Ayako

Ayako

Ayako Hagiwara, a Japanese figure skater
Pronunciation	Á-ya-ko
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Japanese
Origin
Meaning	many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Other names
See also	Aya Ayaka Ayame Ayana Ayano

Ayako (あやこ, アヤコ) is a common feminine Japanese given name. Ayako can be written using different kanji characters and can mean, e.g.:

• 文子, "writings, child"
• 綾子, "twill, child"
• 絢子, "kimono design, child"
• 彩子, "coloring, child"
• 順子, "order, child"
• 礼子, "courtesy, child"
• 亜矢子, "Asia, arrow, child"
• 安夜子, "peaceful, night, child"

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

• アヤコ (katakana)
• あやこ (hiragana)

People

• Ayako Enomoto (亜弥子), a Japanese model and actress
• Ayako Fuji (あや子), a Japanese enka singer
• Ayako Fujitani (文子), a writer, actress, and daughter of Steven Seagal
• Ayako Hagiwara (綾子), a Japanese figure skater
• Ayako Ikeda (綾子), a Japanese singer-songwriter
• Ayako Hamada (文子), a Mexican female professional wrestler
• Ayako Imoto (絢子), a Japanese comedian
• Ayako Kawasumi (綾子), a Japanese voice actress and pop singer
• Ayako Kobayashi (綾子), a Japanese actress
• Ayako Koshino (綾子), a Japanese fashion designer and also her brand name
• Ayako Miura (綾子), a Japanese novelist
• Ayako Miyake (綾子), the participant in the obstacle course competition show Kunoichi
• Ayako Nakano (dancer) (綾子), a Japanese ballerina
• Ayako Nishikawa (史子), a Japanese physician and TV tarento
• Ayako Okamoto (綾子), a Japanese professional golfer
• Ayako Shiraishi (文子), a Japanese voice actress
• Ayako Sono(綾子), a Japanese writer
• Ayako Uehara (彩子), a Japanese classical pianist
• Ayako Wakao (文子), a Japanese actress
• Irene Ayako Uchida, a Canadian scientist
• Princess Ayako of Takamado (絢子), the Princess of Japan
• Ayako Arakaki (綾子), a Peruvian Graphic Designer

Fictional characters

• Ayako (亞夜子), a major antagonist in the fourth game of the survival horror series Fatal Frame
• Ayako (彩子), a character in the anime and manga series Slam Dunk
• Ayako Yuuki (綾子), a character from the Variable Geo fighting game series
• Ayako Katagiri (彩子), a character in the video game Tokimeki Memorial

See also

• Ayako (奇子), a manga trilogy by Osamu Tezuka
• Ayako (亜也虎), a fictitious combat plane appears in the Shoot 'em up 194x series