Eriko

Eriko
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
Meaningit can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of originJapanese

Eriko (えりこ, エリコ) is a feminine/neutral Japanese given name.

Written forms

Eriko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

  • 恵梨子, "blessing, pear, child"
  • 恵理子, "blessing, reason, child"
  • 絵里子, "picture, hometown, child"
  • 絵梨子, "picture, pear, child"
  • 絵理子, "picture, reason, child"
  • 江里子, "inlet, hometown, child"
  • 恵里子, "blessing, hometown, child"
  • 恵利子, "blessing, profit, child"
  • 江利子, "inlet, profit, child"
  • 枝里子, "branch, hometown, child"
  • 英梨子, "excel, pear, child"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

  • Eriko Arakawa (恵理子, born 1979), Japanese female footballer
  • Eriko Asai (えり子, born 1959), Japanese long-distance runner
  • Eriko Fujimaki (恵理子, born 1974), Japanese voice actress
  • Eriko Hara (えりこ, born 1959), Japanese voice actress
  • Eriko Hirose (栄理子, born 1985), Japanese badminton player
  • Eriko Hori (絵梨子, born 1988), Korean-Japanese singer, actress and voice actress
  • Eriko Imai (絵理子, born 1983), Ryukyuan J-pop artist
  • Eriko Ishino (石野 枝里子, born 1985), Japanese speed skater
  • Eriko Kimura (木村 絵理子, born 1961), Japanese audio director
  • Eriko Kitagawa (悦吏子, born 1961), Japanese screenwriter and film director
  • Eriko Kumakawa (熊川 恵利子, born c. 1971), Japanese Paralympic goalball player
  • Eriko Matsui (恵理子松井, born 1989), Japanese voice actress
  • Eriko Nakamura (中村繪里子, born 1981), Japanese voice actress
  • Eriko Sanmiya (三宮 恵利子, born 1974), Japanese speed skater
  • Eriko Sato (江梨子, born 1981), Japanese actress and model
  • Eriko Seo (妹尾 栄里子, born 1979), Japanese speed skater
  • Eriko Tamura (英里子, born 1973), Japanese actress and singer
  • Eri Watanabe (えり子, born 1955), Japanese actress, previously credited as Eriko Watanabe
  • Eriko Yamaguchi, women's professional shogi player
  • Eriko Yamatani (えり子, born 1950), Japanese politician

Fictional characters

  • Eriko Christy, a protagonist of the video game Illbleed
  • Eriko Takahashi (絵里子), a main character of the erotic comedy manga series High School Girls
  • Eriko Torii (江利子), a character from the manga and anime series Maria-sama ga Miteru
  • Eriko Kirishima, a character in Revelations: Persona video game
  • Eriko Fukada, a young writer of Haruki Murakamis novel 1Q84. She is often referred Fukaeri, her pseudonym

See also