Naoko

Naoko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: • 直子, "obedient, child" • 尚子, "esteem, child" • 奈緒子, "Nara, cord, child" • 菜緒子, "greens, cord, child" • 奈央子, "Nara, center, child" • 菜穂子, "greens, ear (of grain), child" • 奈保子, "Nara, keep, child" • 奈生子, "Nara, fresh, child" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. ==People with the name==

• , Japanese former professional boxer • , Japanese tennis table player • , Japanese badminton player • , Japanese American sportscaster • , Japanese singer-songwriter • , Japanese volleyball player • , Japanese writer, manga artist and former women's professional shogi player • , Japanese television and film actress and a former gravure idol • , Japanese former freestyle swimmer • , Japanese sports shooter • , Japanese former sailor • , Japanese suit actress • , Japanese former pop idol, singer-songwriter, and composer • , Japanese former football player • , Japanese synchronized swimmer • , Japanese singer and actress • , Japanese retired tennis player • , Japanese manga artist • , Japanese voice actress • , Japanese female kickboxer • , Japanese swimmer • Naoko Kurahashi Neilson, American astrophysicist and neutrino astronomer • , Japanese artist • , Japanese former taijiquan athlete • , Japanese-Canadian print-maker • , Japanese voice actress and narrator • , Japanese Professor in the Department of Archaeology • , Japanese former swimmer • , Japanese actress • , Japanese manga artist • , Japanese former football player • , Japanese comedian and musician • , Japanese film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer • , Japanese actress • , Japanese female handball player • , Japanese field hockey player • , Japanese long-distance runner • , Japanese softball player • Naoko Sakurai (born 1953), Japanese equestrian • , Japanese retired professional tennis player • , Japanese former professional tennis player • Naoko Shibusawa (born 1964), Japanese Associate Professor of History • , Japanese Professor of History • , Japanese politician and lawyer • , Japanese news anchor and television personality • , Japanese retired long-distance runner • , Japanese chess player • , Japanese manga artist • , Japanese jazz violinist • , Japanese media artist • , Japanese actress and model • , Japanese voice actress • , known as Orie Kimoto, Japanese actress and voice actress • , Japanese animator and director • , Japanese musician of the Japanese rock trio Shonen Knife • , Japanese engineer and former astronaut • , Japanese feminist, constitutional protection activist, and anti-war activist • , Japanese actress and voice actress • , Japanese paper cut artist • , Japanese educator, trade unionist, politician, socialist and peace activist • , Japanese writer ==Fictional characters==

• Naoko, a character in the anime series Bubblegum Crisis • Naoko (直子), a character in the novel Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami • Naoko, a character in The Revenge of Shinobi (The Super Shinobi) • Naoko Akagi (ナオコ), minor character in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion • Naoko Kamikishiro (直子), character in the light novel and manga Boogiepop and Others • Naoko Kawamata, character in the film, The Grudge 3 • Naoko Satomi, a main character in the film The Wind Rises • Naoko Yamada (奈緒子), the main heroine of the Japanese TV drama series Trick • Naoko Yanagisawa (奈緒子), character in the anime and manga series Cardcaptor Sakura • Naoko Yasutani, a main character of the novel A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki