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

• , Japanese porn actress, singer, writer and AV and film director

• , Japanese shōjo manga artist

• , Japanese sculptor

• , Japanese politician

• , Japanese virtual influencer

• Kyoko Chan Cox, the daughter of Yoko Ono and jazz musician Anthony Cox

• Kyoko Cuomo (née Ito), wife of Rivers Cuomo

• , Japanese film and television actress

• , Japanese actress, model and singer

• , Japanese bioarchaeologist

• , Japanese freestyle wrestler

• , Japanese model and actress

• , Japanese model, pink film actress

• , Japanese writer

• , Japanese voice actress

• , Japanese gravure idol and actress

• , Japanese rugby union player

• , American figure skater

• , Japanese professional wrestler

• , Japanese scholar

• , Japanese volleyball player

• , Japanese swimming coach and retired Olympic swimmer

• , Japanese politician

• , Japanese actress

• Kyoko Kano, an older sister of the Japanese celebrities Kano Sisters

• , Japanese former swimmer

• , Japanese volleyball player

• , Japanese AV idol and pink film actress

• , Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist

• , Japanese sport shooter

• , Japanese actress, voice actress, and children's book writer

• , Japanese archer

• Kyoko Kitamura (born 1970), Japanese-American musician

• , Japanese softball player

• , Japanese singer and actress

• , Japanese gymnast

• , Japanese water polo player

• , Japanese former football player

• , Japanese gymnast

• , Japanese librarian, translator, and expert in children's literature

• , Japanese writer

• , Japanese softball player

• , Japanese former professional tennis player

• , Japanese writer

• , Japanese scholar

• , Japanese politician

• , Japanese female voice actress and singer

• , Japanese political activist

• , Japanese chemist

• , Japanese manga artist

• , Japanese former artistic gymnast

• , Japanese actress, television presenter, singer and model

• , Japanese badminton player

• , Japanese Paralympian athlete

• Kyoko Sato (curator), Japanese curator, editor, and former television producer

• , Japanese gymnast

• , Japanese speed skater

• , Japanese professional pool player

• Kyōko Takada (高田 恭子; born 1948), Japanese singer

• , Japanese violinist

• , Japanese voice actress

• , Japanese voice actress

• Kyoko Toyokawa, Japanese make-up artist and hairstylist

• , Germany born-Japanese free announcer

• Kyoko Uchida (writer), Japanese‑American poet, prose writer, and translator

• , Japanese table tennis player

• , Japanese voice actress

• , Japanese archer

• , Japanese former football player

• , Japanese athlete

• , Japanese classical music violinist

• , 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

• , a character in Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?

• , 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

• , a character in Yukio Mishima's Kyoko no Ie

• , a character in Log Horizon

• , a character in Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka and later River City Girls

• (Ami Fey), a character in the Ace Attorney franchise

• , a character in the 2003 J-Horror film Ju-on: The Grudge 2

• , a character from Girl's High

• , a character in Kodomo no Jikan

• , a character in the manga and anime series Fruits Basket

• , the main female protagonist of the manga and anime Hori-san to Miyamura-kun (Horimiya)

• , a character in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls

• , a racing character from Initial D series

• , a character in Ten Desires from the Touhou Project series

• , Ultimate Detective in the game Danganronpa Trigger Happy Havoc

• , a fictional pyrokinetic from the Black Cat manga

• , a character in Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth

• , a character from Destroy all Monsters, one of the films of the Godzilla franchise

• , a playable character in the fighting game series Rival Schools

• , the main heroine of the shōjo manga Skip Beat!

• , the main character in Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku

• , the main female protagonist in the Japanese horror movie Chakushin Ari 2

• , the female protagonist of the manga and anime series Maison Ikkoku

• the wife of Doctor Toshio Ozaki in the anime, manga, and novel, Shiki

• , a character in Puella Magi Madoka Magica

• , a character in the anime series Katekyo Hitman REBORN!

• , a female character in the manga and anime series Working!!.

• , a character in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion

• , a character in Seiren

• , 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

• Kyoko, a 2000 film by New Concorde

References