Yumiko

Yumiko

Pronunciation	Yu-mi-ko
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Yumi Yumika
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Yumiko is a feminine Japanese given name.

Written forms

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 (阿部 由美子; born 1979), Japanese professional wrestler
• Yumiko Aoyagi (青柳 祐美子; born 1970), Japanese television writer
• Yumiko Cheng (鄭烈瓊; born 1981), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress
• Yumiko Ehara (江原 由美子; born 1952), Japanese sociologist
• Yumiko Fujii (藤井 由宮子; born 1972), Japanese softball player
• Yumiko Fujita (藤田 弓子; born 1945), Japanese actress
• Yumiko Fukushima (福島 弓子; born 1965), Japanese TBS TV announcer
• Yumiko Hara (原裕 美子; born 1982), Japanese marathon runner
• Yumiko Himei (姫井 由美子; born 1959), Japanese former politician
• Yumiko Hosono (細野 佑美子; born 1981), Japanese actress, voice actress, and singer
• Yumiko Hotta (堀田 祐美子; born 1967), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
• Yumiko Igarashi (いがらし ゆみこ; born 1950), Japanese manga artist
• Yumiko Ishiguro (石黒 由美子; born 1983), Japanese synchronized swimmer
• Yumiko Iwase (岩瀬 佑美子; born 1990), Japanese former idol of the idol group Nogizaka46
• Yumiko Kato (born 1968), Japanese luger
• Yumiko Kawahara (川原 由美子; born 1960), Japanese shōjo manga artist
• Yumiko Kayukawa (粥川 由美子; born 1970), Japanese visual artist
• Yumiko Kobayashi (小林 由美子; born 1979), Japanese voice actress
• Yumiko Kokonoe (九重 佑三子; born 1946), Japanese actress and singer
• Yumiko Kurahashi (倉橋 由美子; 1935–2005), Japanese writer
• Yumiko Kurisu (来栖 由美子; born 1961), Japanese classical soprano, a musicologist and an academic teacher
• Yumiko Nakagawa, a Japanese girl at the center of an Okinawan controversy.
• Yumiko Nogawa (野川 由美子; born 1944), Japanese actress
• Yumiko Ohno (大野 由美子; born 1966), Japanese bassist of the rock band Buffalo Daughter
• Yumiko Okada (岡田 結美子; born 1970), Japanese professional 6 dan Go player
• Yumiko Ono (born 1954), Japanese former swimmer
• Yumiko Ōshima (大島 弓子; born 1947), Japanese manga artist
• Yumiko Seki (関 有美子; born 1998), Japanese former idol of the idol group Sakurazaka46
• Yumiko Shaku (釈 由美子; born 1978), Japanese actress, model and former gravure idol
• Yumiko Shibata (柴田 由美子; born 1964), Japanese former voice actress
• Yumiko Shige (重 由美子; 1965–2018), Japanese sailor
• Yumiko Shirai (白井 弓子; born 1967), Japanese manga artist
• Yumiko Suzuki (鈴木 祐美子; born 1976), Japanese sprint canoer
• Yumiko Suzuki (鈴木 裕美子; born 1960), Japanese former cyclist
• Yumiko Takahashi (高橋 由美子; born 1974), Japanese actress and singer
• Yumiko Takeshima (竹島 由美子; born 1970), Japanese costume designer, ballet dancer, and founder of YUMIKO dancewear.
• Yumiko Takino (瀧野 由美子; born 1997), Japanese tarento, model, presenter, actress and former idol singer
• Yumiko Tsuzuki (都築 有美子; born 1983), Japanese volleyball player
• Yumiko Udo (有働 由美子; born 1969), Japanese journalist, television reporter, television personality, and former NHK Announcer.
• Yumiko Urabe (占部 由美子; born 1959), Japanese pianist
• Yumiko Yamano (山野 由美子; born 1988), Japanese handball player

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 Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei.
• 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 .

References

1. Yumiko-Meaning and origin of the name Yumiko