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.
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恭, "respectful,"
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京, "of the city or of the capital,"
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今日, "of today,"
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杏, "apricot,"
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鏡, "mirror,"
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響, "echo", "influential"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People with the name
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Kyoko Aizome (恭子), an AV actress, singer, director, and writer
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Kyoko Ariyoshi (京子), a Japanese shōjo manga artist
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Kyoko Chan Cox, the daughter of Yoko Ono and jazz musician Anthony Cox
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Kyoko Fukada (恭子), a Japanese actress, model, and singer
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Kyoko Hamaguchi (京子), a Japanese freestyle wrestler
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Kyōko Hasegawa (京子), a Japanese actress
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Kyoko Hayashi (京子), a Japanese author
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Kyoko Hikami (恭子), a Japanese voice actress
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Kyoko Ina (恭子), a Japanese figure skater
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Kyoko Inoue (京子), a Japanese professional wrestler
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born 1960, Japanese volleyball player
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Kyoko Cuomo (née Ito), wife of Rivers Cuomo
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Kyoko Iwasaki (恭子), a Japanese swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
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Kyoko Izawa (京子), a Japanese politician
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born 1977, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
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Kyōko Kishida (今日子), a Japanese actress, voice actress, and children's book writer
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Kyōko Kagawa (京子), a Japanese actress
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Kano Sisters, an older sister of the Japanese celebrities Kano Sisters
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Kyoko Kitamura, a Japanese American musician
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Kyōko Koizumi (今日子), a Japanese singer and actress
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born 1933, Japanese gymnast
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born 1956, Japanese gymnast
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Kyoko Miyagi aka Kyouko Tonguu (恭子), a Japanese voice actress
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Kyoko Mizuki (杏子), a Japanese writer
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born 1964, Japanese writer
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Kyoko Nakayama (恭子), a Japanese politician
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Kyoko Nishikawa (京子), a Japanese politician
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born 1997, Japanese idol
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born 1969, Japanese badminton player
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born 1972, Japanese speed skater
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Kyoko Takezawa (恭子), a Japanese violinist
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Kyoko Terase (今日子), a Japanese voice actress
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born 1968, Japanese table tennis player
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Fushigi Yamada, a Japanese voice actress
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born 1954, Japanese archer
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Kyoko Yonemoto (米元響子; born 1984), Japanese violinist
Fictional characters
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Kyoko Hori (堀 京子), the main female protagonist of the manga and anime Hori-san to Miyamura-kun (Horimiya)
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Kyoko Harase (京子), a character in the 2003 J-Horror film
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Kyoko Himeji, a character from Girl's High (Joshikousei)
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Kyoko Kirisaki, a fictional pyrokinetic from the Black Cat manga
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Kyoko Honda (今日子), a character in the manga and anime series Fruits Basket
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Kyoko Minazuki (響子), a playable character in the fighting game series Rival Schools
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Kyoko Iwase (恭子), a racing character from Initial D series
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Kyoko Manabe, a character from Destroy all Monsters, one of the films of the Godzilla franchise
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Kyoko Mogami (キョーコ), the main heroine of the shōjo manga Skip Beat!
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Kyoko Okitegami (今日子), the main character in Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku
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Kyoko Otonashi (響子), the female protagonist of the manga and anime series Maison Ikkoku
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Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu (キョウコ), a character in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion
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Kyoko Sasagawa (京子), a character in the anime series Katekyo Hitman REBORN!
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Kyoko, a friendly home computer in the 2008 Janet Jackson album Discipline
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Kyoko Hoin, a character in Kodomo no Jikan
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Kyoko Okudera, the main female protagonist in the Japanese horror movie Chakushin Ari 2
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Kyoko, a To-Oh University student in the anime and manga series Death Note (appears volumes 3 and 4, episodes 9, 10, and 15)
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Kyoko, 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
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Kyoko, a character in Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?
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Kyoko, a character in Yukio Mishima's Kyoko no Ie (Kyōko no Ie 鏡子の家)
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Kyoko, a character in Log Horizon
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Kyoko Sakura (佐倉 杏子), a character in Puella Magi Madoka Magica
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Kyoko Toshinō, a character in Yuru Yuri
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Kyōko Shirafuji (白藤 杏子), a female character in the manga and anime series Working!!.
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Kyoko Ozaki- the wife of Doctor Toshio Ozaki in the anime, manga, and novel, Shiki
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Kyōko Kasodani, a character in Ten Desires from the Touhou Project series
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Kyōko, a character in and later River City Girls
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Kyoko, servant to Blue Book CEO Nathan Bateman in Ex Machina
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Kyoko Kirigiri, Ultimate Detective in the game Danganronpa Trigger Happy Havoc
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Kyōko Kuremi, a character in
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Kyōko Tōno, a character in Seiren
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, a character in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
Fiction works
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Kyoko, a novel by Ryū Murakami
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Kyoko or, in English, Because of You, a film inspired by Ryū Murakami's book
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Kyoko, a 2000 film by New Concorde
