Mariko (given name)

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.

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

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