Hiroko
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is a common feminine Japanese given name. Hiroko can be written using different kanji
characters and can mean:
The name can also be written in hiragana
or katakana
.
Kanji
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
characters and can mean:
- 裕子, "rich child"
- 弘子, "broad child"
- 寛子, "tolerant child"
- 浩子, "large child"
- 博子, "wise child"
- 宏子, "large child"
- 広子, "broad child"
- 紘子, "large child"
The name can also be written in hiragana
Hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, one basic component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and the Latin alphabet . Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems, in which each character represents one mora...
or katakana
Katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet . The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana scripts are derived from components of more complex kanji. Each kana represents one mora...
.
People
- Hiroko AnzaiHiroko Anzaiis a Japanese actress, model and gravure idol, who has appeared in various magazines and photo albums.Her first photo album was released in 1996 and titled Mystic....
(ひろこ, born 1979), Japanese model and idol - Hiroko HatanoHiroko Hatanois a Japanese model and actress. As an 18-year-old, she made her model debut on Japanese fashion magazine JJ in March 1994. She was one of the top models for the magazine until 2001, when she temporarily quit modeling to concentrate on her acting career...
(ひろ子, born 1975), Japanese supermodel and actress - Hiroko MitaHiroko MitaHiroko Mita is a Japanese singer and actress.-Appearances:-External links:*...
(寛子, born 1966), Japanese singer and actress - Hiroko MoriguchiHiroko Moriguchiis a female Japanese singer from Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.- Theme songs :* "Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete" , second opening theme song from TV series Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam...
(博子, born 1968), Japanese singer and tarento - Hiroko NakamuraHiroko Nakamurais a Japanese pianist. She is the youngest, and the second Japanese prizewinner at the 7th International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition...
(紘子, born 1944), Japanese female pianist - Hiroko ŌtaHiroko Otais a female Japanese politician and a researcher of economics. She graduated from Hitotsubashi University in 1976. Her academic specialties are national public finance and economic policy. She is a noted lecturer of on public finance....
(弘子, born 1954), Japanese politician and researcher of economics - Hiroko Sadanobu (裕子, born 1978), Japanese sculptress
- Hiroko Sato (寛子, born 1985), Japanese gravure idol, actress and singer
- Hiroko ShimabukuroHiroko ShimabukuroHiroko Shimabukuro , best known mononymously as hiro, is a Japanese singer. She debuted as a member of the popular girl group Speed in 1996. In 1998, hiro released her first solo song "Mitsumete Itai" as a B-side to Speed's single "All My True Love"...
(寛子, born 1984), Ryukyuan musician - Hiroko SuzukiHiroko SuzukiHiroko Niizuma Suzuki is a Japanese professional wrestler, valet and promoter best known in the United States for her work for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown! brand under the ring name Hiroko...
(浩子, born 1975), Japanese professional wrestling valet and promoter - Hiroko YakushimaruHiroko Yakushimaruis a Japanese actress and vocalist.After passing the audition for the film produced by Haruki Kadokawa, she began her acting career. Along with teen idols Tomoyo Harada and Noriko Watanabe who made debut after a similar process, she was often described as one of "Kadokawa Sannimusume" in her early...
(ひろ子, born 1964), Japanese actress and singer
Fictional characters
- Hiroko Ai, a character in the science fiction novel series Mars trilogy