Tomoko (ともこ, トモコ) is a female

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. Like many Japanese names, Tomoko can be written using different

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characters and can mean: * 友子 - "friendly child" * 知子 - "knowing child" * 智子 - "wise child" * 朋子 - "friendly child" * 皆子 - "beautiful girl" * 詩子 - "poetic child"

People with the name

* , Japanese politician * , Japanese judge * , Japanese

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* , Japanese judoka * , Japanese

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writer * , Japanese swimmer * , Japanese announcer * , Japanese actress and

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* , Japanese motorcycle racer * , Japanese actress * , Japanese sprinter * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese politician * , victim of

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and subject of the photo ''

Tomoko and Mother in the Bath ''Tomoko and Mother in the Bath'' is a photograph taken by American photojournalist W. Eugene Smith in 1971. Many commentators regard ''Tomoko'' as Smith's greatest work. The black-and-white photo depicts a mother cradling her severely deformed, ...

'' * , Japanese singer * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese artist * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese singer * , Japanese professional wrestler * , Japanese singer, part of 1980s J-Pop duo

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* , Japanese painter * , Japanese voice actress * Tomoko Masuzawa, American philosopher * , Japanese women's footballer * , Japanese film director and actress *

Tomoko Miho Tomoko Miho (September 2, 1931 - February 10, 2012) was a Japanese-American graphic designer and recipient of the 1993 AIGA Medal. She is known for her understanding of the relationship between space and object. Biography Tomoko Miho (née Kaw ...

(1931 – 2012), American graphic designer * , Japanese professional wrestler * Tomoko Moriguchi-Matsuno (born 1945), American businesswoman * , Japanese women's footballer * , Japanese swimmer * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese actress * , Japanese businesswoman * , Japanese actress * , Japanese

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* , Japanese rock climber * , Japanese women's footballer * , Japanese geneticist, pioneer of the nearly neutral theory of molecular evolution * , Japanese fencer * , Japanese volleyball player * , Japanese swimmer * , Japanese fencer * , Japanese ice hockey player * , Japanese lawyer, politician and writer * , Japanese photographer *

Tomoko Sugawara Tomoko Sugawara is a harpist from Tokyo, Japan, who grew up playing classical and Irish harp, Irish harp before learning to play the kugo or angular harp. With Sweden, Swedish professor Bo Lawergren, whom she met at a kugo museum exhibit in Nara ...

, Japanese harpist * , Japanese women's footballer * , Japanese actress * Tomoko Takahashi (born 1966), Japanese artist * , Japanese politician *

Tomoko Tamura is a Japanese politician who is the current chairwoman of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP). She was a member of the House of Councillors from 2010 to 2024. Early life Tamura was born on 4 July 1965, in Komoro, Nagano Prefecture, to parent ...

(fl. 1983), Japanese table tennis player * , Japanese ice dancer * , Japanese singer, songwriter and arranger * , Japanese manga artist * , Japanese politician * , Japanese actress and singer * , Japanese tennis player * , Japanese writer * , Japanese volleyball player * , Japanese president of

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Fictional characters

* Tomoko Anabuki (穴拭智子), a character from the ''

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* Tomoko Hayashi, a character from the tokusatsu show '' Himitsu Sentai Gorenger'' * Tomoko Higashikata, a character from the manga series ''

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1987 to 2004, and was transferred to the monthly manga magazine ''Ultra Jum ...

'' * Tomoko Kuroki, the main character from the manga series '' WataMote'' * , a character from the 2012 anime series ''

Smile PreCure! is a 2012 Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and the ninth installment in Izumi Todo's ''Pretty Cure'' metaseries, featuring the seventh generation of Cures. The series is written by Shōji Yonemura, best known as ...

'' * Tomoko Nakaoka, the baby sister of ''

Barefoot Gen is a Japanese historical manga series by Keiji Nakazawa, loosely based on Nakazawa's experiences as a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. The series begins in 1945 in and around Hiroshima, Japan, where six-year-old Gen Nakaok ...

'' * , a character from the manga and anime series ''

Great Teacher Onizuka ''Great Teacher Onizuka'', officially abbreviated as ''GTO'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from January ...

'' * Tomoko Nozama, a character from the tokusatsu show ''

Kamen Rider Fourze is a Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's Kamen Rider Series, being the thirteenth series in the Heisei period run and the twenty-second overall. It began airing on September 4, 2011, the week following the conclusion of ''Kamen Rider OOO'' ...

'' * Tomoko Saeki, a character from the anime and manga series ''

DNA² is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from August 1993 to July 1994, with its chapters collected in five volumes. A 12-episode ani ...

'' * Tomoko Shiretoko, a character from the '' Boku no Hero Academia'' * In

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's science fiction novel Death's End the ambassador of an alien civilisation is called 智子 and appears in the shape of a Japanese woman. This is a

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between sophon (a fictitious

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) and the Japanese name.

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