title: Tomoyo
text: # Tomoyo
  
  Tomoyo is a feminine Japanese given name.
  
  ## Possible writings
  
  Tomoyo can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
  
  * 知世, "wisdom, world"
  * 友世, "friend, world"
  * 倫世, "ethics, world"
  * 智代, "knowledge, world"
  * 灯代, "light, world"
  * 知葉, "wisdom, leaf"
  * 朋与, "friend, bestow"
  
  The name can also be written in hiragana (ともよ) or katakana (トモヨ).
  
  ## People with the name
  
  * Tomoyo Harada (知世, born 1967), Japanese actress and singer
  * Tomoyo Kurosawa (ともよ, born 1996), Japanese voice actress
  * Tomoyo Matsumoto (知世, born 1987), former member of the rock group Bon-Bon Blanco
  * Tomoyo Nonaka (ともよ, born 1954), Japanese television personality and businesswoman
  * Tomoyo Oshima (ともよ, born 1949), Japanese film editor
  * Tomoyo Shibata (倫世, born 1974), Japanese former announcer
  * Tomoyo Takayanagi (高柳 知葉, born 1994), Japanese voice actress
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Tomoyo, a character from the novel Ghostwritten
  * Tomoyo Daidōji (知世), a character from Cardcaptor Sakura
  * Tomoyo Hime (知世), an alter-ego of Tomoyo Daidōji in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
  * Tomoko Hanasaki (知世), a character from the manga series G-Taste
  * Tomoyo Kanzaki (灯代), a character from the light novel series When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace
  * Tomoyo Kōsaka (友世), a character from the manga series A Devil and Her Love Song
  * Tomoyo Kurobe (朋与), a character from the anime series True Tears
  * Tomoyo Osaka (智世), a character from the manga series Crimson Hero
  * Tomoyo Sakagami (智代), a character from the visual novel, manga, and anime series Clannad
  * Tomoyo Sakurai (智代), a character from the manga series Heaven's Lost Property
  * Tomoyo Wakagi (知葉), a character from the anime series Key the Metal Idol
  