Junko
| Pronunciation | Jú-n-kó |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Japanese |
| Meaning | different meanings depending on the kanji used |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Jun |
Junko (じゅんこ, ジュンコ) is a feminine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Junko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean any of the following:
- 純子, "pure, child"
- 順子, "order, child"
- 淳子, "pure, child"
- 潤子, "rich/favor/wet, child"
- 準子, "conform, child"
- 洵子, "truth, child"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People
- Junko Akimoto (順子), Japanese singer
- Junko Chodos, Japanese-American contemporary artist
- Junko Furuta (古田順子), Japanese torture and murder victim
- Caroline Junko King, American child actress
- Junko Itō, American linguist
- Junko Iwao (潤子), Japanese voice actress
- Junko Kubo (純子), Japanese television announcer
- Junko Mihara (じゅん子), Japanese actress
- Junko Minagawa (純子), Japanese voice actress
- Junko Miyashita (順子), Japanese actress
- Junko Mizuno (純子), Japanese manga artist
- Junko Mori ( 純子), Japanese metalwork sculptor
- Junko Mori (composer) (森 (矢内) 潤子), Japanese composer
- Jungo Morita (森田 淳悟), Japanese former volleyball player
- Junko Nishida (西田 順子, born 1915), Japanese high jumper
- Junko Noda (順子), Japanese voice actress
- Junko Ogata (純子), Japanese serial killer
- Junko Okada (純子), Japanese voice actress
- Junko Sakurada (淳子), Japanese singer
- Junko Shimakata (淳子), Japanese voice actress
- Junko Tabei, first woman to climb Mt. Everest
- Junko Takeuchi (順子), Japanese voice actress
- Junko Tanaka (田中 順子, born 1973), Japanese synchronized swimmer
- Junko Yoshioka, New York City-based fashion designer
Fictional characters
- Ibara Junko, a fictional character in Megatokyo
- Junko Enoshima (江ノ島 盾子), a fictional character and the main antagonist of the "Hope's Peak Academy" arc in Danganronpa
- Junko Hattori (服部 絢子), a fictional character in the light novel series Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou
- Junko Mochida (持田 潤子), a minor character in the hentai anime series Bible Black
- Junko Saotome (早乙女淳子), a fictional character from Nana
- Junko Takei (竹井醇子), a fictional character from Strike Witches
- Junko Wallop, a fictional character in the animated television series Storm Hawks
- Junko (純狐), boss character from Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom, a Touhou Project game
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