Tomoko (ともこ, トモコ) is a female Japanese given name. Like many Japanese names, Tomoko can be written using different kanji 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 voice actress
Tomoko Aran (荒野智子), born January 14, 1958, Japanese city pop artist
, Japanese judoka
, Japanese origami writer
, Japanese swimmer
, Japanese announcer
, Japanese actress and essayist
, Japanese motorcycle racer
, Japanese actress
, Japanese voice actress
, Japanese politician
, victim of Minamata disease and subject of the photo Tomoko and Mother in the Bath , Japanese singer , Japanese voice actress , Japanese artist , Japanese voice actress , Japanese singer , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese singer, part of 1980s J-Pop duo BaBe , Japanese painter , Japanese voice actress Tomoko Masuzawa, American philosopher , Japanese women's footballer , Japanese film director and actress Tomoko Miho (1931 – 2012), American graphic designer , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese photographer Tomoko Moriguchi-Matsuno (born 1945), American businesswoman , Japanese women's footballer , Japanese swimmer , Japanese voice actress , Japanese actress , Japanese businesswoman , Japanese actress , Japanese manga artist , 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, Japanese harpist , Japanese women's footballer , Japanese actress Tomoko Takahashi (born 1966), Japanese artist , Japanese politician Tomoko Tamura, 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
Fictional characters
Tomoko Anabuki, a character from the Strike Witches light novel
Tomoko Hayashi, a character from the tokusatsu show Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
Tomoko Higashikata, a character from the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Tomoko Kuroki, the main character from the manga series WataMote
Tomoko Midorikawa, a character from the anime series Smile PreCure! Tomoko Nakaoka, the baby sister of Barefoot Gen , a character from the manga and anime series Great Teacher Onizuka Tomoko Nozama, a character from the tokusatsu show Kamen Rider Fourze Tomoko Saeki, a character from the anime and manga series DNA² Tomoko Shiretoko, a character from the Boku no Hero Academia In Liu Cixin'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 double entendre between sophon (a fictitious elementary particle) and the Japanese name.