Satoko

Satoko (さとこ, サトコ) is a Japanese female given name.

Possible Writings
Satoko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
 * 聡子 "wise, child"
 * 智子 "wisdom, child"
 * 里子 "village, child"
 * 理子 "logic, child"
 * 悟子 "enlightened, child"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

 * Satoko Inoue, a pianist
 * Satoko Fujii, an avant-garde jazz pianist and composer
 * Satoko Akiyama, a Japanese pop artist
 * Satoko Morishita (森下 恵子), Japanese swimmer
 * Satoko Okazaki (岡崎 聡子), Japanese gymnast
 * Satoko Sakamoto, murdered by members of Aum Shinrikyo along with her husband, Tsutsumi Sakamoto, who was a lawyer working on a class action lawsuit against Aum Shinrikyo, and her child
 * Satoko Kuni, daughter of Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi and sister of Empress Kōjun, the mother of Akihito
 * Satoko Takita, chairwoman of Mozilla Japan
 * Satoko Nishikawa, singer of Shang Shang Typhoon
 * Princess Satoko, daughter of Prince Kaya Kuninori
 * Satoko Miyachi, character designer for Madlax
 * Satoko Suzuki, Japanese diplomat
 * Satoko Okudera, screenwriter of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars
 * Satoko, wife of Tokugawa Hidetada, the second Tokugawa shōgun of Japan
 * Satoko Tsushima, a contemporary Japanese fiction writer, essayist and critic
 * Satoko Tanaka (田中 聡子), Japanese swimmer
 * Satoko Makishi, a Japanese pop singer
 * Anekōji Satoko, a lady-in-waiting at the court of Emperor Kōkaku
 * Satoko Morikawa, character designer for The Cat Returns
 * Satoko Kashikawa, producer of 1 Litre of Tears
 * Satoko Kizaki, author, won the Akutagawa Prize for Blue Paulownia (Aogiri)
 * Satoko Shinashi, mixed martial arts fighter
 * Satoko Miyahara, a Japanese figure skater
 * Satoko Kamoshida (鴨志田 聡子), born 1979, a Yiddish Scholar at the University of Tokyo

Fictional characters

 * Satoko Yamano from Oh My Goddess!
 * Satoko Ayakura from The Sea of Fertility
 * Satoko Hōjō from Higurashi When They Cry
 * A character from The Sound of the Mountain
 * Satoko Shimoyanagi from Churasan 3
 * Asai Satoko from Friends (2002 TV series)
 * A character from Strawberry Shortcakes
 * Satoko Takanashi from Gate Keepers
 * Satoko Kayama, a minor character in the Paranoia Agent episode "Mellow Maromi"
 * When Ash was crossdressed in Pokémon, Ash (Satoshi) was called 'Satoko (Ashley)'
 * Satoko Sasauchi, a character from Strike Witches