Motoko
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| 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
- 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
- Motoko Arai (新井 素子), Japanese writer
- Motoko Fujimoto (索子), a Japanese softball player
- Hani Motoko (羽仁 もと子), the first female Japanese journalist
- Motoko Hirotsu (広津 素子), Japanese politician
- Motoko Fujishiro Huthwaite (1927–2020), American teacher
- Motoko Ishii (幹子), a Japanese lighting designer
- Motoko Katakura (1937-2013), Japanese anthropologist
- Motoko Kumai (統子, born 1970), a Japanese voice actress
- Motoko Obayashi (素子), a Japanese volleyball player
- Motoko Sasaki (佐々木 基子; born 1967), Japanese actress and striptease performer
Fictional characters
- Motoko-chan (もと子), the main character of the Super Famicom video game Motoko-chan no Wonder Kitchen
- Motoko Aoyama (素子), a character in the Love Hina series
- Motoko Kusanagi (素子), protagonist of the Ghost in the Shell series
- Motoko Maeda (前田 元子), a character in the Shiki series
- Motoko Minagawa (素子), a character in the Fruits Basket series