is a feminine Japanese given name which is occasionally spelled .
Written forms Naoko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: 直子, "obedient, child" 尚子, "esteem, child" 奈緒子, "Nara, cord, child" 菜緒子, "greens, cord, child" 奈央子, "Nara, center, child" 菜穂子, "greens, ear (of grain), child" 奈保子, "Nara, keep, child" 奈生子, "Nara, fresh, child" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People with the name , Japanese former professional boxer , Japanese tennis table player , Japanese badminton player , Japanese American sportscaster , Japanese singer-songwriter , Japanese volleyball player , Japanese writer, manga artist and former women's professional shogi player , Japanese television and film actress and a former gravure idol , Japanese former freestyle swimmer , Japanese sports shooter , Japanese former sailor , Japanese suit actress , Japanese former pop idol, singer-songwriter, and composer , Japanese former football player , Japanese synchronized swimmer , Japanese singer and actress , Japanese retired tennis player , Japanese manga artist , Japanese voice actress , Japanese female kickboxer , Japanese swimmer Naoko Kurahashi Neilson, American astrophysicist and neutrino astronomer , Japanese artist , Japanese former taijiquan athlete , Japanese-Canadian print-maker , Japanese voice actress and narrator , Japanese Professor in the Department of Archaeology , Japanese former swimmer , Japanese actress , Japanese manga artist , Japanese former football player , Japanese comedian and musician , Japanese film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer , Japanese actress , Japanese female handball player , Japanese field hockey player , Japanese long-distance runner , Japanese softball player Naoko Sakurai (born 1953), Japanese equestrian , Japanese retired professional tennis player , Japanese former professional tennis player Naoko Shibusawa (born 1964), Japanese Associate Professor of History , Japanese Professor of History , Japanese politician and lawyer , Japanese news anchor and television personality , Japanese retired long-distance runner , Japanese chess player , Japanese manga artist , Japanese jazz violinist , Japanese media artist , Japanese actress and model , Japanese voice actress , known as Orie Kimoto, Japanese actress and voice actress , Japanese animator and director , Japanese musician of the Japanese rock trio Shonen Knife , Japanese engineer and former astronaut , Japanese feminist, constitutional protection activist, and anti-war activist , Japanese actress and voice actress , Japanese paper cut artist , Japanese educator, trade unionist, politician, socialist and peace activist , Japanese writer
Fictional characters Naoko, a character in the anime series Bubblegum Crisis Naoko (直子), a character in the novel Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami Naoko, a character in The Revenge of Shinobi (The Super Shinobi) Naoko Akagi (ナオコ), minor character in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion Naoko Kamikishiro (直子), character in the light novel and manga Boogiepop and Others Naoko Kawamata, character in the film, The Grudge 3 Naoko Satomi, a main character in the film The Wind Rises Naoko Yamada (奈緒子), the main heroine of the Japanese TV drama series Trick Naoko Yanagisawa (奈緒子), character in the anime and manga series Cardcaptor Sakura Naoko Yasutani, a main character of the novel A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki