Haruko
Appearance
Gender | female |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Japanese |
Haruko (はるこ, ハルコ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Its most common translation is "spring child" (春子, which may also be read as a Korean name Chun-ja), though other kanji provide different meanings. Notable people with the name include:
- Haruko Arimura (born 1970), politician
- Haruko Hatoyama (1863–1938), Japanese educator
- Haruko Matsuda (松田 治子, born 1972), Japanese badminton player
- Haruko Momoi (桃井はるこ, born 1977), Japanese voice actress
- Princess Haruko (春子), the first daughter of Emperor Tsuchimikado
- Haruko Sugimura (杉村春子, 1909–1997), Japanese actress
- Haruko Obokata (小保方晴子, born 1983), Japanese biological scientist
- Haruko Yoshikawa (吉川 春子, born 1940), Japanese politician
- the personal name of Empress Shōken
Fictional characters
- Haruko Akagi, a character in the manga series Slam Dunk
- Haruko Haruhara, a character in the anime series FLCL
- Haruko Kamio, a character in the visual novel Air
- Haruko Mikogami, a secondary character in the anime series Sky Girls
- Haruko Shido, a supporting character in the anime series Please Twins!