Yumiko
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Yumiko is a feminine Japanese
Japanese name
in modern times usually consist of a family name , followed by a given name. "Middle names" are not generally used.Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters of usually Chinese origin in Japanese pronunciation...

 given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...

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Possible writings

Yumiko can be written using different kanji
Kanji
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...

 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"


The name can also be written in hiragana
Hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, one basic component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and the Latin alphabet . Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems, in which each character represents one mora...

 or katakana
Katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet . The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana scripts are derived from components of more complex kanji. Each kana represents one mora...

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People

  • Yumiko Shaku
    Yumiko Shaku
    , born in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actress and model. Her management is Tommy's Artist Company.- TV Dramas :*2011: BOSS...

     (由美子), a Japanese actress and model
  • Yumiko Fujita
    Yumiko Fujita
    Yumiko Fujita is a Japanese actress.-Selected filmography:* Under the Flag of the Rising Sun * Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon * The Bullet Train...

     (弓子), a Japanese actress
  • Yumiko Fukushima, announcer
  • Yumiko Kobayashi
    Yumiko Kobayashi
    is a Japanese voice actress. She is currently a freelance voice actor but until August 2007 was affiliated with Arts Vision.She and fellow Excel Saga voice actress Mikako Takahashi are known as the duo "The Excel Girls"...

     (由美子), a Japanese voice actress
    Seiyu
    Voice acting in Japan has far greater prominence than in most other countries. Japan's large animation industry produces 60% of the animated series in the world; as a result, Japanese voice actors, or , are able to achieve fame on a national and international level.Besides acting as narrators and...

  • Yumiko Shibata
    Yumiko Shibata
    is a Japanese voice actress employed by the talent management firm 81 Produce.-TV:*Gō Q Chōji Ikkiman *Headmaster *High School! Kimengumi *Kyōryū Wakusei...

     (由美子), a Japanese voice actress
  • Yumiko Igarashi
    Yumiko Igarashi
    is a female Japanese manga artist and artist. She is a resident of Sapporo, Hokkaido. She is also the cousin of fellow manga artist Satsuki Igarashi; a member of Clamp....

     (ゆみこ), a Japanese manga artist
    Mangaka
    is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...

  • Yumiko Ōshima
    Yumiko Oshima
    is a female Japanese manga artist and a member of Year 24 group.She made her debut in 1968 with Paula's Tears in Weekly Margaret.She received the 1973 Japan Cartoonists Association Award for excellence for Mimoza Yashiki de Tsukamaete...

     (弓子), a Japanese manga artist
  • Yumiko Kokonoe
    Yumiko Kokonoe
    Yumiko Kokonoe is a Japanese actress and singer. She is the protagonist of the series Comet San filmed by Tokyo Broadcasting Corporation . 79 episodes of Comet San were produced during 1967 and 1968 by TBS....

     (佑三子), a Japanese actress
  • Yumiko Hara
    Yumiko Hara
    Yumiko Hara is a Japanese marathon runner. She has represented Japan at two World Championships in Athletics and had won marathons in Nagoya, Osaka and Hokkaido....

     (裕美子), a Japanese marathon runner
  • Yumiko Kosaka
    Yumiko Kosaka
    , born February 3, 1970, is a Japanese singer. Several of her songs have been featured in anime, such as Tekkaman Blade and Ghost Sweeper Mikami.-Singles:*Reason *Believe Me...

     (由美子), a Japanese singer
  • Yumiko Hosono
    Yumiko Hosono
    is a female seiyū, actress, and singer, who was born on 3 June 1981 in Saitama Prefecture of Japan. She is also a member of the singing group COACH☆.-Anime:* Suzuka * Saint October...

     (佑美子), a Japanese voice actress, actress, and singer
  • Yumiko Cheng
    Yumiko Cheng
    Yumiko Cheng is a Hong Kong-based Cantopop singer. Cheng was given the Japanese nickname "Yumiko" by her friends in secondary school, and upon signing with EEG, adopted it as her official stagename.-Career:...

     (鄭烈瓊), a Hong Kong Cantopop singer

Fictional characters

  • Yumiko Kusaka (友美子), a character in the novel, film and manga Battle Royale
  • Yumiko Shirasagi, a character in the novel series Digital Devil Story and the video game adaptation Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
    Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
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