Satoko
Gender | female |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Japanese |
Meaning | It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used. |
Region of origin | Japan |
Other names | |
Related names | Satomi |
Satoko (さとこ, サトコ) is a Japanese female given name.
Possible Writings[]
Satoko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 聡子 "wise, child"
- 智子 "wisdom, child"
- 里子 "village, child"
- 理子 "logic, child"
- 悟子 "enlightened, child"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People[]
- Satoko Inoue, a pianist
- Satoko Fujii, an avant-garde jazz pianist and composer
- Satoko Akiyama, a Japanese pop artist
- Satoko Morishita (森下 恵子, born 1974), Japanese swimmer
- Satoko Okazaki (岡崎 聡子, born 1961), Japanese gymnast
- Satoko Sakamoto, murdered by members of Aum Shinrikyo along with her husband, Tsutsumi Sakamoto, who was a lawyer working on a class action lawsuit against Aum Shinrikyo, and her child
- Satoko Kuni, daughter of Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi and sister of Empress Kōjun, the mother of Akihito
- Satoko Takita, chairwoman of Mozilla Japan
- Satoko Nishikawa, singer of Shang Shang Typhoon
- Princess Satoko, daughter of Prince Kaya Kuninori
- Satoko Miyachi, character designer for Madlax
- Satoko Okudera, screenwriter of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars
- Satoko, wife of Tokugawa Hidetada, the second Tokugawa shōgun of Japan
- Satoko Tsushima, a contemporary Japanese fiction writer, essayist and critic
- Satoko Tanaka (田中 聡子, born 1942), Japanese swimmer
- Satoko Makishi, a Japanese pop singer
- Anekōji Satoko, a lady-in-waiting at the court of Emperor Kōkaku
- Satoko Morikawa, character designer for The Cat Returns
- Satoko Kashikawa, producer of 1 Litre of Tears
- Satoko Kizaki, author, won the Akutagawa Prize for Blue Paulownia (Aogiri)
- Satoko Shinashi, mixed martial arts fighter
- Satoko Miyahara, a Japanese figure skater
- Satoko Kamoshida, a Yiddish Scholar at the University of Tokyo
Fictional characters[]
- Satoko Yamano from Oh My Goddess!
- Satoko Ayakura from The Sea of Fertility
- Satoko Houjou from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
- A character from The Sound of the Mountain
- Satoko Shimoyanagi from Churasan 3
- Asai Satoko from Friends (2002 TV series)
- A character from Strawberry Shortcakes
- Satoko Takanashi from Gate Keepers
- Satoko Kayama, a minor character in the Paranoia Agent episode "Mellow Maromi"
- When Ash was crossdressed in Pokémon, Ash (Satoshi) was called 'Satoko (Ashley)'
- Satoko Sasauchi, a character from Strike Witches
Categories:
- Given names
- Japanese feminine given names