{{Infobox given name | name = Yukiko | image = Open Make Up For Ever 2013 - Yukiko Inui - 16.jpg | caption = Yukiko Inui, Japanese synchronized swimmer. French Open in Montreuil, March 16, 2013. | pronunciation = jɯkʲiko (IPA) | gender = Female | meaning = Multiple meanings depending on the kanji used | region = Japan | language = Japanese | origin = | alternative spelling = Yukiko (Kunrei-shiki) Yukiko (Nihon-shiki) Yukiko (Hepburn) | nickname = | variant forms = | related names = | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = }} '''Yukiko''' is a feminine Japanese given name.
== Written forms == '''Yukiko''' can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:
*雪子, "snow, child" *幸子, "happiness, child" *由紀子, "reason, chronicle, child" *由起子, "reason, to rise, child" *有紀子, "possession, chronicle, child" *有希子, "possession, hope, child" *夕紀子, "evening, chronicle, child"
The name can also be written in hiragana ゆきこ or katakana ユキコ.
==Notable people with the name== *{{Nihongo|Princess Yukiko|幸子女王||1680–1720}}, was an empress consort of Emperor Higashiyama of Japan *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Akaba|赤羽 有紀子||born 1979}}, Japanese long-distance runner *Yukiko Duke (born 1966), Swedish translator, journalist, editor and presenter *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Ebata|江畑 幸子||born 1989}}, Japanese retired volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Ehara|江原 由希子||born 1964}}, Japanese television personality actress, former singer and model *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Fujisawa|藤澤 亮子||born 1995}}, Japanese figure skater *Yukiko Goda, Japanese molecular biologist *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Goushi|合志 幸子||born 1951}}, Japanese former backstroke swimmer *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Haneda|羽根田 征子||born 1966}}, Japanese singer *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Horiguchi|堀口 悠紀子||born 1983}}, Japanese animator and illustrator *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Ikeda|池田 裕紀子||born 1971}}, Japanese archer *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Inoue|井上 雪子||1915–2012}}, Japanese actress *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Inui|乾 友紀子||born 1990}}, Japanese synchronized swimmer *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Ishizaka|石坂 有紀子||born 1968}}, Japanese beach volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Iwai (voice actress)|岩居 由希子||born 1972}}, Japanese voice actress *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Iwai (Onyanko Club)|岩井 由紀子||born 1968}}, Japanese singer, actress and former member of the all-female J-pop group Onyanko Club *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Jinbo|神保 雪子||1845-1868}}, Japanese noble lady *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Kada|嘉田 由紀子||born 1950}}, the governor of Shiga Prefecture, Japan *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Kai|花郁 悠紀子||1954–1980}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Kashihara|柏原 由紀子||born 1971}}, retired Japanese competitive figure skater *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Kashiwagi|柏木 由紀子||born 1947}}, Japanese actress *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Kato|加藤 幸子||1936–2024}}, Japanese writer *Yukiko Kawamorita, Japanese former international table tennis player *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Kawasaki|川崎 由紀子||born 1977}}, Japanese figure skater *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Kawashima|川島 有紀子||born 1996}}, Japanese ice hockey player *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Kinoshita|木下 有希子||born 1993}}, Japanese member of SKE48 *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Kobayashi|小林 夕岐子||born 1946}}, Japanese actress *Yukiko Koga (born 1969), Japanese anthropologist *Yukiko Maki (1902–1989), Japanese educator *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Mishima|三島 有紀子||born 1969}}, Japanese film director *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Miyake|三宅 雪子||1965–2020}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Motoya|本谷 有希子||born 1979}}, Japanese writer, playwright and theatre director *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Ogawa|小川 由希子||born 1975}}, Japanese materials science researcher *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Okada|岡田 有希子||1967–1986}}, former Japanese pop singer *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Okamoto (actress)|岡元 夕紀子||born 1979}}, Japanese singer *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Okamoto (athlete)|岡本 幸子||born 1979}}, Japanese female distance runner *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Osada|長田 友喜子||born 1981}}, retired Japanese swimmer who specialized in the butterfly stroke *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Otaka|大高 幸子||born 1940}}, Japanese swimmer *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Sakamoto|坂本 由紀子||born 1949}}, Japanese politician and member of the Liberal Democratic Party *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Shimazaki|島崎 雪子||1931–2014}}, Japanese actress and singer *Yukiko Shinozaki, Japanese dancer and choreographer *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Sugawara|菅原 幸子}}, Japanese pianist *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Sumiyoshi|住吉 文子||born 1982}}, Japanese manga author *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Takaguchi|高口 幸子||born 1974 }}, Japanese voice actress *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Takahashi|高橋 有紀子||born 1967}}, Japanese former volleyball and beach volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Takahata|高畑 祐紀子||born 1998}}, Japanese badminton player *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Takayama|高山 由紀子||died 2023}}, Japanese screenwriter and director *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Tamaki|玉木 有紀子||born 1980}}, Japanese voice actress *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Todoroki|轟 夕起子||1917–1967}}, Japanese former actress *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Tomoe|巴 ゆき子||born 1935}}, Japanese retired professional wrestler *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Tsukuba|筑波 雪子||1906–1977}}, Japanese actress *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Ueno|上野 由岐子||born 1982}}, Japanese softball pitcher *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Umeno|梅野 倖子||born 2003}}, Japanese racewalking athlete *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Yamashita|山下 幸子||born 1972}}, American developmental biologist *{{Nihongo|Yukiko Yoshida|吉田 起子||born 1989}}, Japanese female handballer
== Fictional characters == *Yukiko Amagi (天城 雪子), character from ''Persona 4'' *Yukiko Date (ユキコ・ダテ), a character in ''Super Robot Wars: Original Generations'' *Yukiko Hirohara (広原 雪子), character in the ''11 Eyes'' manga and anime series *Yukiko Kitano (北野 雪子), character from the novel, manga and film ''Battle Royale'' *Yukiko Kudō (工藤 有希子), character in the ''Detective Conan'' manga and anime series *Yukiko Steavens (ユキコ・スティーブンス), character in the ''Gun Sword'' anime series *Yukiko Kanzaki (神崎 有希子), character from the ''Assassination Classroom'' manga and anime series *Yukiko Satō (佐藤 雪子), character from The Station Master, a novel by Jirō Asada, which was made into a movie: Poppoya, Railroad Man
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