Yumiko is a
feminine Japanese
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given name
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Possible writings
Yumiko can be written using different
kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...
characters and can mean:
*弓子, "bow, child".
*由美子, "reason/cause, beauty, child".
*結実子, "fruition, child".
*夕実子, "evening, fruit, child".
*優美子, "tenderness, beauty, child".
*悠美子, "permanence, beauty, child".
*祐美子, "help, beauty, child".
*由実子, "reason/cause, fruit, child".
*有美子, "exist/possess, beauty, child".
*夕美子, "evening, beauty, child".
*友美子, "friend, beauty, child".
*裕美子, "rich, beauty, child".
*勇美子, "brave, beauty, 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 contrast ...
or
katakana
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People
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Yumiko Abe (由美子), a Japanese professional wrestler.
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Yumiko Cheng
Yumiko Cheng (born 6 September 1981) is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress. Cheng was given the Japanese nickname "Yumiko" by her friends in secondary school, and upon signing with EEG, adopted it as her official stagename.Tran, JennyYumi ...
(鄭烈瓊), a Hong Kong Cantopop singer.
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Yumiko Fujita
Yumiko Fujita (藤田 弓子; born 12 September 1945 in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress.
Selected filmography Film
* '' If You Were Young: Rage'' (1970)
* ''Under the Flag of the Rising Sun'' (1972)
* ''Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu ...
(弓子), a Japanese actress.
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Yumiko Fukushima, announcer.
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Yumiko Hara (裕美子), a Japanese marathon runner.
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Yumiko Hosono (佑美子), a Japanese voice actress, actress, and singer.
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Yumiko Hotta
is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Hotta was trained by and started her career in the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) promotion in June 1985. She worked for the promotion until 2003, becoming a three-time WWWA ...
(祐美子), a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist.
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Yumiko Igarashi
is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for illustrating the manga series ''Candy Candy''.
Career
In 1968, as a third-year high school student at the Asahi Gaoka High School in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Igarashi made her debut in Shueisha's ''Ri ...
(ゆみこ), a Japanese
manga artist.
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Yumiko Kobayashi
is a freelance Japanese voice actress from Chiba Prefecture. She was formerly affiliated with Arts Vision until August 2007. She made her voice acting debut as Mita in '' Kirara'' while still in college in 1998, and her first lead role was as Ke ...
(由美子, born 1979), a
Japanese voice actress
Voice acting in Japan is an industry where actors provide voice-overs as characters or narrators in media including anime, video games, audio dramas, commercials, and dubbing for non-Japanese films and television programs.
In Japan, and a ...
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Yumiko Kokonoe (佑三子), a Japanese actress.
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Yumiko Ōshima (弓子), a Japanese manga artist.
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Yumiko Nakagawa, a Japanese girl at the center of an Okinawan controversy.
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Yumiko Shaku
is a Japanese actress, model and former gravure idol. She is represented by Tommy's Artist Company.
Roles
TV Dramas
*2019: ''Kamen Rider Zi-O
is a Japanese tokusatsu drama in the Toei Company's ''Kamen Rider'' franchise. It is the twe ...
(由美子), a Japanese actress and model.
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Yumiko Shibata
is a Japanese voice actress
Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-ove ...
(由美子), a Japanese voice actress.
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Yumiko Suzuki (disambiguation), multiple people.
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Yumiko Takeshima
is a Japanese designer and former Principal dancer with Semperoper Ballett, Universal Ballet, the Alberta Ballet Company, Feld Ballet, and the Dutch National Ballet. Born in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Takeshima began dancing at the age of four in Sa ...
(竹島 由美子), a Japanese costume designer, ballet dancer, and founder of ''
YUMIKO'' dancewear.
Fictional characters
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Yumiko Kusaka (友美子), a character in the novel, film and manga ''Battle Royale''.
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Yumiko Shirasagi (白鷺弓子), a character in the novel series ''Digital Devil Story'' and the video game adaptation
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei.
*Yumiko Takagi (高木由美子), a character in the anime and manga series
Hellsing
''Hellsing'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano. It was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Young King OURs'' from May 1997 to September 2008, with its c ...
.
*Yumiko Sakaki (榊由美子), a character in the
Grisaia series of visual novels.
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Yumiko (弓子), a female Japanese-American character in the comic book series
''The Walking Dead'' as well as the TV series adaptation.
*Yumiko "Hibana" Imagawa (今川 由美子), a character in the video game series
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege'' is an online tactical shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on December 1, 2015; the game was ...
, nicknamed
Hibana (Rainbow_Six_Siege).
*Yumiko, a character in the fighting game,
Brawlhalla
''Brawlhalla'' is a free-to-play fighting game developed by Blue Mammoth Games and published by Ubisoft for macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series S & X, Android and iOS, with full cross ...
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*Mirkou Yumiko, a character from ''
Kusunoki Mebuki is a Hero''.
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