is a common feminine Japanese given name.
Name meanings Hiroko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: 裕子, "Kind child" 弘子, "Beautiful child" 寛子, "Kind, tolerant child" 浩子, "Large child" 博子, "Wise child" 宏子, "Large child" 広子, "Broad child" 紘子, "Large child" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
Hiragana: ひろこ
Katakana: ヒロコ
People with the name , Japanese actress, model and gravure idol , Japanese voice actress Hiroko Emura, Japanese international lawn bowler , Japanese table tennis player , Japanese empress consort of Emperor Go-Reizei Hiroko Hara (born 1972), Japanese former professional tennis player , Japanese model and actress , better known as Chikage Oogi, Japanese actress and politician , Japanese singer, actress and television personality , Japanese female track cyclist , Japanese retired judoka , Japanese archer , Japanese fencer , Japanese voice actress, J-pop singer and stage actress , Japanese poet and translator , Japanese slalom canoeist , Japanese artist and photographer , Japanese voice actress, musician and AI artificial intelligence researcher , Japanese handball player , Japanese news presenter and journalist Hiroko Kurihara, American Oakland California-based designer and activist , Japanese singer , Japanese tennis player , Japanese swimmer , Japanese voice actress , Japanese model , Japanese volleyball player , Japanese fashion model, athlete , Japanese writer , Japanese Nurse leader and educator , Japanese actress and former idol singer , Okinawan-born Mahjong player , Japanese manga artist and photographer , Japanese former professional tennis player Hiroko Mori (born 1937), Micronesian clerk and politician , Japanese singer and tarento , Japanese cosmochemist and astromineralogist , Japanese former badminton player , Japanese swimmer , Japanese leftist revolutionary and terrorist , Japanese pianist , Japanese former politician , Japanese cyclist , Japanese contemporary artist , Japanese voice actress and singer , Japanese inventor and musicologist , Japanese sprint canoeist , Japanese politician, university president and a researcher of economics , Japanese retired rhythmic gymnast , Japanese writer , Japanese short-track speed-skater , Japanese swimmer , Japanese softball player , Japanese actress, author and producer Hiroko Sasaki, Japanese pianist Hiroko Sato-Pijanowski (born 1942), Japanese jewelry designer, artist, author and educator , Japanese gravure idol, actress and singer , Japanese javelin thrower , Japanese manga artist , Japanese luger , Japanese singer , Japanese ten-pin bowler , Japanese ultramarathon and marathon runner , Japanese professional wrestling valet and promoter , Japanese actress Hiroko Tabuchi, Japanese climate journalist , Japanese voice actress , Japanese artist and kimono designer , Japanese cross-country skier , better known as Ao Takahashi, Japanese voice actress , Japanese fiction writer and literary critic , Japanese softball player , Japanese anime screenwriter and director , Japanese retired gymnast , Japanese retired volleyball player , Japanese noble woman , Japanese athlete , Japanese centre-left politician and policy consultant , Japanese anime director, animator, storyboard artist and manga artist , Japanese actress and singer , Japanese retired female mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter , Japanese rhythmic gymnast , Japanese actress , Japanese retired long jumper , Japanese politician Hiroko Yoda, Japanese entrepreneur, translator, writer and folklorist
Fictional characters Hiroko Ai, a character in the science fiction novel series Mars trilogy Hiroko Haruna (aka Laura), a character in the anime series Hamtaro Hiroko Kanemoto, a character in the anime series Smile PreCure! Hiroko Katsuki, a character in the anime series Yuri on Ice Hiroko Takashiro (高城 寛子), a character in the anime series Black Bible Hiroko Hagakure (葉隠 浩子), a character in the video game series Danganronpa