Satoko

Satoko (さとこ, サトコ) is a Japanese female given name.

Satoko

Gender	female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Satomi

Possible Writings

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

• 聡子 "wise, child"
• 智子 "wisdom, child"
• 里子 "village, child"
• 理子 "logic, child"
• 悟子 "enlightened, child"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• Satoko Inoue, a pianist
• Satoko Fujii, an avant-garde jazz pianist and composer
• Satoko Akiyama, a Japanese pop artist
• Satoko Morishita (森下 恵子, born 1974), Japanese swimmer
• Satoko Okazaki (岡崎 聡子, born 1961), Japanese gymnast
• Satoko Sakamoto, murdered by members of Aum Shinrikyo along with her husband, Tsutsumi Sakamoto, who was a lawyer working on a class action lawsuit against Aum Shinrikyo, and her child
• Satoko Kuni, daughter of Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi and sister of Empress Kōjun, the mother of Akihito
• Satoko Takita, chairwoman of Mozilla Japan
• Satoko Nishikawa, singer of Shang Shang Typhoon
• Princess Satoko, daughter of Prince Kaya Kuninori
• Satoko Miyachi, character designer for Madlax
• Satoko Suzuki, Japanese diplomat
• Satoko Okudera, screenwriter of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars
• Satoko, wife of Tokugawa Hidetada, the second Tokugawa shōgun of Japan
• Satoko Tsushima, a contemporary Japanese fiction writer, essayist and critic
• Satoko Tanaka (田中 聡子, born 1942), Japanese swimmer
• Satoko Makishi, a Japanese pop singer
• Anekōji Satoko, a lady-in-waiting at the court of Emperor Kōkaku
• Satoko Morikawa, character designer for The Cat Returns
• Satoko Kashikawa, producer of 1 Litre of Tears
• Satoko Kizaki, author, won the Akutagawa Prize for Blue Paulownia (Aogiri)
• Satoko Shinashi, mixed martial arts fighter
• Satoko Miyahara, a Japanese figure skater
• Satoko Kamoshida (鴨志田 聡子), born 1979, a Yiddish Scholar at the University of Tokyo

Fictional characters

• Satoko Yamano from Oh My Goddess!
• Satoko Ayakura from The Sea of Fertility
• Satoko Hōjō from Higurashi When They Cry
• A character from The Sound of the Mountain
• Satoko Shimoyanagi from Churasan 3
• Asai Satoko from Friends (2002 TV series)
• A character from Strawberry Shortcakes
• Satoko Takanashi from Gate Keepers
• Satoko Kayama, a minor character in the Paranoia Agent episode "Mellow Maromi"
• When Ash was crossdressed in Pokémon, Ash (Satoshi) was called 'Satoko (Ashley)'
• Satoko Sasauchi, a character from Strike Witches