Yoshiko

Yoshiko is a feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

The name Yoshiko can have a variety of different meanings depending on which kanji characters are used to write it. Over 200 possible variations exist. Some of the most common variations of Yoshiko include:

• 良子; good, child
• 佳子; agreeable, child
• 美子; beautiful, child
• 義子; moral and just, child
• 吉子; fortunate, child
• 悦子; joyful, child
• 祥子; auspicious, child
• 芳子; fragrant, child
• 慶子; jubilant, child
• 好子; fond and pleasing, child

Japanese royalty

• Yoshiko, daughter of Emperor Saga (786–842)
• Fujiwara no Yoshiko (died 807), consort of Emperor Kanmu
• Yoshiko (1122–1133), daughter of Emperor Toba
• Yoshiko, daughter of Emperor Reigen (1654–1732)
• Princess Yoshiko (Kōkaku) (1779–1846), empress consort of Emperor Kōkaku
• Princess Yoshiko (Arisugawa-no-miya) (1804–1893), mother of the last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu
• Yoshiko Kawashima (1907–1948), princess of Manchuria

Others

• Princess Kishi (929-985), also known as Yoshiko Joō, Japanese poet
• Yoshiko Akiyama (秋山 芳子, born 1949), Japanese archer
• Yoshiko Fujinaga (born 1981), Japanese long-distance runner
• Yoshiko Ichikawa (born 1976), Japanese long-distance runner
• Yoshiko Inoue (井上 佳子, born 1988), Japanese sport wrestler
• Yoshiko Ito (伊藤 佳子, born 1962), Japanese sport shooter
• Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada (born 1944) American textile artist, author
• Yoshiko Kuga (born 1931), Japanese actress
• Yoshiko Mibuchi (三淵 嘉子, 1914–1984), Japanese lawyer
• Yoshiko Mita (born 1941), Japanese actress
• Yoshiko Morizane (森実 芳子, born 1948), Japanese swimmer
• Yoshiko Nishitani (西谷祥子, born 1943), Japanese manga artist
• Yoshiko Ōtaka (born 1920), Japanese actress
• Yoshiko Sakakibara (born 1956), Japanese voice actress
• Yoshiko Sakurai (born 1945), Japanese journalist
• Yoshiko Shibaki (芝木好子, 1914–1991), Japanese novelist
• Yoshiko Shigekane (重兼 芳子, 1927–1993), Japanese writer
• Yoshiko Shirata (born 1952), Japanese accounting scholar
• Yoshiko Takamatsu (高松 好子, born 1938), Japanese swimmer
• Yoshiko Takano (鷹野 淑子, born 1942), Japanese speed skater
• Yoshiko Tamura (born 1976), Japanese professional wrestler
• Yoshiko Tanaka (田中 好子, 1956–2011), Japanese actress
• Yoshiko Tanaka (table tennis) (田中 良子), Japanese table tennis player
• Yoshiko Watanabe (渡辺 佳子), Japanese manga artist, illustrator and animator
• Yoshiko Yonekura (米倉 よし子), Japanese badminton player

Fictional characters

• Yoshiko Fujisawa, a fictional character from Captain Tsubasa
• Yoshiko Hanabatake, a fictional character from the Japanese manga series Aho Girl
• Yoshiko Koizumi, a fictional character from manga Little Ghost Q-Taro
• Yoshiko Kunieda, a fictional character from The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird
• Yoshiko Nishizawa, a fictional character from the anime/manga series Strike Witches
• Yoshiko Nonomiya, a fictional character from Natsume Soseki’s novel Sanshirō
• Yoshiko Tsushima, a fictional character from the Japanese multimedia project Love Live! Sunshine!!

See also

• "Yoshiko (song)", a 1964 American pop song performed by The J's with Jamie
• Yoshiko (wrestler) (born 1993), Japanese professional wrestler