Ayako
Ayako is a feminine Japanese given name.
Written forms
Ayako can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:- 文子, "writings, child"
- 綾子, "twill, child"
- 絢子, "kimono design, child"
- 彩子, "coloring, child"
- 順子, "order, child"
- 礼子, "courtesy, child"
- 亜矢子, "Asia, arrow, child"
- 安夜子, "peaceful, night, child"
People with the name
- Ayako Daidōji, Japanese far-left militant and fugitive
- Ayako Enomoto, Japanese model and actress
- Ayako Fuchigami, Japanese politician
- Ayako Fuji, Japanese enka singer
- Ayako Fujiki, Japanese pianist, composer, and Steinway Artist
- Ayako Fujitani, Japanese writer, actress and daughter of Steven Seagal
- Ayako Hamada, Japanese-Mexican professional wrestler
- Ayako Hara, Japanese model and beauty pageant winner
- Ayako Hirose, Japanese tennis player
- Ayako Hosomi, Japanese haiku poet and publisher
- Ayako Ikeda, Japanese singer-songwriter
- Ayako Imoto, Japanese comedian
- Ayako Ishigaki, Japanese-born American journalist
- Ayako Ito, Japanese announcer
- Ayako Jinnouchi, Japanese middle-distance runner
- Ayako Kawasumi, Japanese voice actress and pop singer
- Ayako Kimura, Japanese hurdler
- Ayako Kitamoto, Japanese women's footballer
- Ayako Matsumura, Japanese synchronized swimmer
- Ayako Miura, Japanese novelist
- Ayako Miyazaki, Japanese former cricketer
- Ayako Moriya, former Japanese princess
- Ayako Nakano (dancer), Japanese ballerina
- Ayako Nakano (swimmer), Japanese swimmer
- Ayako Nakayama, Japanese cricketer
- Ayako Nishikawa, Japanese physician and television personality
- Ayako Okamoto, Japanese golfer
- Ayako Ōnuma, Japanese volleyball player
- Ayako Saitoh, Japanese wheelchair curler and former archer
- Ayako Sakuramoto, Japanese badminton player
- Ayako Sana, Japanese volleyball player
- Ayako Sanada, Japanese shogi player
- Ayako Sano, the granddaughter of Emperor Meiji
- Ayako Sato, Japanese professional wrestler
- Ayako Shiraishi, Japanese voice actress
- Ayako Shirasaki, Japanese jazz musician
- Ayako Shōda, Japanese sport wrestler
- Ayako Sono, Japanese writer
- Ayako Suzukawa, Japanese YouTuber and comedian
- Ayako Suzuki, Japanese former para badminton player
- Ayako Tanahashi, Japanese educator and school administrator
- Ayako Tsubaki, Japanese speed skater
- Ayako Tsuru, Mexican artist
- Ayako Uehara (golfer), Japanese golfer
- Ayako Uehara (pianist), Japanese classical pianist
- Ayako Wakao, Japanese actress
- Ayako Yoshida, Japanese rower
- Ayako Yoshikawa, Japanese sprinter and long jumper
- Ayako Yoshitani, Japanese actress
Fictional characters
- List of Slam Dunk characters#Ayako, a character in the manga series Slam Dunk
- Ayako Katagiri, a character in the video game Tokimeki Memorial
- Variable Geo#Introduced in Advanced V.G., a character in the video game series ''Variable Geo''