Yumiko

Yumiko

Pronunciation	Yu-mi-ko
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Yumi Yumika

Yumiko is a feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Yumiko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 弓子, "bow, child"
• 由美子, "reason/cause, beauty, child"
• 結実子, "fruition, child"
• 夕実子, "evening, fruit, child"
• 優美子, "tenderness, beauty, child"
• 悠美子, "permanence, beauty, child"
• 祐美子, "help, beauty, child"
• 由実子, "reason/cause, fruit, child"
• 有美子, "exist/possess, beauty, child"
• 夕美子, "evening, beauty, child"
• 友美子, "friend, beauty, child"
• 裕美子, "rich, beauty, child"
• 勇美子, "brave, beauty, child"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• Yumiko Abe (由美子), a Japanese professional wrestler
• Yumiko Ashikawa (芦川祐美子), a Japanese singer-songwriter
• Yumiko Cheng (鄭烈瓊), a Hong Kong Cantopop singer
• Yumiko Fujita (弓子), a Japanese actress
• Yumiko Fukushima, announcer
• Yumiko Hara (裕美子), a Japanese marathon runner
• Yumiko Hosono (佑美子), a Japanese voice actress, actress, and singer
• Yumiko Hotta (祐美子), a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
• Yumiko Igarashi (ゆみこ), a Japanese manga artist
• Yumiko Kobayashi (由美子), a Japanese voice actress
• Yumiko Kokonoe (佑三子), a Japanese actress
• Yumiko Kosaka (由美子), a Japanese singer
• Yumiko Ōshima (弓子), a Japanese manga artist
• Yumiko Nakagawa, a Japanese girl at the center of an Okinawan controversy
• Yumiko Shaku (由美子), a Japanese actress and model
• Yumiko Shibata (由美子), a Japanese voice actress
• Yumiko Takeshima (竹島 由美子), a Japanese costume designer, ballet dancer, and founder of YUMIKO dancewear
• Yumiko Kayukawa (粥川由美子) a Japanese painter, artist, animal advocate, blogger, essayist, former teenage manga artist,

Fictional characters

• Yumiko Kusaka (友美子), a character in the novel, film and manga Battle Royale
• Yumiko Shirasagi (白鷺弓子), a character in the novel series Digital Devil Story and the video game adaptation Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
• Yumiko Takagi (高木由美子), a character in the anime and manga series Hellsing
• Yumiko Sakaki (榊由美子), a character in the Grisaia series of visual novels
• Yumiko (弓子), a female Japanese-American character in the comic book series The Walking Dead