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Yasuko

Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Yasuko (written: 泰子, 靖子, 康子, 寧子, 育子, 保子, 安子, 甯子, 恭子 or やす子) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Princess Yasuko (媞子内親王; 1076–1096), Japanese empress
• Yasuko Aoike (青池 保子; born 1948), Japanese manga artist
• Yasuko Date (伊達 保子; 1827–1904), Japanese businesswoman
• Yasuko Endō (遠藤 康子; 1968–1986), Japanese model and actress whose idol singer
• Yasuko Fujii (藤井 康子; born 1950), Japanese swimmer
• Fujiwara no Yasuko (藤原 泰子; 1095–1156), Japanese empress consort
• Yasuko Harada (原田 康子; 1928-2009), Japanese novelist
• Yasuko Hashimoto (橋本 康子; born 1975), Japanese long-distance runner
• Yasuko Hatoyama (鳩山 安子; 1922–2013), Japanese activist
• Yasuko Ikenobō (池坊 保子; born 1942), Japanese politician
• Yasuko Kimura (木村 安子; born 1937), Japanese long jumper
• Yasuko Kobayashi (小林 靖子; born 1965), Japanese screenwriter
• Yasuko Komiyama (小宮山 泰子; born 1965), Japanese politician
• Yasuko Konno (今野 安子; born 1950), Japanese table tennis player
• Yasuko Konoe (近衛 やす子; born 1944), Japanese princess
• Yasuko Kosuge (小菅 寧子; born 1974), Japanese former windsurfer
• Yasuko Kotani (小谷 泰子; born 1962), Japanese photographer
• Yasuko Kudo (工藤 恭子; born 1969), Japanese para table tennis player
• Yasuko Kuragaki (倉垣 靖子; born 1975), know as Tsubasa Kuragaki , Japanese professional wrestler
• Yasuko Matsuda (松田 靖子; 1937–2021), Japanese shot putter
• Yasuko Matsuda (pianist), Japanese classical pianist and educator
• Yasuko Matsuyuki (松雪 泰子; born 1972), Japanese actress and singer
• Yasuko Mitsuura (光浦 靖子; born 1971), Japanese television personality and comedian
• Yasuko Mizui (水井 泰子; born 1975), Japanese badminton player
• Yasuko Mogi (茂木 康子; born 1969), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Yasuko Muramatsu (村松 泰子; born 1944), Japanese development economist, author and women's rights activist
• Yasuko Nagazumi (永積 靖子; born 1943), Japanese actress
• Yasuko Namba (難波 康子; 1949–1996), Japanese mountain climber
• Yasuko Oishi (大石 康子; born 1931), Japanese swimmer
• Yasuko Onuki, Japanese singer
• Yasuko Sakata (坂田 靖子; born 1953), Japanese manga artist
• Yasuko Sawaguchi (沢口 靖子; born 1965), Japanese actress
• Yasuko Tajima (田島 寧子; born 1981), Japanese swimmer
• Yasuko Takano (鷹野 靖子; born 1943), Japanese speed skater
• Yasuko Takemura (竹村 泰子; 1933–2025), Japanese politician
• Yasuko I. Takezawa (竹沢 泰子; born 1957), Japanese cultural anthropologist
• Yasuko Tamada (玉田 育子), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Yasuko Thanh (born 1971), Canadian writer and guitarist
• Yasuko Tomita (富田 靖子; born 1969), Japanese actress
• Yasuko Uetake (上武 やす子; 1934-2024), Ainu embroidery artist from Japan
• Yasuko Watanabe (渡邉 泰子; 1957–1997), Japanese woman murdered in 1997
• Yasuko Watanabe (渡辺 康子), Japanese color designer and colorist