Satoko

Satoko

Gender	female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Satomi

Satoko (さとこ, サトコ) is a Japanese female given name.

Possible Writings

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

• 聡子 "wise, child"
• 智子 "wisdom, child"
• 里子 "village, child"
• 理子 "logic, child"
• 悟子 "enlightened, child"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• Satoko Inoue, a pianist
• Satoko Fujii, an avant-garde jazz pianist and composer
• Satoko Akiyama, a Japanese pop artist
• Satoko Morishita (森下 恵子, born 1974), Japanese swimmer
• Satoko Okazaki (岡崎 聡子, born 1961), Japanese gymnast
• Satoko Sakamoto, murdered by members of Aum Shinrikyo along with her husband, Tsutsumi Sakamoto, who was a lawyer working on a class action lawsuit against Aum Shinrikyo, and her child
• Satoko Kuni, daughter of Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi and sister of Empress Kōjun, the mother of Akihito
• Satoko Takita, chairwoman of Mozilla Japan
• Satoko Nishikawa, singer of Shang Shang Typhoon
• Princess Satoko, daughter of Prince Kaya Kuninori
• Satoko Miyachi, character designer for Madlax
• Satoko Okudera, screenwriter of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars
• Satoko, wife of Tokugawa Hidetada, the second Tokugawa shōgun of Japan
• Satoko Tsushima, a contemporary Japanese fiction writer, essayist and critic
• Satoko Tanaka (田中 聡子, born 1942), Japanese swimmer
• Satoko Makishi, a Japanese pop singer
• Anekōji Satoko, a lady-in-waiting at the court of Emperor Kōkaku
• Satoko Morikawa, character designer for The Cat Returns
• Satoko Kashikawa, producer of 1 Litre of Tears
• Satoko Kizaki, author, won the Akutagawa Prize for Blue Paulownia (Aogiri)
• Satoko Shinashi, mixed martial arts fighter
• Satoko Miyahara, a Japanese figure skater
• Satoko Kamoshida (鴨志田 聡子), born 1979, a Yiddish Scholar at the University of Tokyo

Fictional characters

• Satoko Yamano from Oh My Goddess!
• Satoko Ayakura from The Sea of Fertility
• Satoko Hōjō from Higurashi When They Cry
• A character from The Sound of the Mountain
• Satoko Shimoyanagi from Churasan 3
• Asai Satoko from Friends (2002 TV series)
• A character from Strawberry Shortcakes
• Satoko Takanashi from Gate Keepers
• Satoko Kayama, a minor character in the Paranoia Agent episode "Mellow Maromi"
• When Ash was crossdressed in Pokémon, Ash (Satoshi) was called 'Satoko (Ashley)'
• Satoko Sasauchi, a character from Strike Witches