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Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...

Possible writings

Junko can be written using different

kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequ ...

characters and can mean any of the following: *純子, "pure, child" *順子, "order, child" *淳子, "pure, child" *潤子, "rich/favor/wet, child" *準子, "conform, child" *洵子, "truth, child" The name can also be written in

hiragana is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contras ...

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived f ...

People

* Junko (manga artist) (ぢゅん子), Japanese manga artist *, Japanese actress *, Japanese singer * Junko Chodos (born 1939), Japanese-American contemporary artist *, Japanese torture and murder victim *, Japanese former competitive figure skater *, Japanese Paralympic judoka *, Japanese actress and voice actress represented by Production Baobab * Junko Itō, American linguist *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese singer *, Japanese television announcer *, Japanese actress *

Junko Minagawa is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Haikyo. Her best-known role is Ryoma Echizen, the title character in ''The Prince of Tennis'' anime series. She sang some of the show's theme songs, insert songs, and character singles, some of which ...

(純子, born 1975), Japanese voice actress *, Japanese actress *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese metalwork sculptor *, Japanese composer *, Japanese former volleyball player *, Japanese high jumper *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese serial killer *

Junko Okada is a Japanese voice actress from Aichi, Kanie, Japan employed by Genki Project. Voice roles *'' Ef: A Tale of Memories.'' as Kei Shindō *''Getbackers'' as nurse (ep 35) *''Haru no Ashioto'' as Nagomi Fujikura *'' Kodocha'' as Rumiko Yokota (ep ...

(純子), Japanese voice actress *, Japanese singer *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese voice actress *, first woman to climb Mt. Everest *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese synchronized swimmer *, Japanese singer-songwriter * Junko Yoshioka, New York City-based fashion designer

Fictional characters

* Ibara Junko, a fictional character in ''

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Junko Enoshima is a Character (arts), fictional character and the primary overarching antagonist of Spike Chunsoft's ''Danganronpa'' series. Junko is featured as the main antagonist and wiktionary:mastermind, mastermind in the first two games of the series as ...

(江ノ島盾子), a fictional character and the main antagonist of the "Hope's Peak Academy" arc in ''

Danganronpa is a Japanese video game franchise created by Kazutaka Kodaka and developed and owned by Spike Chunsoft (formerly Spike). The series primarily surrounds various groups of apparent high school students who are forced into murdering each othe ...

'' *Junko Hattori (服部絢子), a fictional character in the light novel series '' Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou'' *Junko Kaname (鹿目詢子), a character from the anime series '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica'' *Junko Konno, a character from the MAPPA idol anime series

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*Junko Mochida (持田潤子), a minor character in the

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anime series ''

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'' *Junko Saotome (早乙女淳子), a fictional character from '' Nana'' *Junko Takei (竹井醇子), a fictional character from ''

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'' * Junko Wallop, a fictional character in the animated television series '' Storm Hawks'' * Junko (純狐), boss character from ''

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Touhou Project The , also known simply as , is a bullet hell shoot 'em up video game series created by one-man independent Japanese ''doujin'' soft developer Team Shanghai Alice. Since 1995, the team's member, Jun'ya "ZUN" Ōta, has independently developed ...

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