Kyoko

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.

Possible writings
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

 * Kyoko Aizome (恭子), an AV actress, singer, director, and writer
 * Kyoko Ariyoshi (京子), a Japanese shōjo manga artist
 * Kyoko Chan Cox, the daughter of Yoko Ono and jazz musician Anthony Cox
 * Kyoko Fukada (恭子), a Japanese actress, model, and singer
 * Kyoko Hamaguchi (京子), a Japanese freestyle wrestler
 * Kyōko Hasegawa (京子), a Japanese actress
 * Kyoko Hayashi (京子), a Japanese author
 * Kyoko Hikami (恭子), a Japanese voice actress
 * Kyoko Ina (恭子), a Japanese figure skater
 * Kyoko Inoue (京子), a Japanese professional wrestler
 * Kyoko Ishida (石田 京子), Japanese volleyball player
 * Kyoko Iwasaki (恭子), a Japanese swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
 * Kyoko Izawa (京子), a Japanese politician
 * Kyoko Kimura (木村 響子), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
 * Kyōko Kishida (今日子), a Japanese actress, voice actress, and children's book writer
 * Kyōko Kagawa (京子), a Japanese actress
 * Kyoko Kano, an older sister of the Japanese celebrities Kano Sisters
 * Kyoko Kitamura, a Japanese American musician
 * Kyōko Koizumi (今日子), a Japanese singer and actress
 * Kyoko Kubota (久保田 恭子), Japanese gymnast
 * Kyoko Mano (真野 郷子), Japanese gymnast
 * Kyoko Miyagi aka Kyouko Tonguu (恭子), a Japanese voice actress
 * Kyoko Mizuki (杏子), a Japanese writer
 * Kyoko Nakajima (中島 京子), Japanese writer
 * Kyoko Nakayama (恭子), a Japanese politician
 * Kyoko Nishikawa (京子), a Japanese politician
 * Kyōko Saitō (齊藤 京子), Japanese idol
 * Kyoko Sasage (捧 匡子), Japanese badminton player
 * Kyoko Shimazaki (島崎 京子), Japanese speed skater
 * Kyoko Takezawa (恭子), a Japanese violinist
 * Kyoko Terase (今日子), a Japanese voice actress
 * Kyoko Uchiyama (内山 京子), Japanese table tennis player
 * Kyoko Yamada, a Japanese voice actress
 * Kyoko Yamazaki (山崎 京子), Japanese archer

Fictional characters

 * Kyoko Hori (堀 京子), the main female protagonist of the manga and anime Hori-san to Miyamura-kun (Horimiya)
 * Kyoko Harase (京子), a character in the 2003 J-Horror film Ju-on: The Grudge 2
 * Kyoko Himeji, a character from Girl's High (Joshikousei)
 * Kyoko Kirisaki, a fictional pyrokinetic from Black Cat
 * Kyoko Honda (今日子), a character in the manga and anime series Fruits Basket
 * Kyoko Minazuki (響子), a playable character in the fighting game series Rival Schools
 * Kyoko Iwase(恭子), a racing character from Initial D series.
 * Kyoko Mogami (キョーコ), the main heroine of the shōjo manga Skip Beat!
 * Kyoko Okitegami (今日子), the main character in Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku
 * Kyoko Otonashi (響子), the female protagonist of the manga and anime series Maison Ikkoku
 * Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu (キョウコ), a character in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion
 * Kyoko Sasagawa (京子), a character in the anime series Katekyo Hitman REBORN!
 * Kyoko, a friendly home computer in the 2008 Janet Jackson album Discipline
 * Kyoko Hoin, a character in Kodomo no Jikan
 * Kyoko Okudera, the main female protagonist in the Japanese horror movie Chakushin Ari 2
 * Kyoko, a To-Oh University student in the anime and manga series Death Note (appears volumes 3 and 4, episodes 9, 10, and 15). She is noted for her crush on the Detective L.


 * 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.
 * Kyoko, a character in Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?
 * Kyoko, a character in Yukio Mishima's Kyoko no Ie (Kyōko no Ie 鏡子の家)
 * Kyoko, a character in Log Horizon
 * Kyoko Sakura (佐倉 杏子), a character in Puella Magi Madoka Magica
 * Kyoko Toshinō, a character in Yuru Yuri
 * Kyōko Shirafuji (白藤 杏子), a female character in the manga and anime series Working!!.


 * Kyoko Ozaki- the wife of Doctor Toshio Ozaki in the anime, manga, and novel, Shiki
 * Kyōko Kasodani, a character in Ten Desires
 * Kyōko, a character in Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka and later River City Girls
 * Kyoko, servant to Blue Book CEO Nathan Bateman in Ex Machina
 * Kyoko Kirigiri, Ultimate Detective in the game Danganronpa Trigger Happy Havoc

Fiction works

 * Kyoko, a novel by Ryū Murakami
 * Kyoko or, in English, Because of You, a film inspired by Ryū Murakami's book