Mariko (given name)

Mariko (まりこ, マリコ, 茉莉子, 真理子, 万里子, 眞里子, 万利子) is a feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings in Japanese
The name Mariko can be written using various kanji characters, each of which has a different meaning, such as the following:


 * , "ball" + "child"
 * , "truth" + "child"
 * , "long distance" + "child"
 * , "jasmine" + "child"
 * , "hemp" + "village (country house)" + "child"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana:


 * (hiragana)
 * (katakana)

People
Notable people with the given name Mariko include:


 * Mariko Daouda (born 1981), Ivorian football player
 * Mariko Ebralidze (მარიკო ებრალიძე), a Georgian jazz singer
 * Mariko Gotō (まりこ), a Japanese musician and actress
 * Mariko Hayashi (林 真理子), Japanese writer
 * Mariko Iwadate (真理子), a Japanese manga artist
 * Mariko Kaga (まりこ), a Japanese actress
 * Mariko Kawana (まり子), a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress
 * Mariko Kōda (マリ子), a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer
 * Mariko Koike (小池 真理子), Japanese writer
 * Mariko Masubuchi (増淵 まり子), Japanese softball player
 * Mariko Mori (万里子), a Japanese video and photographic artist
 * Mariko Nanba, (真理子), a Japanese video game composer
 * Mariko Nishiwaki (万里子), a Japanese volleyball player
 * Mariko Ōhara (まり子), a Japanese science fiction writer
 * Mariko Okada (茉莉子), a Japanese actress
 * Mariko Okamoto (眞理子), a Japanese volleyball player
 * Mariko Peters, a Dutch politician
 * Mariko Suzuki (麻里子), a Japanese voice actress
 * Mariko Shiga (真理子), a Japanese idol and voice actress
 * Mariko Shimizu (マリコ), a Japanese novelist
 * Mariko Shinoda (麻里子), a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48
 * Mariko Takahashi (gymnast) (高橋 麻理子), Japanese gymnast
 * Mariko Takahashi (model and actress) (高橋 マリ子), Japanese model and actress
 * Mariko Takahashi (singer) (高橋 真梨子), Japanese singer
 * Mariko Takamura (まりこ), a Japanese deaf artist, writer, and performer
 * Mariko Yamada, an American Democratic assemblywoman
 * Mariko Yamamoto (万里子), (born 1983), Japanese cricketer
 * Mariko Yoshida (万里子), a Japanese professional wrestler
 * Mariko Yoshida (真理子), a Japanese volleyball player
 * Mariko Yoshikawa (吉川 真理子), Japanese fencer
 * Plum Mariko (麻里子), a Japanese professional wrestler

Fictional characters
Notable fictional characters with the given name Mariko include:


 * Mariko, a character in the newspaper and webcomic strip Piled Higher and Deeper
 * Mariko Konjo, a character in the anime and manga series Ranma ½
 * Mariko Kurama, a supporting character of the anime series Elfen Lied
 * Mariko Shinobu, a character in the anime and manga series  Onii-sama e...
 * Mariko Takeda, a fictional character from the comic book series W.I.T.C.H
 * Mariko Tanaka, a character in the video game Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi
 * Mariko Toda, a character in the novel Shōgun
 * Mariko Uehara, a character from the television drama Nobuta wo Produce
 * Mariko Uki, a character in the Japanese horror movie Ju-on: The Grudge
 * Mariko Yashida, a character that appears in various comic books published by Marvel Comics