Mariko (given name)
Mariko is a feminine Japanese given name.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, "hemp, village, child"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana:
- まりこ,
- マリコ,
People
- Mariko Daouda, Ivorian football player
- Mariko Ebralidze, a Georgian jazz singer
- Mariko Gotō, a Japanese musician and actress
- Mariko Iwadate, a Japanese manga artist
- Mariko Kaga, a Japanese actress
- Mariko Kawana, a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress
- Mariko Kōda, a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer
- Mariko Koike, Japanese writer
- Mariko Masubuchi, Japanese softball player
- Mariko Mori, a Japanese video and photographic artist
- Mariko Nanba,, a Japanese video game composer
- Mariko Nishiwaki, a Japanese volleyball player
- Mariko Ōhara, a Japanese science fiction writer
- Mariko Okada, a Japanese actress
- Mariko Okamoto, a Japanese volleyball player
- Mariko Peters, a Dutch politician
- Mariko Suzuki, a Japanese voice actress
- Mariko Shiga, a Japanese idol and voice actress
- Mariko Shimizu, a Japanese novelist
- Mariko Shinoda, a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48
- Mariko Takahashi, Japanese gymnast
- Mariko Takahashi, Japanese model and actress
- Mariko Takahashi, Japanese singer
- Mariko Takamura, a Japanese deaf artist, writer, and performer
- Mariko Yamada, a Democratic assemblywoman in the U.S.
- Mariko Yamamoto,, Japanese cricketer
- Mariko Yoshida, a Japanese professional wrestler
- Mariko Yoshida, a Japanese volleyball player
- Mariko Yoshikawa, Japanese fencer
- Plum Mariko, a Japanese professional wrestler
Fictional characters
- Mariko, a character in the newspaper and web comic strip Piled Higher and Deeper
- Mariko Konjo, a character in the anime and manga series Ranma ½
- Mariko Kurama, a supporting character of the anime series Elfen Lied
- Mariko Takeda, a fictional character from the comic book series W.I.T.C.H
- Mariko Tanaka, a character in the video game '
- Mariko Toda, a character in the novel Shōgun
- Mariko Uehara, a character from the television drama Nobuta wo Produce
- Mariko Uki, a character in the Japanese horror movie '
- Mariko Yashida, a character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics
