title: Mariko (given name)
text: # Mariko (given name)
  
  Mariko (まりこ, マリコ, 茉莉子, 真理子, 万里子, 眞里子, 万利子) is a feminine Japanese given name.
  
  ## Possible writings in Japanese
  
  The name Mariko can be written using various kanji characters, each of which has a different meaning, such as the following:
  
  * 鞠子, "ball" + "child"
  * 真理子, "truth" + "child"
  * 万里子, "long distance" + "child"
  * 茉莉子, "jasmine" + "child"
  * 麻里子, "hemp, village (country house)" + "child"
  
  The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana:
  
  * まりこ (hiragana)
  * マリコ (katakana)
  
  ## People
  
  Notable people with the given name Mariko include:
  
  * Mariko Daouda (born 1981), Ivorian football player
  * Mariko Ebralidze (მარიკო ებრალიძე), a Georgian jazz singer
  * Mariko Gotō (まりこ), a Japanese musician and actress
  * Mariko Hayashi (林 真理子, born 1954), Japanese writer
  * Mariko Iwadate (真理子), a Japanese manga artist
  * Mariko Kaga (まりこ), a Japanese actress
  * Mariko Kawana (まり子), a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress
  * Mariko Kōda (マリ子), a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer
  * Mariko Koike (小池 真理子, born 1952), Japanese writer
  * Mariko Masubuchi (増淵 まり子, born 1980), Japanese softball player
  * Mariko Mori (万里子), a Japanese video and photographic artist
  * Mariko Nanba, (真理子), a Japanese video game composer
  * Mariko Nishiwaki (万里子), a Japanese volleyball player
  * Mariko Ōhara (まり子), a Japanese science fiction writer
  * Mariko Okada (茉莉子), a Japanese actress
  * Mariko Okamoto (眞理子), a Japanese volleyball player
  * Mariko Peters, a Dutch politician
  * Mariko Suzuki (麻里子), a Japanese voice actress
  * Mariko Shiga (真理子), a Japanese idol and voice actress
  * Mariko Shimizu (マリコ), a Japanese novelist
  * Mariko Shinoda (麻里子), a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48
  * Mariko Takahashi (gymnast) (高橋 麻理子, born 1988), Japanese gymnast
  * Mariko Takahashi (model and actress) (高橋 マリ子, born 1984), Japanese model and actress
  * Mariko Takahashi (singer) (高橋 真梨子, born 1949), Japanese singer
  * Mariko Takamura (まりこ), a Japanese deaf artist, writer, and performer
  * Mariko Yamada, an American Democratic assemblywoman
  * Mariko Yamamoto (万里子), (born 1983), Japanese cricketer
  * Mariko Yoshida (万里子), a Japanese professional wrestler
  * Mariko Yoshida (真理子), a Japanese volleyball player
  * Mariko Yoshikawa (吉川 真理子, born 1951), Japanese fencer
  * Plum Mariko (麻里子), a Japanese professional wrestler
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  Notable fictional characters with the given name Mariko include:
  
  * Mariko, a character in the newspaper and webcomic strip Piled Higher and Deeper
  * Mariko Konjo, a character in the anime and manga series Ranma ½
  * Mariko Kurama, a supporting character of the anime series Elfen Lied
  * Mariko Shinobu, a character in the anime and manga series Onii-sama e...
  * Mariko Takeda, a fictional character from the comic book series W.I.T.C.H
  * Mariko Tanaka, a character in the video game Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi
  * Mariko Toda, a character in the novel Shōgun
  * Mariko Uehara, a character from the television drama Nobuta wo Produce
  * Mariko Uki, a character in the Japanese horror movie Ju-on: The Grudge
  * Mariko Yashida, a character that appears in various comic books published by Marvel Comics
  