Yuriko

Yuriko (ゆりこ, ユリコ, ゆり子) is a common Japanese given name, used for women.

Yuriko

Yuriko Koike, a politician
Pronunciation	Yúriko
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Yuri Yurika Yurie

Possible writings

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

• 百合子, "lily, child"
• 由里子, "reason, hometown, child"
• 由利子, "reason, benefit, child"
• 由李子, "reason, plum, child"
• 優梨子, "tenderness, pear, child"
• 有里子, "possess, hometown, child"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Real people

with the given name Yuriko

• Yuriko Backes, a Luxembourgish diplomat and politician
• Alisa Yuriko Durbrow (ユリコ), a Japanese model, actress, and singer
• Yuriko Chiba (千羽 由利子), a Japanese animation director
• Yuriko Doi, choreographer and stage director
• Yuriko Fuchizaki (渕崎 ゆり子), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuriko Handa (百合子), a Japanese volleyball player
• Yuriko Hirohashi (広橋 百合子, 1916–1977), Japanese high jumper
• Yuriko Hishimi (ひし美 ゆり子), a Japanese actress
• Yuriko Ishida (石田 ゆり子), a Japanese actress
• Yuriko Kaida (貝田 由里子), a Japanese singer
• Yuriko Kajiya (百合子), a Japanese ballerina
• Yuriko Kikuchi (née Amemiya, 1920–2022), a Japanese American dancer
• Yuriko Kobayashi (祐梨子), a Japanese middle distance runner
• Yuriko Koike (小池 百合子), a Japanese politician
• Yuriko Kuronuma (ユリ子), a Japanese violinist
• Yuriko Miyamoto (宮本 百合子), a Japanese novelist
• Yuriko Nakamura (由利子), a Japanese composer and pianist
• Yuriko Shima (島 由理子), Japanese footballer
• Yuriko Shiratori (百合子), a Japanese gravure idol, tarento and actress
• Yuriko Takagi (高木 百合子, 1923–2024), later Princess Mikasa of Japan
• Yuriko Takahashi (高橋 百合子, born 1973), Japanese weightlifter
• Yuriko Takeshita (竹下 百合子, born 1988), Japanese slalom canoeist
• Yuriko Yamaguchi (山口 由里子), (born 1965) a Japanese voice actress
• Yuriko Yamaguchi, a Japanese American sculptor
• Yuriko Yamamoto (山本 百合子), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuriko Yoshitaka (吉高 由里子), a Japanese actress

Fictional characters

with the given name Yuriko

• Yuriko Omega (百合子Ω), the commando unit of the Empire of the Rising Sun in the real-time strategy video game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
• Yuriko Oyama (ユリコ・オヤマ, also known as Lady Deathstrike), a Marvel Comics villain
• Yuriko Star (ユリコ), a character in the manga and anime series The Irresponsible Captain Tylor
• Yuriko Janetson is the name of the narrator's daughter in Joanna Russ's short story "When It Changed"
• Yuriko Suzuhina is the name of the cross dressing version of Accelerator by Kamijou Touma in the To Aru Majutsu no Index.
• Yuriko Edogawa, a character from Ultra Q
• Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow is a card from the Magic: The Gathering trading card game.
• Yuriko Nishinotouin, Head of the Traditional Culture Research Club at Hyakkou Private Academy in the anime Kakegurui.

See also

• Yuri (Japanese name)
• 13146 Yuriko, a Main-belt Asteroid