Mariko (given name)

Mariko

Pronunciation	Má-rí-ko
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	multiple different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Mari Marié

Mariko (まりこ, マリコ, 茉莉子, 真理子, 万里子, 眞里子, 万利子) is a feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings in Japanese

The name Mariko can be written using various kanji characters, each of which has a different meaning, such as the following:

• 鞠子, "ball" + "child"
• 真理子, "truth" + "child"
• 万里子, "long distance" + "child"
• 茉莉子, "jasmine" + "child"
• 麻里子, "hemp" + "village (country house)" + "child"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana:

• まりこ (hiragana)
• マリコ (katakana)

People

Notable people with the given name Mariko include:

• Mariko Daouda (born 1981), Ivorian football player
• Mariko Ebralidze (მარიკო ებრალიძე), a Georgian jazz singer
• Mariko Gotō (まりこ), a Japanese musician and actress
• Mariko Hayashi (林 真理子, born 1954), Japanese writer
• Mariko Iwadate (真理子), a Japanese manga artist
• Mariko Kaga (まりこ), a Japanese actress
• Mariko Kawana (まり子), a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress
• Mariko Kōda (マリ子), a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer
• Mariko Koike (小池 真理子, born 1952), Japanese writer
• Mariko Masubuchi (増淵 まり子, born 1980), Japanese softball player
• Mariko Mori (万里子), a Japanese video and photographic artist
• Mariko Nanba, (真理子), a Japanese video game composer
• Mariko Nishiwaki (万里子), a Japanese volleyball player
• Mariko Ōhara (まり子), a Japanese science fiction writer
• Mariko Okada (茉莉子), a Japanese actress
• Mariko Okamoto (眞理子), a Japanese volleyball player
• Mariko Peters, a Dutch politician
• Mariko Suzuki (麻里子), a Japanese voice actress
• Mariko Shiga (真理子), a Japanese idol and voice actress
• Mariko Shimizu (マリコ), a Japanese novelist
• Mariko Shinoda (麻里子), a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48
• Mariko Takahashi (gymnast) (高橋 麻理子, born 1988), Japanese gymnast
• Mariko Takahashi (model and actress) (高橋 マリ子, born 1984), Japanese model and actress
• Mariko Takahashi (singer) (高橋 真梨子, born 1949), Japanese singer
• Mariko Takamura (まりこ), a Japanese deaf artist, writer, and performer
• Mariko Yamada, an American Democratic assemblywoman
• Mariko Yamamoto (万里子), (born 1983), Japanese cricketer
• Mariko Yoshida (万里子), a Japanese professional wrestler
• Mariko Yoshida (真理子), a Japanese volleyball player
• Mariko Yoshikawa (吉川 真理子, born 1951), Japanese fencer
• Plum Mariko (麻里子), a Japanese professional wrestler

Fictional characters

Notable fictional characters with the given name Mariko include:

• Mariko, a character in the newspaper and webcomic strip Piled Higher and Deeper
• Mariko Konjo, a character in the anime and manga series Ranma ½
• Mariko Kurama, a supporting character of the anime series Elfen Lied
• Mariko Shinobu, a character in the anime and manga series Onii-sama e...
• Mariko Takeda, a fictional character from the comic book series W.I.T.C.H
• Mariko Tanaka, a character in the video game Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi
• Mariko Toda, a character in the novel Shōgun
• Mariko Uehara, a character from the television drama Nobuta wo Produce
• Mariko Uki, a character in the Japanese horror movie Ju-on: The Grudge
• Mariko Yashida, a character that appears in various comic books published by Marvel Comics

References

• Dictionnaire des prénoms - Larousse - 2009