Naoko

Naoko (なおこ, ナオコ) is a feminine Japanese given name which is occasionally spelled Nahoko (なほこ, ナホコ).

Possible writings
Naoko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
 * 直子, "obedient, child"
 * 尚子, "esteem, child"
 * 奈緒子, "Nara, cord, child"
 * 菜緒子, "greens, cord, child"
 * 奈央子, "Nara, center, child"
 * 菜穂子, "greens, ear (of grain), child"
 * 奈保子, "Nara, keep, child"
 * 奈生子, "Nara, fresh, child"

People with the name

 * Nahoko Kinoshita (菜穂子, born 1980), Japanese actress
 * Nahoko Kojima (奈保子, born 1981), Japanese paper cut artist
 * Nahoko Uehashi (菜穂子, born 1962), Japanese writer
 * Naoko Fukatsu (深津 尚子), Japanese tennis table player
 * Naoko Funayama, Japanese American sportscaster
 * Naoko Hashimoto (born 1984), Japanese volleyball player
 * Naoko Hayashiba (直子, born 1968), Japanese writer and shogi player
 * Naoko Iijima (直子, born 1968), Japanese actress
 * Naoko Imoto (直歩子, born 1976), Japanese freestyle swimmer
 * Naoko Ishihara (奈央子, born 1974), Japanese sport shooter
 * Naoko Kamio (born 1967), Japanese suit actor
 * Naoko Kawai (河合奈保子, born 1963), Japanese singer and actress
 * Naoko Ken (ナオコ, born 1953), Japanese singer and actress
 * Naoko Kijimuta (雉子牟田 直子), Japanese tennis player
 * Naoko Kouda (直子, born 1959), Japanese voice actress
 * Naoko Kume (久米 直子), Japanese swimmer
 * Naoko Matsui (菜桜子, born 1961), Japanese voice actress
 * Naoko Miura (三浦 直子), Japanese swimmer
 * Naoko Mori (尚子, born 1971), Japanese actress
 * Naoko Saito (齋藤 尚子), Japanese field hockey player
 * Naoko Sakamoto (runner) (直子, born 1980), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Naoko Sakamoto (softball) (直子, born 1985), Japanese softball player
 * Naoko Sato (直子, born 1955), Japanese tennis player
 * Naoko Sawamatsu (奈生子, born 1973), Japanese professional tennis player
 * Naoko Takahashi (尚子, born 1972), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Naoko Takeuchi (直子, born 1967), Japanese manga artist
 * Naoko Watanabe (渡辺奈緒子, born 1984), Japanese actress who appeared in Silk
 * Naoko Watanabe (菜生子, born 1959), Japanese voice actress
 * Naoko Yamada, (尚子, born 1984), Japanese animator and film director
 * Naoko Yamano (直子, born 1960), member of the Japanese rock trio Shonen Knife
 * Naoko Yamazaki (直子, born 1970), Japanese astronaut

Fictional characters

 * Naoko, a character in the anime series Bubblegum Crisis
 * Naoko (直子), a character in the novel Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
 * Naoko, a character in The Revenge of Shinobi (The Super Shinobi)
 * Naoko Akagi (ナオコ), minor character in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion
 * Naoko Kamikishiro (直子), character in the light novel and manga Boogiepop and Others
 * Naoko Kawamata, character in the film, The Grudge 3
 * Naoko Satomi, a main character in the film The Wind Rises
 * Naoko Yamada (奈緒子), the main heroine of the Japanese TV drama series Trick
 * Naoko Yanagisawa (奈緒子), character in the anime and manga series Cardcaptor Sakura
 * Naoko Yasutani, a main character of the novel A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki