Motoko

Motoko is a feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

 * もとこ hiragana
 * 素子 "unadorned, plain, undecorated, child"
 * 元子 "origin, child"
 * 基子 "fundamental, child"
 * 資子 "resourceful, child"

People with the name

 * Motoko Arai (新井 素子), Japanese writer
 * Hani Motoko (羽仁 もと子), the first female Japanese journalist
 * Motoko Hirotsu (広津 素子), Japanese politician
 * Motoko Obayashi (素子), a Japanese volleyball player
 * Motoko Ishii (幹子), a Japanese lighting designer
 * Motoko Fujimoto (索子), a Japanese softball player
 * Motoko Fujishiro Huthwaite (1927–2020), American teacher
 * Motoko Katakura (1937-2013), Japanese anthropologist
 * Motoko Kumai (統子, born 1970), a Japanese voice actress
 * Motoko Sasaki (佐々木 基子), Japanese actress and striptease performer

Fictional characters

 * Motoko Aoyama (素子), a character in the Love Hina series
 * Motoko Kusanagi (素子), protagonist of the Ghost in the Shell series
 * Motoko Minagawa (素子), a character in the Fruits Basket series
 * Motoko-chan (もと子), the main character of the Super Famicom video game Motoko-chan no Wonder Kitchen
 * Motoko Meada (前田 元子), a character in the Shiki series