tomoko
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{{Infobox Given Name Revised
| name = Tomoko
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| pronunciation = (TOH-moh-koh)
| gender = Female
| meaning = Different meanings depending on the kanji used
| region = Japan
| origin = Japanese
| footnotes = [http://www.babynames.co.uk/meaning_origin_name_Tomoko.htm Tomoko-Meaning and origin of the name Tomoko]
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Tomoko (ともこ, トモコ) is a female Japanese given name.
Like many Japanese names, Tomoko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 友子 - "friendly child"
- 知子 - "knowing child"
- 智子 - "wise child"
- 朋子 - "friendly child"
- 皆子 - "beautiful girl"
- 詩子 - "poetic child"
People with the name
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Abe|阿部 知子||born 1948}}, Japanese politician
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Akane|赤根 智子}}, Japanese judge
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Akiya|秋谷 智子||born 1976}}, Japanese voice actress
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Fukumi|福見 友子||born 1985}}, Japanese judoka
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Fuse|布施 知子||born 1951}}, Japanese origami writer
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Hagiwara|萩原 智子||born 1980}}, Japanese swimmer
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Honda|本田 朋子||born 1983}}, Japanese announcer
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Hoshino|星野 知子||born 1957}}, Japanese actress and essayist
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Igata|井形 とも子||born 1965}}, Japanese motorcycle racer
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Ikuta|生田 智子||born 1967}}, Japanese actress
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Ishida|石田 智子||born 1977}}, Japanese sprinter
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Ishimura|石村 知子||born 1972}}, Japanese voice actress
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Kami|紙 智子||born 1955}}, Japanese politician
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Kamimura|上村 智子||1956 – 1977}}, victim of Minamata disease and subject of the photo Tomoko and Mother in the Bath
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Kanazawa|金澤 朋子||born 1995}}, Japanese singer
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Kaneda|金田 朋子||born 1973}}, Japanese voice actress
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Kashiki|樫木 知子||born 1982}}, Japanese artist
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Kawakami|川上 とも子||1970 – 2011}}, Japanese voice actress
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Kawase|川瀬 智子||born 1975}}, Japanese singer
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Kitamura|北村 智子||born 1963}}, Japanese professional wrestler
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Kondō|近藤 智子||born 1968}}, Japanese singer, part of 1980s J-Pop duo BaBe
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Konoike|鴻池 朋子||born 1960}}, Japanese painter
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Maruo|丸尾 知子|}}, Japanese voice actress
- Tomoko Masuzawa, American philosopher
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Matsunaga|松永 知子||born 1971}}, Japanese women's footballer
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Matsunashi|松梨 智子||born 1971}}, Japanese film director and actress
- Tomoko Miho (1931 – 2012), American graphic designer
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Miyaguchi|宮口 知子||born 1975}}, Japanese professional wrestler
- Tomoko Moriguchi-Matsuno (born 1945), American businesswoman
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Muramatsu|村松 智子||born 1994}}, Japanese women's footballer
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Nagai|永井 奉子||born 1981}}, Japanese swimmer
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Naka|中 友子||born 1963}}, Japanese voice actress
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Nakajima|中嶋 朋子||born 1971}}, Japanese actress
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Namba|南場 智子||born 1962}}, Japanese businesswoman
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Naraoka|奈良岡 朋子||1929–2023}}, Japanese actress
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Ninomiya|二ノ宮 知子||born 1969}}, Japanese manga artist
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Ogawa|尾川 智子||born 1978}}, Japanese rock climber
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Ohara|大原智子||born 1957}}, Japanese women's footballer
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Ohta|太田 朋子||born 1933}}, Japanese geneticist, pioneer of the nearly neutral theory of molecular evolution
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Oka|岡 智子||born 1964}}, Japanese fencer
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Okano|岡野 知子||born 1979}}, Japanese volleyball player
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Onogi|大野木 智子||born 1969}}, Japanese swimmer
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Owada|大和田 智子||born 1941}}, Japanese fencer
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Sakagami|坂上 智子||born 1983}}, Japanese ice hockey player
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Sasaki|佐々木 知子||born 1955}}, Japanese lawyer, politician and writer
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Sawada|澤田 知子||born 1977}}, Japanese photographer
- Tomoko Sugawara, Japanese harpist
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Suzuki|鈴木 智子||born 1982}}, Japanese women's footballer
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Tabata|田畑 智子||born 1980}}, Japanese actress
- Tomoko Takahashi (born 1966), Japanese artist
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Tamura|田村智子||born 1965}}, Japanese politician
- Tomoko Tamura (fl. 1983), Japanese table tennis player
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Tanaka|田中 智子||born 1958}}, Japanese ice dancer
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Tane|種 ともこ||born 1961}}, Japanese singer, songwriter and arranger
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Taniguchi|たにぐち 智子|}}, Japanese manga artist
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Ukishima|浮島 智子||born 1963}}, Japanese politician
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Yamaguchi|山口 智子||born 1964}}, Japanese actress and singer
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Yonemura|米村 知子||born 1982}}, Japanese tennis player
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Yoshida|吉田 知子||born 1934}}, Japanese writer
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Yoshihara|吉原 知子||born 1970}}, Japanese volleyball player
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Yoshino|芳野友子||born 1965}}, Japanese president of RENGO
Fictional characters
- Tomoko Anabuki (穴拭 智子), a character from the Strike Witches light novel
- Tomoko Hayashi, a character from the tokusatsu show Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
- Tomoko Higashikata, a character from the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Tomoko Kuroki, the main character from the manga series WataMote
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Midorikawa|緑川 とも子}}, a character from the 2012 anime series Smile PreCure!
- Tomoko Nakaoka, the baby sister of Barefoot Gen
- {{Nihongo|Tomoko Nomura|野村 朋子}}, a character from the manga and anime series Great Teacher Onizuka
- Tomoko Nozama, a character from the tokusatsu show Kamen Rider Fourze
- Tomoko Saeki, a character from the anime and manga series DNA²
- Tomoko Shiretoko, a character from the Boku no Hero Academia
- In Liu Cixin's science fiction novel Death's End the ambassador of an alien civilisation is called 智子 and appears in the shape of a Japanese woman. This is a double entendre between sophon (a fictitious elementary particle) and the Japanese name.
References
See also
- "Tomoko", a song by Icelandic singer Hafdís Huld
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- Tomoyo
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