is a common

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 ...

, used for women.

Written forms

Yuriko 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: *百合子, "lily, child" *由里子, "reason, hometown, child" *由利子, "reason, benefit, child" *由李子, "reason, plum, child" *優梨子, "tenderness, pear, child" *有里子, "possess, hometown, 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 ...

Real people

;with the given name Yuriko *

Yuriko Backes Yuriko Nadia Backes (born 22 December 1970) is a Luxembourgish diplomat and politician who serves as Minister for Defence and Minister for Mobility and Public Transport since 2023. She served as Minister for Finances from 2022 to 2023. A member o ...

, a Luxembourgish diplomat and politician * Alisa Yuriko Durbrow (ユリコ), a Japanese model, actress, and singer *

Yuriko Chiba is an animator and character designer. Some of her major character designs were for anime shows ''To Heart'', ''Figure 17'', ''Planetes'', and ''Sacred Seven''. In animation direction, she worked on ''I Dream of Mimi'', ''Berserk'', ''Code Geass' ...

(千羽由利子), a Japanese animation director *

Yuriko Doi Yuriko Doi is a stage director, choreographer, performer and former founding artistic director of Theatre of Yugen (San Francisco, California). Doi specializes in the fusion of traditional Japanese dramatic arts with modern world theater. Theatre o ...

, choreographer and stage director *

Yuriko Fuchizaki is a Japanese stage actress and voice actress from Ōta, Tokyo. She is a graduate of the College of Fine Arts at Nihon University. She then moved to Sigma Seven in 1991, and on July 1, 2003, she moved to her current agency, REMAX. From 1987 to ea ...

(渕崎ゆり子), a Japanese voice actress * Yuriko Handa (百合子), a Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese high jumper *

Yuriko Hishimi is a Japanese actress. In 1965, she signed a contract with Toho. Following year, she made her film debut in ''Taifu to Zakuro''. She portrayed Anne Yuri in the Japanese television series '' Ultra Seven'' (1967–1968) and subsequent appearances in ...

(ひし美ゆり子), a Japanese actress *

Yuriko Ishida is a Japanese actress and essayist from Nagoya. She was the Japanese voice of the title character San from the 1997 animated film ''Princess Mononoke''. She is the older sister of Hikari Ishida, also an actress. Filmography Films *''Gokudo no O ...

(石田ゆり子), a Japanese actress *

Yuriko Kaida FictionJunction is the solo project of Japanese composer Yuki Kajiura featuring guests musicians, mainly singers. Historically, works between Kajiura and a vocalist were referenced by adding the singer's name after "FictionJunction". Although bo ...

(貝田由里子), a Japanese singer *

Yuriko Kajiya Yuriko Kajiya (加治屋百合子 ''Kajiya Yuriko'', born 1984) is a Japanese ballet dancer who currently performs as a principal (ballet), principal dancer with Houston Ballet. Prior to joining Houston Ballet, she danced as a soloist with Americ ...

(百合子), a Japanese ballerina * Yuriko Kikuchi (née Amemiya, 1920–2022), a Japanese American dancer *

Yuriko Kobayashi Yuriko Kobayashi (; born 12 December 1988) is a Japanese professional middle- and long-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres. She represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She started out in middle-distance ...

(祐梨子), a Japanese middle distance runner *

Yuriko Koike Yuriko Koike (小池百合子, Koike Yuriko; born 15 July 1952) is a Japanese politician who has served as the Governor of Tokyo since 2016. Previously, she was also served as a member of the House of Councillors from 1992 to 1993, a member o ...

(小池百合子), a Japanese politician *

Yuriko Kuronuma (born 4 June 1940, in Tokyo) is a Japanese violinist. Starting the violin at age 8, she won in 1956 the first prize and special award in The Music Competition of Japan, one of the most prestigious music contests in Japan. After that, she studi ...

(ユリ子), a Japanese violinist *

Yuriko Miyamoto was a Japanese novelist, short-story writer, social activist, and literary critic active during the Taishō and early Shōwa eras of Japan. She is best known for her autobiographical fiction and involvement in proletarian and women's liberati ...

