Haruko
Appearance
Gender | Female |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Japanese |
Meaning | many different meanings depending on the kanji used. |
Other names | |
Related names | Haru, Haruka, Haruhi, Haruki, Harumi, Harue, Haruno, Haruna, Haruyo |
Haruko (はるこ, ハルコ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Its most common translation is "spring child" (春子, which may also be read as a Korean name Chun-ja), though other kanji provide different meanings. Notable people with the name include:
- Princess Haruko (春子), the first daughter of Emperor Tsuchimikado
- Haruko Arimura (born 1970), politician
- Haruko Hatoyama (1863–1938), Japanese educator
- Haruko Miyaguchi (宮口 治子, born 1976), Japanese politician
- Haruko Momma, Japanese philologist
- Haruko Momoi (桃井はるこ, born 1977), a religious historian
- Haruko Nawata Ward (1922–2015), Japanese actress
- Haruko Sagara (相楽 晴子, born 1968), Japanese actress
- Haruko Saida, women's professional shogi player
- Haruko Sugimura (杉村春子, 1909–1997), Japanese actress
- Haruko Obokata (小保方晴子, born 1983), Japanese biological scientist
- Haruko Okamoto (岡本 治子, born 1945), Japanese figure skating coach
- Haruko Okano (born 1945), Japanese-Canadian artist
- Haruko Tachiiri (たちいり ハルコ, born 1949), Japanese manga artist
- Haruko Tanaka (1974-2019), Los Angeles–based artist
- Haruko Wakita (脇田 晴子, 1934–2016[), Japanese academic
- Haruko Yoshikawa (吉川 春子, born 1940), Japanese politician
- the personal name of Empress Shōken
Fictional characters
[edit]- Haruko Akagi, a character in the manga series Slam Dunk
- Haruko Haruhara, a character in the anime series FLCL
- Haruko Kamio, a character in the visual novel Air
- Haruko Mikogami, a secondary character in the anime series Sky Girls
- Haruko Shido, a supporting character in the anime series Please Twins!