese celebrities ''Kano Sisters'' *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Kasuya|粕谷 恭子||born 1975}}, Japanese former swimmer *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Katashita|片下 恭子||born 1989}}, Japanese volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Kyōko Kazama|風間 恭子||born 1931}}, Japanese AV idol and pink film actress *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Kimura|木村 響子||born 1977}}, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Kinoshita|木下 亨子||born 1963}}, Japanese sport shooter *{{Nihongo|Kyōko Kishida|岸田 今日子||1930–2006}}, Japanese actress, voice actress, and children's book writer *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Kitahara|北原 京子||born 1951}}, Japanese archer *Kyoko Kitamura (born 1970), Japanese-American musician *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Kobayashi|小林 京子||born 1972}}, Japanese softball player *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Koizumi|小泉 今日子||born 1966}}, Japanese singer and actress *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Kubota|久保田 恭子||born 1933}}, Japanese gymnast *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Kudo|工藤 恭子||born 2001}}, Japanese water polo player *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Kuroda|黒田 今日子||born 1969}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Mano|真野 郷子||born 1956}}, Japanese gymnast *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Matsuoka|松岡 享子||1935–2022}}, Japanese librarian, translator, and expert in children's literature *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Mizuki|水木 杏子||born 1949}}, Japanese writer *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Mochida|持田 京子||born 1974}}, Japanese softball player *{{Nihongo|Kyōko Nagatsuka|長塚 京子||born 1974}}, Japanese former professional tennis player *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Nakajima|中島 京子||born 1964}}, Japanese writer *{{Nihongo|Kyōko Nakano|中野 京子}}, Japanese scholar *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Nakayama|中山 恭子||born 1940}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Narumi|鳴海 杏子||born 1986}}, Japanese female voice actress and singer *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Nishikawa|西川 京子||born 1945}}, Japanese political activist *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Nozaki|野崎 京子||born 1964}}, Japanese chemist *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Okazaki|岡崎 京子||born 1963}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Oshima|大島 杏子||born 1986}}, Japanese former artistic gymnast *{{Nihongo|Kyōko Saitō|齊藤 京子||born 1997}}, Japanese actress, television presenter, singer and model *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Sasage|捧 匡子||born 1969}}, Japanese badminton player *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Sato|佐藤 京子||born 1966}}, Japanese Paralympian athlete *Kyoko Sato (curator), Japanese curator, editor, and former television producer *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Seo|瀬尾 京子||born 1972}}, Japanese gymnast *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Shimazaki|島崎 京子||born 1972}}, Japanese speed skater *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Sone|曽根 恭子||born 1969}}, Japanese professional pool player *Kyōko Takada (高田 恭子; born 1948), Japanese singer *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Takezawa|竹澤 恭子||born 1966}}, Japanese violinist *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Terase|寺瀬 今日子||born 1958}}, Japanese voice actress *{{Nihongo|Kyōko Tongū|頓宮 恭子||born 1956}}, Japanese voice actress *Kyoko Toyokawa, Japanese make-up artist and hairstylist *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Uchida|内田 恭子||born 1976}}, Germany born-Japanese free announcer *Kyoko Uchida (writer), Japanese‑American poet, prose writer, and translator *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Uchiyama|内山 京子||born 1968}}, Japanese table tennis player *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Yamada|山田 恭子||born 1959}}, Japanese voice actress *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Yamazaki|山崎 京子||born 1954}}, Japanese archer *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Yano|矢野 喬子||born 1984}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Yoneda|米陀 京子||born 1931}}, Japanese athlete *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Yonemoto|米元 響子||born 1984}}, Japanese classical music violinist *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Yoshine|芳根 京子||born 1997}}, Japanese actress
==Fictional characters== *Kyoko, a To-Oh University student in the anime and manga series ''Death Note'' *Kyoko, a friendly home computer in the 2008 Janet Jackson album ''Discipline'' *Kyoko, servant to Blue Book CEO Nathan Bateman in ''Ex Machina'' *{{Nihongo|Kyoko|京子}}, a character in ''Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?'' *{{Nihongo|Kyoko|キョウコ}}, a young woman who comes to New York City to find a man who taught her to dance salsa, from the novel ''Kyoko'' by Ryū Murakami *{{Nihongo|Kyoko|鏡子}}, a character in Yukio Mishima's ''Kyoko no Ie'' *{{Nihongo|Kyoko|キョウコ}}, a character in ''Log Horizon'' *{{Nihongo|Kyōko|きょうこ}}, a character in ''Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka'' and later ''River City Girls'' *{{Nihongo|Kyōko Ayasato|綾里 供子}} (Ami Fey), a character in the ''Ace Attorney'' franchise *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Harase|原瀬 京子}}, a character in the 2003 J-Horror film ''Ju-on: The Grudge 2'' *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Himeji|姫路 京子}}, a character from ''Girl's High'' *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Hoin|宝院 京子}}, a character in ''Kodomo no Jikan'' *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Honda|本田 今日子}}, a character in the manga and anime series ''Fruits Basket'' *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Hori|堀 京子}}, the main female protagonist of the manga and anime ''Hori-san to Miyamura-kun (Horimiya)'' *{{Nihongo|Kyōko Igarashi|五十嵐 響子|}}, a character in ''The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls'' *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Iwase|岩瀬 恭子}}, a racing character from ''Initial D'' series *{{Nihongo|Kyōko Kasodani|幽谷 響子}}, a character in ''Ten Desires'' from the ''Touhou Project'' series *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Kirigiri|霧切 響子}}, Ultimate Detective in the game ''Danganronpa Trigger Happy Havoc'' *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Kirisaki|キリサキ＝キョウコ}}, a fictional pyrokinetic from the ''Black Cat'' manga *{{Nihongo|Kyōko Kuremi|暮海 杏子}}, a character in ''Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth'' *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Manabe|真鍋 杏子}}, a character from ''Destroy all Monsters'', one of the films of the ''Godzilla'' franchise *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Minazuki|水無月 響子}}, a playable character in the fighting game series ''Rival Schools'' *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Mogami|最上 キョーコ}}, the main heroine of the shōjo manga ''Skip Beat!'' *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Okitegami|掟上 今日子}}, the main character in ''Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku'' *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Okudera|奥寺 杏子}}, the main female protagonist in the Japanese horror movie ''Chakushin Ari 2'' *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Otonashi|音無 響子}}, the female protagonist of the manga and anime series ''Maison Ikkoku'' *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Ozaki|尾崎 恭子}} the wife of Doctor Toshio Ozaki in the anime, manga, and novel, ''Shiki'' *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Sakura|佐倉 杏子}}, a character in ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica'' *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Sasagawa|笹川 京子}}, a character in the anime series ''Katekyo Hitman REBORN!'' *{{Nihongo|Kyōko Shirafuji|白藤 杏子}}, a female character in the manga and anime series Working!!. *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu|惣流・キョウコ・ツェッペリン|Sōryū Kyōko Tsepperin}}, a character in the anime series ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' *{{Nihongo|Kyōko Tōno|桃乃 今日子}}, a character in ''Seiren'' *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Toshinō|歳納 京子}}, a character in ''Yuru Yuri''
==Fiction works== *Kyoko, a novel by Ryū Murakami *''Kyoko'' or, in English, ''Because of You'', a film inspired by Ryū Murakami's book{{cn|date=June 2016}} *''Kyoko'', a 2000 film by New Concorde
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