Haruko

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| name = Haruko

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| gender = Female

| meaning = many different meanings depending on the kanji used.

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| origin = Japanese

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| related names = Haru, Haruka, Haruhi, Haruki, Harumi, Harue, Haruno, Haruna, Haruyo

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{{Nihongo|Haruko|はるこ, ハルコ}} is a feminine Japanese given name. Its most common translation is "spring child" (春子, which may also be read as a Korean name Chun-ja), though other kanji provide different meanings. Notable people with the name include:

• Princess Haruko (春子), the first daughter of Emperor Tsuchimikado
• Haruko Arimura (born 1970), politician
• Haruko Hasegawa (1895–1967), Japanese painter
• Haruko Hatoyama (1863–1938), Japanese educator
• {{Nihongo|Haruko Miyaguchi|宮口 治子||born 1976}}, Japanese politician
• Haruko Momma, Japanese philologist
• Haruko Momoi (桃井はるこ, born 1977), Japanese voice actress
• Haruko Nawata Ward, Japanese religious historian
• {{Nihongo|Haruko Sagara|相楽 晴子||born 1968}}, Japanese actress
• Haruko Saida, women's professional shogi player
• Haruko Sugimura (杉村春子, 1909–1997), Japanese actress
• Haruko Obokata (小保方晴子, born 1983), Japanese biological scientist
• {{Nihongo|Haruko Okamoto|岡本 治子||born 1945}}, Japanese figure skating coach
• Haruko Okano (born 1945), Japanese-Canadian artist
• {{Nihongo|Haruko Tachiiri|たちいり ハルコ||born 1949}}, Japanese manga artist
• Haruko Tanaka (1974–2019), Los Angeles–based artist
• {{Nihongo|Haruko Wakita|脇田 晴子||1934–2016[}}, Japanese academic
• {{Nihongo|Haruko Yoshikawa|吉川 春子||born 1940}}, Japanese politician
• the personal name of Empress Shōken