Eriko

Eriko (えりこ, エリコ) is a feminine/neutral Japanese given name.

Eriko

Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	it can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of origin	Japanese

Possible writings

Eriko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 恵梨子, "blessing, pear, child"
• 恵理子, "blessing, reason, child"
• 絵里子, "picture, hometown, child"
• 絵梨子, "picture, pear, child"
• 絵理子, "picture, reason, child"
• 江里子, "inlet, hometown, child"
• 恵里子, "blessing, hometown, child"
• 恵利子, "blessing, profit, child"
• 江利子, "inlet, profit, child"
• 枝里子, "branch, hometown, child"
• 英梨子, "excel, pear, child"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

• Eriko Arakawa (恵理子, born 1979), Japanese female footballer
• Eriko Asai (えり子, born 1959), Japanese long-distance runner
• Eriko Fujimaki (恵理子, born 1974), Japanese voice actress
• Eriko Hara (えりこ, born 1959), Japanese voice actress
• Eriko Hirose (栄理子, born 1985), Japanese badminton player
• Eriko Hori (絵梨子, born 1988), Korean-Japanese singer, actress and voice actress
• Eriko Imai (絵理子, born 1983), Ryukyuan J-pop artist
• Eriko Ishino (石野 枝里子, born 1985), Japanese speed skater
• Eriko Kimura (木村 絵理子, born 1961), Japanese audio director
• Eriko Kitagawa (悦吏子, born 1961), Japanese screenwriter and film director
• Eriko Kumakawa (熊川 恵利子, born c. 1971), Japanese Paralympic goalball player
• Eriko Kusuda (枝里子), a Japanese freelance television announcer
• Eriko Matsui (恵理子松井, born 1989), Japanese voice actress
• Eriko Nakamura (中村繪里子, born 1981), Japanese voice actress
• Eriko Ono, Japanese manga artist
• Eriko Sanmiya (三宮 恵利子, born 1974), Japanese speed skater
• Eriko Sato (江梨子, born 1981), Japanese actress and model
• Eriko Seo (妹尾 栄里子, born 1979), Japanese speed skater
• Eriko Tamura (英里子, born 1973), Japanese actress and singer
• Eri Watanabe (えり子, born 1955), Japanese actress, previously credited as Eriko Watanabe
• Eriko Yamaguchi, women's professional shogi player
• Eriko Yamatani (えり子, born 1950), Japanese politician

Fictional characters

• Eriko Christy, a protagonist of the video game Illbleed
• Eriko Takahashi (絵里子), a main character of the erotic comedy manga series High School Girls
• Eriko Torii (江利子), a character from the manga and anime series Maria-sama ga Miteru
• Eriko Kirishima, a character in Revelations: Persona video game
• Eriko Fukada, a young writer of Haruki Murakamis novel 1Q84. She is often referred Fukaeri, her pseudonym
• Eriko, sister of main character of the manga series and anime adaptation of Ajin.

See also

• Idol Densetsu Eriko, a Japanese anime series