Yukiko

Yukiko is a feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings
Yukiko can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:


 * 雪子, "snow, child"
 * 幸子, "happiness, child"
 * 由紀子, "reason, chronicle, child"
 * 由起子, "reason, to rise, child"
 * 有紀子, "possession, chronicle, child"
 * 有希子, "possession, hope, child"
 * 夕紀子, "evening, chronicle, child"

The name can also be written in hiragana ゆきこ or katakana ユキコ.

Notable people with the name

 * Yukiko Akaba (赤羽 有紀子), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Yukiko Fujisawa (藤澤 亮子), Japanese figure skater
 * Yukiko Haneda (羽根田 征子), Japanese singer
 * Yukiko Inui (乾 友紀子), Japanese synchronized swimmer
 * Yukiko Ishizaka (石坂 有紀子), Japanese beach volleyball player
 * Yukiko Iwai (voice actress) (岩居 由希子), Japanese voice actress
 * Yukiko Iwai (Onyanko Club) (岩井 由紀子), Japanese singer, actress and former member of the all-female J-pop group Onyanko Club
 * Yukiko Kada (嘉田 由紀子), the governor of Shiga Prefecture, Japan
 * Yukiko Kai (花郁 悠紀子), Japanese manga artist
 * Yukiko Kashihara (柏原 由紀子), retired Japanese competitive figure skater
 * Yukiko Kashiwagi (柏木 由紀子), Japanese actress
 * Yukiko Kawasaki (川崎 由紀子), Japanese figure skater
 * Yukiko Kawashima (川島 有紀子), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Yukiko Kobayashi (小林 夕岐子), Japanese actress
 * Yukiko Maki (1902–1989), Japanese educator
 * Yukiko Miyake (三宅 雪子), Japanese politician
 * Yukiko Motoya (本谷 有希子), Japanese writer, playwright and theatre director
 * Yukiko Okada (岡田 有希子), former Japanese pop singer
 * Yukiko Okamoto (actress) (岡元 夕紀子), Japanese singer
 * Yukiko Okamoto (athlete) (岡本 幸子), Japanese female distance runner
 * Yukiko Osada (長田 友喜子), retired Japanese swimmer who specialized in the butterfly stroke
 * Yukiko Otaka (大高 幸子), Japanese swimmer
 * Yukiko Sakamoto (坂本 由紀子), Japanese politician and member of the Liberal Democratic Party
 * Yukiko Sumiyoshi (住吉 文子), Japanese manga author
 * Yukiko Takayama (高山 由紀子), Japanese screenwriter and director
 * Yukiko Tamaki (玉木 有紀子), Japanese voice actress
 * Yukiko Todoroki (轟 夕起子), former Japanese actress
 * Yukiko Ueno (上野 由岐子), Japanese softball pitcher
 * Yukiko Yamashita (山下 幸子, born 1972), American developmental biologist

Fictional characters

 * Yukiko Amagi (天城 雪子), character from Persona 4
 * Yukiko Hirohara (広原 雪子), character in the 11 Eyes manga and anime series
 * Yukiko Kitano (北野 雪子), character from the novel, manga and film Battle Royale
 * Yukiko Kudō (工藤 有希子), character in the Detective Conan manga and anime series
 * Yukiko Steavens (ユキコ・スティーブンス), character in the Gun Sword anime series
 * Yukiko Kanzaki (神崎 有希子), character from the Assassination Classroom manga and anime series
 * Yukiko Satō (佐藤 雪子), character from The Station Master, a novel by Jirō Asada, which was made into a movie: Poppoya, Railroad Man