Ayako
{{for|the manga series|Ayako (manga)}}
{{Infobox given name2
| name = Ayako
| image= Princess Ayako cropped 1 Janice Varzari and Princess Ayako 201707 2.jpg
| image_size=
| caption= Ayako Moriya
| pronunciation= Á-ya-ko
| gender = Female
| meaning = Different meanings depending on the kanji used.
| language = Japanese
| seealso = Aya
Ayaka
Ayame
Ayana
Ayano
}}
Ayako is a feminine Japanese given name.
Written forms
Ayako can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 文子, "writings, child"
- 綾子, "twill, child"
- 絢子, "kimono design, child"
- 彩子, "coloring, child"
- 順子, "order, child"
- 礼子, "courtesy, child"
- 亜矢子, "Asia, arrow, child"
- 安夜子, "peaceful, night, child"
The name can also be written in hiragana ({{Nihongo2|あやこ}}) or katakana ({{Nihongo2|アヤコ}}).
People with the name
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Enomoto|榎本 亜弥子||born 1985}}, Japanese model and actress
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Fuchigami|渕上 綾子||born 1975}}, Japanese politician
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Fuji|藤 あや子||born 1961}}, Japanese enka singer
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Fujitani|藤谷 文子||born 1979}}, Japanese writer, actress and daughter of Steven Seagal
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Hamada|浜田 文子||born 1981}}, Japanese-Mexican professional wrestler
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Hara|原 綾子||born 1988}}, Japanese model and beauty pageant winner
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Hirose|広瀬 綾子||born 1969}}, Japanese tennis player
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Ikeda|池田 綾子||born 1978}}, Japanese singer-songwriter
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Imoto|井本 絢子||born 1986}}, Japanese comedian
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Ishigaki|石垣 綾子||1903–1996}}, Japanese-born American journalist
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Ito|伊藤 綾子||born 1980}}, Japanese announcer
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Jinnouchi|陣内 綾子||born 1987}}, Japanese middle-distance runner
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Kawasumi|川澄 綾子||born 1976}}, Japanese voice actress and pop singer
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Kimura|木村 文子||born 1988}}, Japanese hurdler
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Kitamoto|北本 綾子||born 1983}}, Japanese women's footballer
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Matsumura|松村 亜矢子||born 1982}}, Japanese synchronized swimmer
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Miura|三浦 綾子||1922–1999}}, Japanese novelist
- Ayako Miyazaki (born 1982), Japanese cricketer
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Moriya|守谷 絢子||born 1990}}, former Japanese princess
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Nakano (swimmer)|中野 亜弥子||born 1973}}, Japanese swimmer
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Nakayama|中山 綾子||born 1987}}, Japanese cricketer
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Nishikawa|西川 史子||born 1971}}, Japanese physician and television personality
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Okamoto|岡本 綾子||born 1951}}, Japanese golfer
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Ōnuma|大沼 綾子||born 1979}}, Japanese volleyball player
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Sakuramoto|櫻本 絢子||born 1995}}, Japanese badminton player
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Sana|眞 恵子||born 1985}}, Japanese volleyball player
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Sanada|真田 彩子||born 1972}}, Japanese shogi player
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Shiraishi|白石 文子||born 1963}}, Japanese voice actress
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Shirasaki|白崎 彩子}}, Japanese jazz musician
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Shōda|正田 絢子||born 1981}}, Japanese sport wrestler
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Sono|曽野 綾子||1931–2025}}, Japanese writer
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Tsubaki|椿 文子||born 1969}}, Japanese speed skater
- Ayako Tsuru (born 1941), Mexican artist
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Uehara (golfer)|上原 彩子||born 1983}}, Japanese golfer
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Uehara (pianist)|上原 彩子||born 1980}}, Japanese classical pianist
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Wakao|若尾 文子||born 1933}}, Japanese actress
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Yoshida|吉田 理子||born 1976}}, Japanese rower
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Yoshikawa|吉川 綾子||born 1933}}, Japanese sprinter and long jumper
Fictional characters
- {{Nihongo|Ayako|彩子}}, a character in the manga series Slam Dunk
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Katagiri|片桐 彩子}}, a character in the video game Tokimeki Memorial
- {{Nihongo|Ayako Yuuki|結城 綾子}}, a character in the video game series Variable Geo
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