Yūko

Yūko or Yuko (ゆうこ, ユウコ) or Yuuko is a common feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings
Yūko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
 * 優子, "gentle, child"
 * 裕子, "abundance, child"
 * 祐子, "helpful, child"
 * 夕子, "evening, child"
 * 有子, "qualified, child"
 * 悠子, "permanence, child"
 * 侑子, "leading, child"
 * 結子, "bind, child"
 * 由子, "reason, child"
 * 勇子, "courage, child"
 * 友子, "friend, child"
 * 木綿子, "cotton, child"

People

 * Yūko Andō (news anchor) (優子), Japanese TV presenter and news anchor
 * Yūko Andō (singer) (裕子), Japanese singer-songwriter
 * Yuko Aoki (裕子), Japanese bikini model
 * Yuko Arimori (裕子), Japanese marathon runner
 * Yūko Asano (ゆう子), Japanese singer and actress
 * Yuko Fueki (優子), Japanese actress who is most popular in South Korea, known as Yoo Min
 * Yuko Goto (裕子), (born 1975) Japanese voice actress
 * Yuko Hara (由子), plays the keyboards for Southern All Stars
 * Yūko Hara (voice actress) (優子), Japanese voice actress
 * Yuko Inoue (井上 祐子), Japanese classical violinist
 * Yuko Ito (裕子), Japanese fashion model and actress
 * Yuko Kato (有生子), Japanese voice actress
 * Yuko Kawaguchi (悠子), Japanese pair skater
 * Yuko Kobayashi (優子), Japanese voice actress
 * Yuko Maruyama (裕子), Japanese volleyball player
 * Yūko Minaguchi (裕子), Japanese voice actress
 * Yūko Miyamura (優子), Japanese voice actress, actress, J-pop singer and sound director
 * Yuko Mizuno (水野 裕子), Japanese television personality and actress
 * Yūko Mizutani (優子), Japanese voice actress
 * Yūko Mochizuki (優子), Japanese actress
 * Yuko Moriguchi (森口 祐子), Japanese golfer
 * Yūko Nakagawa (郁子), Japanese politician
 * Yūko Nakamura (優子), Japanese actress
 * Yuko Nakanishi (悠子), Japanese butterfly swimmer
 * Yuko Nakazawa (裕子), J-pop singer and actress
 * Yuko Ogura (優子), Japanese idol and model
 * Yuko Oshima (優子), AKB48 member
 * Yuko Sano (優子), Japanese volleyball player
 * Yūko Sasaki (佐々木 優子), Japanese cricketer
 * Yuko Sato (athlete) (佐藤 優子), Japanese racewalker
 * Yuko Sato (politician) (佐藤 夕子), Japanese politician
 * Yūko Satō (voice actress) (佐藤 ゆうこ), Japanese voice actress
 * Yūko Sanpei (由布子) a Japanese voice actress
 * Yuko Shimizu (侑子), Japanese designer, creator of Hello Kitty
 * Yuko Shimizu (actress) (清水 ゆう子), Japanese actress and gravure idol
 * Yuko Shimizu (illustrator) (清水 裕子), Japanese illustrator
 * Yuko Suzuki (裕子), Japanese volleyball player
 * Yuko Takahashi (高橋 侑子), Japanese triathlete
 * Yuko Takayama (侑子), Japanese actress
 * Yuko Takeuchi (結子), Japanese actress
 * Yuko Tojo (由布子), Granddaughter of General Hideki Tōjō
 * Yūko Tsuno (裕子), Japanese manga artist and doujin writer
 * Yuko Yamaguchi (裕子), Japanese character designer and illustrator
 * Yuko Yamashita (裕子), Japanese straight hair specialist
 * Yūko Hama (浜 木綿子), Japanese actress

Fictional characters

 * Yuko, a female elf from Mia and Me, a children's TV series
 * Yuko, an antagonist character in Sexy Parodius
 * Yuko, a female character from Sword Art Online
 * Yūko, a female character and the yūrei in The Terror: Infamy
 * Yuuko Aioi, a main character from the anime and manga series Nichijou
 * Yuko Amamiya, the heroine of game Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two
 * Yuko Amasawa, one of the main characters in the series Dennō Coil
 * Yuko Asou, the main character in the Valis series
 * Yuko Ichihara - Witch of dimensions, a character from the manga and anime xxxHolic and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle by CLAMP
 * Yūko Kanoe, a character from the manga and anime Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
 * Yuko Minami, Ultraman Ace's alter ego alongside Seiji Hokuto in the 1972 namesake tokusatsu film
 * Yuko Ogawa, a character from the manga and anime Kocchi Muite! Miiko
 * Yuko Okonogi, one of the main characters in the series Dennō Coil
 * Yuko Omori, a character from the anime HappinessCharge PreCure!
 * Yuko Sakaki, a character in the novel Battle Royale, and the film and manga of the same name
 * Yuuko Shirakawa, a librarian from the visual novel Katawa Shoujo
 * Yuko Takao, a character in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
 * Yuuko Yoshikawa, a character from the novel and anime Hibike! Euphonium
 * Yuuko Nishi a character from the manga and anime A Channel (manga)