Naoko Explained
For other uses see Naoko (disambiguation).
| Naoko |
| Gender: | Female |
| Meaning: | many different meanings depending on the kanji used. |
| Origin: | Japanese |
| Related Names: | Nao
Naomi |
is a feminine Japanese given name which is occasionally spelled .
Possible writings
Naoko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 直子, "obedient, child"
- 尚子, "esteem, child"
- 奈緒子, "Nara, cord, child"
- 菜緒子, "greens, cord, child"
- 奈央子, "Nara, center, child"
- 菜穂子, "greens, ear (of grain), child"
- 奈保子, "Nara, keep, child"
- 奈生子, "Nara, fresh, child"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People with the name
- Nahoko Kinoshita (菜穂子, born 1980), Japanese actress
- Nahoko Kojima (奈保子, born 1981), Japanese paper cut artist
- Nahoko Uehashi (菜穂子, born 1962), Japanese writer
- , Japanese tennis table player
- Naoko Funayama, Japanese American sportscaster
- Naoko Hashimoto (born 1984), Japanese volleyball player
- Naoko Hayashiba (直子, born 1968), Japanese writer and shogi player
- Naoko Iijima (直子, born 1968), Japanese actress
- Naoko Imoto (直歩子, born 1976), Japanese freestyle swimmer
- Naoko Ishihara (奈央子, born 1974), Japanese sport shooter
- Naoko Kamio (born 1967), Japanese suit actor
- Naoko Kawai (河合奈保子, born 1963), Japanese singer and actress
- Naoko Ken (ナオコ, born 1953), Japanese singer and actress
- , Japanese tennis player
- Naoko Kouda (直子, born 1959), Japanese voice actress
- , Japanese swimmer
- Naoko Matsui (菜桜子, born 1961), Japanese voice actress
- , Japanese swimmer
- Naoko Mori (尚子, born 1971), Japanese actress
- , Japanese field hockey player
- Naoko Sakamoto (runner) (直子, born 1980), Japanese long-distance runner
- Naoko Sakamoto (softball) (直子, born 1985), Japanese softball player
- Naoko Sato (直子, born 1955), Japanese tennis player
- Naoko Sawamatsu (奈生子, born 1973), Japanese professional tennis player
- Naoko Takahashi (尚子, born 1972), Japanese long-distance runner
- Naoko Takeuchi (直子, born 1967), Japanese manga artist
- Naoko Watanabe (渡辺奈緒子, born 1984), Japanese actress who appeared in Silk
- Naoko Watanabe (菜生子, born 1959), Japanese voice actress
- Naoko Yamada, (尚子, born 1984), Japanese animator and film director
- Naoko Yamano (直子, born 1960), member of the Japanese rock trio Shonen Knife
- Naoko Yamazaki (直子, born 1970), Japanese astronaut
Fictional characters
- Naoko, a character in the anime series Bubblegum Crisis
- Naoko (直子), a character in the novel Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
- Naoko, a character in The Revenge of Shinobi (The Super Shinobi)
- Naoko Akagi (ナオコ), minor character in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Naoko Kamikishiro (直子), character in the light novel and manga Boogiepop and Others
- Naoko Kawamata, character in the film, The Grudge 3
- Naoko Satomi, a main character in the film The Wind Rises
- Naoko Yamada (奈緒子), the main heroine of the Japanese TV drama series Trick
- Naoko Yanagisawa (奈緒子), character in the anime and manga series Cardcaptor Sakura
- Naoko Yasutani, a main character of the novel A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
