Mariko (given name)

Mariko
Pronunciation	Má-rí-ko
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/Name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japanese
Other names
Related names	Mari Marié

Mariko (まりこ, マリコ,茉莉子,真理子,万里子,眞里子,万利子^?) is a common feminine Japanese given name. In Georgian, Mariko is the diminutive form of Mari (or Mary).^{[citation needed]}

Possible writings in Japanese

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

• 鞠子, "ball, child"
• 真理子, "truth, child"
• 万里子, "long distance, child"
• 茉莉子, "jasmine, child"
• 麻里子

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

• Mariko Do (真理子), a Japanese announcer
• Mariko Iwadate (真理子), a Japanese manga artist
• Mariko Kōda (マリ子), a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer
• Mariko Mori (万里子), a Japanese video and photographic artist
• Mariko Morikawa (まりこ), a Japanese AV idol
• Mariko Nanba, (真理子), a Japanese video game composer
• Mariko Nishiwaki (万里子), a Japanese volleyball player
• Mariko Ōhara (まり子), a Japanese science fiction writer
• Mariko Okada (茉莉子), a Japanese actress
• Mariko Okamoto (眞理子), a Japanese volleyball player
• Mariko Peters, a Dutch politician
• Mariko Suzuki (麻里子), a Japanese voice actress
• Mariko Shiga (真理子), a Japanese idol and voice actrees
• Mariko Shimizu (マリコ), a Japanese novelist
• Mariko Shinoda (麻里子), a member of the Japanese idol group AKB48
• Mariko Takahashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Mariko Takamura (まりこ), a Japanese deaf artist, writer, and performer
• Mariko Yamada, a Democratic assemblywoman in the U.S.
• Mariko Yoshida (万里子), a Japanese professional wrestler
• Mariko Yoshida (真理子), a Japanese volleyball player
• MC Mariko, one of the two vocalists of the Finnish band Kwan
• Plum Mariko (麻里子), a Japanese professional wrestler

Fictional characters

• Mariko, a character in the newspaper and web comic strip Piled Higher and Deeper
• Mariko Konjo (マリ子) a character in the anime and manga series Ranma ½
• Mariko Kurama, a supporting character of the anime series Elfen Lied
• Mariko Tanaka, a character in the Wing Commander computer game series
• Mariko Yashida, a character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics
• The name of Rika Nishina's best friend in the Japanese horror movie "Ju-on: The Grudge" is Mariko
• Mariko Takeda,a fictional character from the comic book series W.I.T.C.H
• Lady Mariko Buntaro-Toda in Shogun (book and miniseries)
• Mariko, a character in the comic book series Usagi Yojimbo

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