Yumiko Explained
| Yumiko |
| Pronunciation: | Yu-mi-ko |
| Gender: | Female |
| Meaning: | Many different meanings depending on the kanji used. |
| Region: | Japan |
| Origin: | Japanese |
| Related Names: | Yumi
Yumika |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
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 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, born 1979), a Japanese voice actress.
- Yumiko Kokonoe (佑三子), a Japanese actress.
- 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 Suzuki (disambiguation), multiple people.
- Yumiko Takeshima (竹島 由美子), a Japanese costume designer, ballet dancer, and founder of YUMIKO dancewear.
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 .
- 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 as well as the TV series adaptation.
- Yumiko "Hibana" Imagawa (今川 由美子), a character in the video game series Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
- Yumiko, a character in the fighting game, Brawlhalla.
- Mirkou Yumiko, a character from Kusunoki Mebuki is a Hero.
Notes and References
- http://www.babynames.co.uk/meaning_origin_name_Yumiko.htm Yumiko-Meaning and origin of the name Yumiko
