Kyoko

The final syllable "ko" is typically written with the kanji character for child, 子. It is a common suffix to female names in Japan. The first syllable "Kyō" can be written several different ways, with different meanings.

• 恭, "respectful,"
• 京, "of the city or of the capital,"
• 今日, "of today,"
• 杏, "apricot,"
• 鏡, "mirror,"
• 響, "echo", "influential"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

• Kyoko Aizome (恭子), an AV actress, singer, director, and writer
• Kyoko Ariyoshi (京子), a Japanese shōjo manga artist
• Kyoko Chan Cox, the daughter of Yoko Ono and jazz musician Anthony Cox
• Kyoko Fukada (恭子), a Japanese actress, model, and singer
• Kyoko Hamaguchi (京子), a Japanese freestyle wrestler
• Kyōko Hasegawa (京子), a Japanese actress
• Kyoko Hayashi (京子), a Japanese author
• Kyoko Hikami (恭子), a Japanese voice actress
• Kyoko Ina (恭子), a Japanese figure skater
• Kyoko Inoue (京子), a Japanese professional wrestler
• Kyoko Ishida (石田 京子, born 1960), Japanese volleyball player
• Kyoko Iwasaki (恭子), a Japanese swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
• Kyoko Izawa (京子), a Japanese politician
• Kyoko Kimura (木村 響子, born 1977), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
• Kyōko Kishida (今日子), a Japanese actress, voice actress, and children's book writer
• Kyōko Kagawa (京子), a Japanese actress
• Kyoko Kano, an older sister of the Japanese celebrities Kano Sisters
• Kyoko Kitamura, a Japanese American musician
• Kyōko Koizumi (今日子), a Japanese singer and actress
• Kyoko Kubota (久保田 恭子, born 1933), Japanese gymnast
• Kyoko Mano (真野 郷子, born 1956), Japanese gymnast
• Kyoko Miyagi aka Kyouko Tonguu (恭子), a Japanese voice actress
• Kyoko Mizuki (杏子), a Japanese writer
• Kyoko Nakajima (中島 京子, born 1964), Japanese writer
• Kyoko Nakayama (恭子), a Japanese politician
• Kyoko Nishikawa (京子), a Japanese politician
• Kyōko Saitō (齊藤 京子, born 1997), Japanese idol
• Kyoko Sasage (捧 匡子, born 1969), Japanese badminton player
• Kyoko Shimazaki (島崎 京子, born 1972), Japanese speed skater
• Kyoko Takezawa (恭子), a Japanese violinist
• Kyoko Terase (今日子), a Japanese voice actress
• Kyoko Uchiyama (内山 京子, born 1968), Japanese table tennis player
• Kyoko Yamada, a Japanese voice actress
• Kyoko Yamazaki (山崎 京子, born 1954), Japanese archer

• Kyoko Harase (京子), a character in the 2003 J-Horror film Ju-on: The Grudge 2
• Kyoko Himeji, a character from Girl's High (Joshikousei)
• Kyoko Kirisaki, a fictional pyrokinetic
• Kyoko Honda (今日子), a character in the manga and anime series Fruits Basket
• Kyoko Minazuki (響子), a playable character in the fighting game series Rival Schools
• Kyoko Iwase(恭子), a racing character from Initial D series.
• Kyoko Mogami (キョーコ), the main heroine of the shōjo manga Skip Beat!
• Kyoko Okitegami (今日子), the main character in Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku
• Kyoko Otonashi (響子), the female protagonist of the manga and anime series Maison Ikkoku
• Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu (キョウコ), a character in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Kyoko Sasagawa (京子), a character in the anime series Katekyo Hitman REBORN!
• Kyoko, a friendly home computer in the 2008 Janet Jackson album Discipline
• Kyoko Hoin, a character in Kodomo no Jikan
• Kyoko Okudera, the main female protagonist in the Japanese horror movie Chakushin Ari 2
• Kyoko, a To-Oh University student in the anime and manga series Death Note (appears volumes 3 and 4, episodes 9, 10, and 15). She is noted for her crush on the Detective L.
• Kyoko Yuuki (結城 京子), Asuna Yuuki's mother in the Sword Art Online series
• Kyoko, a young woman who comes to New York City to find a man who taught her to dance salsa, from the novel Kyoko by Ryū Murakami.
• Kyoko, a character in Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?
• Kyoko, a character in Yukio Mishima's Kyoko no Ie (Kyōko no Ie 鏡子の家)
• Kyoko, a character in Log Horizon
• Kyoko Sakura (佐倉 杏子), a character in Puella Magi Madoka Magica
• Kyoko Toshinō, a character in Yuru Yuri
• Kyōko Shirafuji (白藤 杏子), a female character in the manga and anime series Working!!.
• Kyoko Kirigiri, a character in Danganronpa
• Kyoko Ozaki- the wife of Doctor Toshio Ozaki in the anime, manga, and novel, Shiki
• Kyōko Kasodani, a character in Ten Desires
• Kyōko, a character in Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka and later River City Girls
• Kyoko, servant to Blue Book CEO Nathan Bateman in Ex Machina

• Kyoko, a novel by Ryū Murakami
• Kyoko or, in English, Because of You, a film inspired by Ryū Murakami's book