Yūko

Yūko

Other names
Related names	Yū Yūka Yūki

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

Written forms

Yūko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 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"

The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• Yūko Andō (news anchor) (優子), Japanese TV presenter and news anchor
• Yūko Andō (singer) (裕子, born 1977), Japanese singer-songwriter
• Yuko Aoki (裕子, born 1977), Japanese bikini model
• Yuko Arimori (裕子, born 1966), Japanese marathon runner
• Yūko Asano (ゆう子, born 1960), Japanese singer and actress
• Yuko Fueki (優子, born 1979), 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, born 1956), plays the keyboards for Southern All Stars
• Yūko Hara (voice actress) (優子, born 1992), Japanese voice actress
• Yuko Inoue (井上 祐子), Japanese classical violinist
• Yuko Ito (裕子, born 1974), Japanese fashion model and actress
• Yuko Kawaguchi (悠子, born 1981), Japanese pair skater
• Yuko Kobayashi (小林 優子, born 1961), Japanese voice actress
• Yuko Maruyama (裕子, born 1989), Japanese volleyball player
• Yūko Minaguchi (裕子, born 1966), Japanese voice actress
• Yūko Miyamura (優子, born 1972), Japanese voice actress, actress, J-pop singer and sound director
• Yuko Mizuno (水野 裕子, born 1982), Japanese television personality and actress
• Yūko Mizutani (優子, 1964–2016), Japanese voice actress
• Yūko Mochizuki (優子, 1917–1977), Japanese actress
• Yuko Moriguchi (森口 祐子, born 1955), Japanese golfer
• Yūko Nakagawa (郁子, born 1958), Japanese politician
• Yūko Nakamura (優子, born 1975), Japanese actress
• Yuko Nakanishi (悠子, born 1981), Japanese butterfly swimmer
• Yuko Nakazawa (裕子), J-pop singer and actress
• Yuko Ogura (優子, born 1983), Japanese idol and model
• Yuko Oshima (大島 優子, born 1988), AKB48 member
• Yuko Sano (優子, born 1979), Japanese volleyball player
• Yūko Sasaki (佐々木 優子, born 1982), Japanese cricketer
• Yuko Sato (athlete) (佐藤 優子, born 1968), Japanese racewalker
• Yuko Sato (politician) (佐藤 夕子, born 1963), Japanese politician
• Yūko Satō (voice actress) (佐藤 ゆうこ), Japanese voice actress
• Yūko Sanpei (三瓶 由布子, born 1986) a Japanese voice actress
• Yuko Shimizu (侑子, born 1946), Japanese designer, creator of Hello Kitty
• Yuko Shimizu (actress) (清水 ゆう子, born 1988), Japanese actress and gravure idol
• Yuko Shimizu (illustrator) (清水 裕子), Japanese illustrator
• Yuko Suzuki (裕子, born 1989), Japanese volleyball player
• Yuko Takahashi (高橋 侑子, born 1991), Japanese triathlete
• Yuko Takayama (侑子, born 1992), Japanese actress
• Yuko Takeuchi (結子, 1980–2020), Japanese actress
• Yuko Tojo (由布子, 1939–2013), Granddaughter of General Hideki Tōjō
• Yūko Tsuno (裕子, born 1966), Japanese manga artist and doujin writer
• Yuko Yamaguchi (裕子, born 1955), Japanese character designer and illustrator
• Yuko Yamashita (裕子), Japanese straight hair specialist

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)

See also

• 5291 Yuuko, a main-belt asteroid
• "Yuko and Hiro", a song by Blur