Mariko (given name)

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)

Notable people with the given name Mariko include:

• Mariko Adachi (足立 真梨子; born 1983), Japanese triathlete
• Mariko Asabuki (朝吹 真理子; born 1984), Japanese writer
• Mariko Bando (坂東 眞理子; born 1946), Japanese writer, critic, and former bureaucrat
• Mariko Daouda (born 1981), Ivorian football player
• Mariko Ebralidze (მარიკო ებრალიძე), a Georgian jazz singer
• Mariko Gotō (後藤 まりこ; born 1982), Japanese singer, lyricist, composer and actress
• Mariko Hasegawa (長谷川 眞理子; born 1952), Japanese zoologist and anthropologist
• Mariko Hayashi (林 真理子; born 1954), Japanese writer
• Mariko Hill (born 1995) Hong Kong cricketer
• Mariko Honda (本多 真梨子), Japanese voice actress
• Mariko Iwadate (岩館 真理子; born 1957), Japanese manga artist
• Mariko Kaga (加賀 まりこ; born 1943), Japanese actress
• Mariko Kawana (川奈 まり子; born 1967), Japanese AV idol and pink film actress
• Mariko Kihara (木原 万莉子; born 1997), Japanese figure skater
• Mariko Koike (小池 真理子; born 1952), Japanese novelist
• Mariko Kouda (國府田 マリ子; born 1969), Japanese actress, voice actress, J-pop singer and radio personality
• Mariko Kusumoto (born 1967), Japanese artist
• Mariko Masubuchi (増淵 まり子; born 1980), Japanese softball player
• Mariko Miyagi (宮城 まり子; 1927–2020), Japanese actress, singer, and advocate for children with disabilities
• Mariko Mori (森 万里子; born 1967), Japanese video and photographic artist
• Mariko Mori (volleyball) (森 万里子; born 1981), Japanese volleyball player
• Mariko Morimoto (森本 麻里子; born 1995), Japanese triple jumper
• Mariko Nagai (born 1974), Japanese-born poet and writer who writes in English
• Mariko Nanba, (真理子), a Japanese video game composer
• Mariko Ōhara (大原 まり子; born 1959), Japanese science fiction writer
• Mariko Oi (大井 真理子; born 1981), Japanese bilingual journalist
• Mariko Okada (岡田 茉莉子; born 1933), Japanese stage and film actress
• Mariko Okamoto (岡本 眞理子; born 1951), Japanese volleyball player and Olympic champion
• Mariko Okubo (大久保 麻梨子; born 1984), Japanese model and actress
• Mariko Ooe (大江 麻理子; born 1978), Japanese newsroom announcer
• Mariko Peters (born 1969) Dutch politician and civil servant as well as lawyer
• Mariko Sakai (酒井 麻里子; born 1990), Japanese synchronized swimmer
• Mariko Sanjo (三条 万里子; born 1933), Japanese modern dancer, choreographer and director
• Mariko Seyama (脊山 麻理子; born 1980), Japanese announcer and former model
• Mariko Shiga (志賀 真理子; 1969–1989), Japanese idol star and voice actress
• Mariko Shimizu (マリコ), a Japanese novelist
• Mariko Shinoda (篠田 麻里子; born 1986), Japanese singer, actress and fashion model
• Mariko Silver, American president and CEO of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
• Mariko Suga (菅 真理子; born 1953), Japanese wife of the former Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga
• Mariko Suzuki (鈴木 麻里子; born 1970), Japanese voice actress
• Mariko Takahashi (singer) (高橋 真梨子; born 1949), Japanese singer
• Mariko Takahashi (model and actress) (高橋 マリ子; born 1984), Japanese model and actress
• Mariko Takahashi (gymnast) (高橋 麻理子; born 1988), Japanese gymnast
• Mariko Takamura (高村 真理子; 1958–2006), Japanese cultural icon for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Mariko Tamaki (born 1975), Canadian artist and writer
• Mariko Tanaka (田中 真理子; born 1993), Japanese professional footballer
• Mariko Tone (刀根 麻理子; born 1962), Japanese singer, actor and essayist
• Mariko Tsutsui (筒井 真理子; born 1960), Japanese actress
• Mariko Umeda (梅田 麻里子; 1967–1997), Japanese female professional wrestler
• Mariko Yamada (山田 真理子; born 1950), Japanese-American social worker
• Mariko Yamamoto (山本 万里子; born 1983), Japanese former cricketer
• Mariko Yoshida (吉田 万里子; born 1970), Japanese retired professional wrestler
• Mariko Yoshida (volleyball) (吉田 真理子; born 1954), Japanese volleyball player and Olympic champion
• Mariko Yoshikawa (吉川 真理子; born 1951), Japanese fencer
• Tetsuya Mariko (真利子 哲也; born 1981), Japanese filmmaker

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

• Dictionnaire des prénoms - Larousse - 2009

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