Yoshiko

Yoshiko is a feminine Japanese given name.

Written forms

The name Yoshiko can have a variety of different meanings depending on which kanji characters are used to write it. Over 200 possible variations of the name exist. Some of the most common variations of Yoshiko include:

• 良子; good, child
• 佳子; agreeable, child
• 美子; beautiful, child
• 義子; moral and just, child
• 吉子; fortunate, child
• 悦子; joyful, child
• 祥子; auspicious, child
• 芳子; fragrant, child
• 慶子; jubilant, child
• 好子; fond and pleasing, child

Japanese royalty

• Yoshiko, daughter of Emperor Saga (786–842)
• Fujiwara no Yoshiko (died 807), consort of Emperor Kanmu
• Yoshiko (1122–1133), daughter of Emperor Toba
• Yoshiko, daughter of Emperor Reigen (1654–1732)
• Princess Yoshiko (Kōkaku) (1779–1846), empress consort of Emperor Kōkaku
• Princess Yoshiko (Arisugawa-no-miya) (1804–1893), mother of the last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu
• Yoshiko Kawashima (1907–1948), princess of Manchuria

Others

• Princess Kishi (929–985), also known as Yoshiko Joō, Japanese poet
• , Japanese archer
• , Japanese long-distance runner
• , Japanese long-distance runner
• , Japanese sport wrestler
• , Japanese sport shooter
• Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada (born 1944) American textile artist, author
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese lawyer
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese swimmer
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese journalist
• , Japanese novelist
• , Japanese writer
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese accounting scholar
• , Japanese swimmer
• , Japanese speed skater
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese table tennis player
• , Japanese manga artist, illustrator and animator
• , Japanese singer, actress and politician
• , Japanese badminton player

Fictional characters

• Yoshiko Fujisawa, a fictional character from Captain Tsubasa
• Yoshiko Hanabatake, a fictional character from the Japanese manga series Aho Girl
• Yoshiko Koizumi, a fictional character from manga Little Ghost Q-Taro
• Yoshiko Kunieda, a fictional character from The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird
• Yoshiko Nishizawa, a fictional character from the anime/manga series Strike Witches
• Yoshiko Nonomiya, a fictional character from Natsume Soseki’s novel Sanshirō
• Yoshiko Tsushima, a fictional character from the Japanese multimedia project Love Live! Sunshine!!
• Yoshiko, a fictional character from Osamu Dazai's novel No Longer Human.
• Yoshiko Tajimi, a fictional character from the Japanese tokusatsu Kamen Rider Build

See also

• "Yoshiko (song)", a 1964 American pop song performed by The J's with Jamie
• Yoshiko (wrestler) (born 1993), Japanese professional wrestler