Yasuko

Yasuko

Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Yasuko (written: 泰子, 靖子, 康子, 寧子, 育子, 保子, 康子, 安子, 甯子 or やす子, meaning "peaceful child") is a Japanese women's given name.

Notable people with the name include:

• Princess Yasuko (媞子内親王) (1076–1096), Japanese empress
• Yasuko Aoike (青池 保子) (born 1948), Japanese manga artist
• Fujiwara no Yasuko (藤原 泰子) (1095–1156), Japanese empress consort
• Yasuko Hashimoto (橋本 康子) (born 1975), Japanese long-distance runner
• Yasuko Hatoyama (鳩山 安子) (1922–2013), Japanese activist
• Yasuko Ikenobo (池坊 保子) (born 1942), Japanese politician
• Yasuko Kobayashi (小林 靖子) (born 1965), Japanese screenwriter
• Yasuko Komiyama (小宮山 泰子) (born 1965), Japanese politician
• Yasuko Konoe (近衛 やす子) (born 1944), Japanese princess
• Yasuko Kotani (小谷 泰子) (born 1962), Japanese photographer
• Yasuko Matsuyuki (松雪 泰子) (born 1972), Japanese actress and singer
• Yasuko Mogi (茂木 康子) (born 1969), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Yasuko Nagazumi (永積 靖子) (born 1943), Japanese actress
• Yasuko Namba (難波 康子) (1949–1996), Japanese mountain climber
• Yasuko Onuki, Japanese singer
• Yasuko Sakata (坂田 靖子) (born 1953), Japanese manga artist
• Yasuko Sawaguchi (沢口 靖子) (born 1965), Japanese actress
• Yasuko Tajima (田島 寧子) (born 1981), Japanese swimmer
• Yasuko Tamada (玉田 育子), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Yasuko Tomita (富田 靖子) (born 1969), Japanese actress