Motoko

MotokoGender| female

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Origin
Word/name| Japanese
Meaning| It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.

Motoko is a feminine Japanese given name.

## Written forms

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* もとこ (hiragana)

Possible forms in kanji include:

* 素子 "unadorned, plain, undecorated, child"
* 元子 "origin, child"
* 基子 "fundamental, child"
* 資子 "resourceful, child"

## People with the name

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* Motoko Arai (新井 素子), Japanese writer
* Hani Motoko (羽仁 もと子), the first female Japanese journalist
* Motoko Hirotsu (広津 素子), Japanese politician
* Motoko Obayashi (素子), a Japanese volleyball player
* Motoko Ishii (幹子), a Japanese lighting designer
* Motoko Fujimoto (索子), a Japanese softball player
* Motoko Fujishiro Huthwaite (1927–2020), American teacher
* Motoko Katakura (1937-2013), Japanese anthropologist
* Motoko Kumai (統子, born 1970), a Japanese voice actress
* Motoko Sasaki (佐々木 基子, born 1967), Japanese actress and striptease performer

## Fictional characters

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* Motoko Aoyama (素子), a character in the Love Hina series
* Motoko Kusanagi (素子), protagonist of the Ghost in the Shell series
* Motoko Minagawa (素子), a character in the Fruits Basket series
* Motoko-chan (もと子), the main character of the Super Famicom video game Motoko-chan no Wonder Kitchen
* Motoko Meada (前田 元子), a character in the Shiki series

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