(宮本百合子), a Japanese novelist * Yuriko Mochizuki (望月百合子), a Japanese anarcha-feminist *

Yuriko Nakamura is a Japanese composer and pianist. Some of her songs were also used for the soundtrack of Shusuke Kaneko is a Japanese filmmaker. Life and career Shūsuke Kaneko was born in Tokyo on June 8, 1955. According to the biography on his official w ...

(由利子), a Japanese composer and pianist *, Japanese footballer *

Yuriko Shiratori is a retired Japanese gravure idol, tarento artist, and actress formerly affiliated with A-Team Entertainment Production Agency. Career Early career Shiratori graduated from Sendai Vocational School in April 2004 and moved to Tokyo, hoping to ...

(百合子), a Japanese gravure idol,

tarento Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in mass media in Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, bankable stars in the United States were descri ...

and actress *Yuriko Takagi (高木百合子, 1923–2024), later

Princess Mikasa (born , 4 June 1923 – 15 November 2024) was a member of the Imperial House of Japan as the wife of Takahito, Prince Mikasa, the fourth son of Emperor Taishō and Empress Teimei. The Princess was the last surviving paternal great-aunt by marri ...

of Japan *, Japanese weightlifter *, Japanese slalom canoeist * Yuriko Yamaguchi (山口由里子), (born 1965) a Japanese voice actress * Yuriko Yamaguchi, a Japanese American sculptor *

Yuriko Yamamoto is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and narrator from Hino, Tokyo. She is represented by Aoni Production. Her debut role was the title character in '' Hello! Sandybell'' in 1981. She has voiced many major roles in 1980s such as Minerv ...

(山本百合子), a Japanese voice actress *

Yuriko Yoshitaka is a Japanese actress. She has played numerous roles in film and television, including lead roles in '' Snakes and Earrings'', '' Yurigokoro'', and the NHK asadora ''Hanako to Anne''. Career At age 16, her first year of high school, Yoshitaka ...

(吉高由里子), a Japanese actress

Fictional characters

;with the given name Yuriko *

Yuriko Omega ''Command & Conquer'' (''C&C'') is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game franchise created and originally developed by Westwood Studios and currently owned by Electronic Arts. The first game was one of the earliest of the RTS genre, itself bas ...

(), the commando unit of the Empire of the Rising Sun in the real-time strategy video game '' Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3'' *

Yuriko Oyama Lady Deathstrike (Yuriko Oyama), occasionally spelled Deathstryke, is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is a foe of the X-Men, especially Wolverine (character), Wolverine. Her father Lord Dark Wind ...

(ユリコ・オヤマ, also known as Lady Deathstrike), a

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin G ...

villain *Yuriko Star (ユリコ), a character in the

manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...

and anime series ''

The Irresponsible Captain Tylor is an anime series based on light novel series by Hitoshi Yoshioka, taking the title from its first volume. It was produced by some of Japan's larger studios, including Big West, Tatsunoko Production, King Records and VAP. ' ...

'' *Yuriko Janetson is the name of the narrator's daughter in

Joanna Russ Joanna Russ (February 22, 1937 – April 29, 2011) was an American writer, academic and feminist. She is the author of a number of works of science fiction, fantasy and feminist literary criticism such as '' How to Suppress Women's Writing'', as ...

's short story "

When It Changed "When It Changed" is a science fiction short story by American writer Joanna Russ. It was first published in the anthology ''Again, Dangerous Visions''. Synopsis Janet Evason lives on Whileaway, an all-female human colony planet whose inhabitants ...

" *Yuriko Suzuhina is the name of the cross dressing version of Accelerator by Kamijou Touma in the To Aru Majutsu no Index. *Yuriko Edogawa, a character from

Ultra Q is a 1966 Japanese ''tokusatsu'' ''kaiju'' television series created by Eiji Tsuburaya, first broadcast on Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) on January 2, 1966 and having its twenty-eighth and final episode aired on December 14, 1967. This series w ...

*Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow is a card from the Magic: The Gathering

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. *Yuriko Nishinotouin, Head of the Traditional Culture Research Club at Hyakkou Private Academy in the anime

Kakegurui is a Japanese manga series written by Homura Kawamoto and illustrated by Tōru Naomura. It began serialization in Square Enix's ''Gangan Joker'' in March 2014, with its chapters additionally collected into eighteen volumes as of July 202 ...

. *Yuriko Kogami, a character from Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation

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