Haruko

Haruko (はるこ, ハルコ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Its most common translation is "spring child" (春子, which may also be read as a Korean name Chun-ja), though other kanji provide different meanings. Notable people with the name include:


 * Princess Haruko (春子), the first daughter of Emperor Tsuchimikado
 * Haruko Arimura (born 1970), politician
 * Haruko Hatoyama (1863–1938), Japanese educator
 * Haruko Kato (加藤 治子), Japanese actress
 * Haruko Matsuda (松田 治子), Japanese badminton player
 * Haruko Miyaguchi (宮口 治子), Japanese politician
 * Haruko Momma, Japanese philologist
 * Haruko Momoi (桃井はるこ, born 1977), a religious historian
 * Haruko Nawata Ward (1922–2015), Japanese actress
 * Haruko Sagara (相楽 晴子), Japanese actress
 * Haruko Saida, women's professional shogi player
 * Haruko Sugimura (杉村春子, 1909–1997), Japanese actress
 * Haruko Obokata (小保方晴子, born 1983), Japanese biological scientist
 * Haruko Okamoto (岡本 治子), Japanese figure skating coach
 * Haruko Okano (born 1945), Japanese-Canadian artist
 * Haruko Tachiiri (たちいり ハルコ), Japanese manga artist
 * Haruko Tanaka (1974-2019), Los Angeles–based artist
 * Haruko Wakita (脇田 晴子), Japanese academic
 * Haruko Yoshikawa (吉川 春子), Japanese politician
 * the personal name of Empress Shōken

Fictional characters

 * Haruko Akagi, a character in the manga series Slam Dunk
 * Haruko Haruhara, a character in the anime series FLCL
 * Haruko Kamio, a character in the visual novel Air
 * Haruko Mikogami, a secondary character in the anime series Sky Girls
 * Haruko Shido, a supporting character in the anime series Please Twins!