Momo

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Contents 1 General 2 Places 3 People 4 Music 5 Western culture 6 Anime, manga, animation, and Japanese folklore 7 Ships 8 Video games

Momo may refer to:

[edit] General

• Monochorionic-monoamniotic presentation of identical twins
• Peach, a tree fruit (from "momo", romanization of the Japanese 桃, for peach)
• Momo (food), a dumpling popular in South Asia
• MOMO (company), manufacturer of automotive and racing gear
• MOMO syndrome, a rare genetic disorder
• Siemens Modular Metro, a brand of electric train vehicle system
• Joffrey Tower, originally named "Modern Momentum Building"

[edit] Places

• Momo, Gabon, a town in the Woleu-Ntem province of Gabon
• Momo, Italy, a city in the province of Novara, in northern Italy
• Momo (department), a division of the Northwest province in Cameroon

[edit] People

• Mohamed Sissoko, a Mali International and Juventus F.C. football player
• Jerónimo Figueroa Cabrera, a Spanish football player
• Momo (Tonga), the 10th ruler of the Tuʻi Tonga dynasty (south Pacific islands)
• MOMO (artist), American street artist
• Swing trader, from "momo" for a person who trades stocks based on momentum

[edit] Music

• MOMO (singer), a J-pop singer who is a former member of "I've Sound" and a member of POR
• Rei Momo, an album by David Byrne
• "Momo", a Jazz instrumental song by Mindi Abair, from the album It Just Happens That Way
• Momoko Tsugunaga, a j-pop singer and idol, member of group Berryz Koubou

[edit] Western culture

• Momo (novel) (alternatively The Grey Gentlemen), a novel by Michael Ende
  • Momo (film), a film based on Ende's novel
• King Momo (Carnival character), portrayed in numerous Latin American festivities
• Momo the Monster, a legend originating in Missouri, in the United States
• Momo, character from the novel The Life Before Us (La Vie devant soi), by Romain Gary (as Émile Ajar). And the film Madame Rosa
• Momo, UK title of the novel The Life Before Us (La Vie devant soi), by Romain Gary (as Émile Ajar).

[edit] Anime, manga, animation, and Japanese folklore

• Momotarō (Peach Boy), a popular hero from Japanese folklore
• Momo Sohma, a character from the manga and anime Fruits Basket
• Momo Hinamori, a character in the manga Bleach
• Magical Princess Minky Momo
• Momo Adachi, a main character in the manga series Peach Girl (ピーチガール)
• Takeshi Gouda, nicknamed "Momo", a main character in the manga Tramps Like Us (きみはペット)
• MOMO, a main character from the film Madame Rosa, directed by Moshé Mizrahi
• Takeshi Momoshiro, from Prince of Tennis
• Momoha Odori, from Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!
• Momo, Aang's pet winged lemur on the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Momo, Fuu's pet Japanese dwarf flying squirrel, in the anime series Samurai Champloo
• Momo, Mr. Kim's pet flying squirrel, in the Japanese film Executive Koala

[edit] Ships

• Japanese destroyer Momo, the name of more than one Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
• USS Momo (SP-49), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919

[edit] Video games

• Wonder Momo, a 1987 arcade game, the last 8-bit game released by Namco
• MOMO (Xenosaga), a synthetic character in the video game Xenosaga
• Momo Karuizawa, a character from the video game Project Justice, by Capcom
• Momo (Breath of Fire character), from the video game series Breath of Fire, by Capcom
• Momo, a character in the 2002 adventure game Syberia

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