Momo

Momo may refer to:

Geography

• Momo (department), a division of Northwest Province in Cameroon
• Momo, Gabon, a town in the Woleu-Ntem province of Gabon
• Momo, Piedmont, a town in the province of Novara, in northern Italy
• Joffrey Tower, in Chicago, Illinois, US, originally named the "Modern Momentum Building"

People

Musicians

• Momo Hirai (born 1996), Japanese singer, dancer, rapper and member of K-pop girl group Twice
• Momo Latiff, also known as "Momo", Malaysian singer of the 1950s
• Momo Kodama (児玉 桃, born 1972), Japanese classical pianist (born 1972)
• Hitomi Momoi (born 1974), J-pop singer who is a former member of "I've Sound" and a member of Por
• Momoko Tsugunaga (born 1992), J-pop singer and idol, member of group Berryz Koubou

Other people

• Momo (artist), American street artist
• Momo (Tonga), the 10th ruler of the Tuʻi Tonga dynasty (south Pacific islands)
• Momo Adamo (1895–1956), Italian-American mobster
• Momo Yeung, Chinese actress and ballerina
• Jerónimo Figueroa Cabrera (born 1982), Spanish footballer
• Sam Giancana (1908–1975), American mobster nicknamed "Momo"
• Mohamed Sissoko (born 1985), former Malian international and FC Sochaux-Montbéliard football player
• Momo Tamaoki (玉置 桃, born 1994), Japanese judoka
• Uroš Momić (born 1992), Serbian footballer known as Momo

Fiction

• Momo (novel) (alternatively The Grey Gentlemen), a 1973 novel by Michael Ende
  • Momo (1986 film), a 1986 film based on Ende's novel
  • Momo (2001 film) (Momo alla conquista del tempo), an animated Italian film by Enzo D'Alò based on Ende's novel
  • Momo (TV series), a 2003 German animated TV series based on Ende's novel
  • Momo and the Time Thieves, a 2017 opera in two acts by Svitlana Azarova based on Ende's novel

For people in the arts and media, see § People.

Characters

• Momo (Avatar: The Last Airbender), from the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Momo (Breath of Fire character), from the video game series Breath of Fire
• MOMO (Xenosaga), from the video game Xenosaga
• King Momo (Carnival character), portrayed in numerous Latin American festivities
• Momo the Monster, a legend originating in Missouri, in the United States
• Momo Belia Deviluke, from the manga To Love Ru
• Momo Chiyoda, a main character in the manga The Demon Girl Next Door
• Momo Hinamori, in the manga Bleach
• Momo Karuizawa, in the video game Project Justice, by Capcom
• Momo Sakura, a minor character in the anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica
• Momo Sohma, from the manga Fruits Basket
• Momo Yaoyorozu, from the manga My Hero Academia
• Momo, narrator-protagonist of the novel The Life Before Us (La Vie devant soi), by Romain Gary (as Émile Ajar), and the novel's UK title
• Momo, the heroines of Magical Princess Minky Momo, two different magical-girl anime
• MOMO, a main character from the film Madame Rosa, directed by Moshé Mizrahi
• Momo, the main character of the 1973 novel of the same name
• Momo, a main character from the 2003 film Monsieur Ibrahim, directed by François Dupeyron
• Momo, Fuu's pet Japanese dwarf flying squirrel, in the anime series Samurai Champloo
• Momo, the female protagonist of Wonder Momo, a Japan-only 1987 arcade game
• Momo, a black cat from the 2016 Google Doodle browser game Magic Cat Academy
• Momo Adachi, a main character in the manga series Peach Girl (ピーチガール)
• Momo Belia Deviluke, Lala's younger sister, in the manga and anime series To Love-Ru
• Momo Kisaragi, a character of mixed media series Kagerou Project
• Momo Kuzuryū, from Valkyrie Drive- Bhikkhuni
• Momo Maruo, from the Chouriki Sentai Ohranger
• Takeshi Gouda, nicknamed "Momo", a main character in the manga Tramps Like Us (きみはペット)
• Momo Yaoyorozu (八百万百), a character in the manga and anime series Boku no Hero Academia

Science and technology

For uses in transportation, see § Transportation.

Biology and medicine

• Monochorionic-monoamniotic, presentation of identical twins
• MOMO syndrome, a rare genetic disorder

Computing

• Momo (software), a Chinese location-based services instant messaging application
• MoMo, abbreviation of Mozilla Messaging

Other technologies

• MOS-1 (satellite), also known as Momo-1, Japan's first Earth observation satellite
• Momo (rocket), a sounding rocket manufactured by Japanese company Interstellar Technologies

Transportation

For technologies, see § Transportation technologies.

Ships

• Momo-class destroyer, a class of destroyer built for the Imperial Japanese Navy
• 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

Other transportation

• Momo (company), manufacturer of automotive and racing gear
• Momo Car-Sharing, short for the EU project "more options for energy efficient mobility through Car-Sharing"
• Siemens Modular Metro, a brand of electric train vehicle system

Other uses

• Momo (food), a dumpling popular in Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, and parts of India
• Momo Challenge hoax, an urban legend and hoax about a fictitious Internet phenomenon
• MoMo, an abbreviation for Molly Mormon, a stereotype
• Mystery Of Missing Out, a variant of fear of missing out

See also

• Momus or Momos, a Greek god