Yumiko is a

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Written forms

Yumiko can be written using different

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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 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", ...

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People

* Yumiko Abe (由美子), a Japanese professional wrestler. * Yumiko Cheng (鄭烈瓊), a Hong Kong Cantopop singer. * Yumiko Fujita (弓子), a Japanese actress. * Yumiko Fukushima, announcer. * Yumiko Hara (裕美子), a Japanese marathon runner. * Yumiko Hosono (佑美子), a Japanese voice actress, actress, and singer. *

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. * Yumiko Igarashi (ゆみこ), a Japanese

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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 K ...

(由美子, born 1979), a Japanese voice actress. *

Yumiko Kokonoe Yumiko Kokonoe (九重佑三子, born 21 March 1946) is a Japanese actress and singer. Her most notable role was the protagonist of the series ''Princess Comet, Comet-san'' filmed by Tokyo Broadcasting Corporation (TBS). 79 episodes of Comet-sa ...

(佑三子), a Japanese actress. * Yumiko Ōshima (弓子), a Japanese manga artist. * Yumiko Nakagawa, a Japanese girl at the center of an Okinawan controversy. * Yumiko Shaku (由美子), a Japanese actress and model. * Yumiko Shibata (由美子), a Japanese voice actress. *

Yumiko Suzuki (disambiguation) Yumiko Suzuki may refer to: *, Japanese sprint canoeist *, Japanese cyclist * Yumiko Suzuki (manga artist) (鈴木由美子, born 1960), Japanese manga artist {{hndis, Suzuki, Yumiko ...

, multiple people. *

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 Sap ...

(竹島由美子), a Japanese costume designer, ballet dancer, and founder of '' YUMIKO'' dancewear.

Fictional characters

* Yumiko Kusaka (友美子), a character in the novel, film and manga ''Battle Royale''. * 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, manga magazine ''Young King OURs'' from April 1997 to September 2008, with its ...

. *Yumiko Sakaki (榊由美子), a character in the Grisaia series of visual novels. * 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 a 2015 tactical shooter game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. The game puts heavy emphasis on environmental destruction and cooperation between players. Each player assumes control o ...

*Yumiko, a character in the fighting game,

Brawlhalla ''Brawlhalla'' is a free-to-play platform fighting game developed by Blue Mammoth Games. It was originally released for macOS, PlayStation 4 and Windows in 2017, with ports for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Android and iOS released later. Full ...

. *Mirkou Yumiko, a character from '' Kusunoki Mebuki is a Hero''.

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