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Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...

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Eriko can be written using different

kanji are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, 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 and are ...

characters and can mean: *恵梨子, "blessing, pear, child" *恵理子, "blessing, reason, child" *絵里子, "picture, hometown, child" *絵梨子, "picture, pear, child" *絵理子, "picture, reason, child" *江里子, "inlet, hometown, child" *恵里子, "blessing, hometown, child" *恵利子, "blessing, profit, child" *江利子, "inlet, profit, child" *枝里子, "branch, hometown, child" *英梨子, "excel, pear, child" The name can also be written in

hiragana is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...

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 fr ...

People with the name

Eriko Arakawa is a Japanese football player. She plays for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama and formerly played for the Japan national team. Club career Arakawa was born in Nerima, Tokyo on 30 October 1979. In 1997, she joined L.League club Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza ( ...

(恵理子, born 1979), Japanese female footballer * Eriko Asai (えり子, born 1959), Japanese long-distance runner * Eriko Fujimaki (恵理子, born 1974), Japanese voice actress * Eriko Hara (えりこ, born 1959), Japanese voice actress *

Eriko Hirose is a badminton player from Japan. Career She competed at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she reached the third round before losing to Wang Chen of Hong Kong. At the same year, she won the women' ...

(栄理子, born 1985), Japanese badminton player * Eriko Hori (絵梨子, born 1988), Korean-Japanese singer, actress and voice actress *

Eriko Imai is a Japanese pop singer, actress and politician. She made her debut in the early 1990s as part of the group Speed, which disbanded in March 2000. Eriko began her work away from Speed during 1998, performing "Tsumetaku Shinai de", under the sta ...

(絵理子, born 1983), Ryukyuan J-pop artist *, Japanese speed skater *, Japanese audio director * Eriko Kitagawa (悦吏子, born 1961), Japanese screenwriter and film director *, Japanese Paralympic goalball player *

Eriko Matsui is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Nakamura-ku, Nagoya. She is affiliated with DAX Production. Early life Matsui graduated from Aichi Prefectural Gamagori High School. She graduated from the voice actor talent department at Yoyogi Anima ...

(恵理子松井, born 1989), Japanese voice actress * Eriko Nakamura (中村繪里子, born 1981), Japanese voice actress *, Japanese speed skater *

Eriko Sato is a Japanese actress. She is also a former gravure idol and made her debut in 1998. Early life Sato was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, and raised in Tokyo. Career Sato starred in Hideaki Anno's 2004 comedy film ''Cutie Honey (film), Cutie Honey'' ...

(江梨子, born 1981), Japanese actress and model *, Japanese speed skater * Eriko Tamura (英里子, born 1973), Japanese actress and singer * Eri Watanabe (えり子, born 1955), Japanese actress, previously credited as Eriko Watanabe * Eriko Yamaguchi, women's professional shogi player * Eriko Yamatani (えり子, born 1950), Japanese politician

Fictional characters

*Eriko Christy, a protagonist of the video game ''

Illbleed is a survival horror game developed by Crazy Games and released for the Dreamcast in 2001. It was published by Crazy Games in Japan and Amusement Interface Associate (AIA) in North America. The game follows Eriko Christy, a high school studen ...

'' *Eriko Takahashi (絵里子), a main character of the erotic comedy manga series '' High School Girls'' * Eriko Torii (江利子), a character from the manga and anime series ''Maria-sama ga Miteru'' *Eriko Kirishima, a character in '' Revelations: Persona'' video game *Eriko Fukada, a young writer of Haruki Murakamis novel ''

1Q84 is a novel written by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, first published in three volumes in Japan in 2009–2010. It covers a fictionalized year of 1984 in parallel with a "real" one. The novel is a story of how a woman named Aomame begins to ...

''. She is often referred Fukaeri, her pseudonym

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