Ayako

Template:Infobox given name2 Ayako is a feminine Japanese given name.

Written forms

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

• 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 name can also be written in hiragana (Template:Category handler) or katakana (Template:Category handler).

People with the name

• , Japanese model and actress
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese enka singer
• , Japanese writer, actress and daughter of Steven Seagal
• , Japanese-Mexican professional wrestler
• , Japanese model and beauty pageant winner
• , Japanese tennis player
• , Japanese singer-songwriter
• , Japanese comedian
• , Japanese-born American journalist
• , Japanese announcer
• , Japanese middle-distance runner
• , Japanese voice actress and pop singer
• , Japanese hurdler
• , Japanese women's footballer
• , Japanese synchronized swimmer
• , Japanese novelist
• Ayako Miyazaki (born 1982), Japanese cricketer
• , former Japanese princess
• , Japanese swimmer
• , Japanese cricketer
• , Japanese physician and television personality
• , Japanese golfer
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese badminton player
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese jazz musician
• , Japanese sport wrestler
• , Japanese writer
• , Japanese speed skater
• Ayako Tsuru (born 1941), Mexican artist
• , Japanese golfer
• , Japanese classical pianist
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese rower
• , Japanese sprinter and long jumper

Fictional characters

• , a character in the manga series Slam Dunk
• , a character in the video game Tokimeki Memorial
• , a character in the video game series Variable Geo