Eriko

Eriko

Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	it can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of origin	Japanese

Eriko (えりこ, エリコ) is a feminine 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 (荒川 恵理子; born 1979), Japanese female footballer
• Eriko Asai (浅井 えり子; born 1959), Japanese long-distance runner
• Eriko Fujimaki (藤巻 恵理子; born 1974), Japanese voice actress
• Eriko Fukuda (福田 衣里子; born 1980), Japanese former politician
• Eriko Goya (呉屋 絵理子; born 1997), Japanese footballer
• Eriko Hara (原 えりこ; born 1959), Japanese voice actress
• Eriko Hashimoto (橋本 恵理子; born 2006), Japanese idol of the idol group AKB48
• Eriko Hatsune (初音 映莉子; born 1982), Japanese actress
• Eriko Hattori, American painter of Japanese heritage
• Eriko Hirose (廣瀬 栄理子; born 1985), Japanese badminton player
• Eriko Hori (堀 絵梨子; born 1988), Korean-Japanese singer, actress and voice actress
• Eriko Imai (今井 絵理子; born 1983), Japanese pop singer, actress and politician
• Eriko Ishino (石野 枝里子; born 1985), Japanese speed skater
• Eriko Isobe (磯辺 絵梨子; born 1977), Japanese female volleyball player
• Eriko Kikuchi (菊池 栄里子; born 1977), Japanese paralympic athlete
• Eriko Kimura (木村 絵理子; born 1961), Japanese audio director
• Eriko Kishida (岸田 衿子; 1929–2011), Japanese poet, children's author, lyricist, and translator
• Eriko Kitagawa (北川 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 Makimura (牧村 英里子), Japanese concert pianist, performance artist, and educator
• Eriko Matsui (松井 恵理子; born 1989), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Eriko Nakamura (中村 繪里子; born 1981), Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
• Eriko Sakata (born 1981), Japanese former cricketer
• Eriko Sanmiya (三宮 恵利子; born 1974), Japanese speed skater
• Eriko Sato (佐藤 江梨子; born 1981), Japanese actress and former gravure idol
• Eriko Sato (佐藤 衣里子; born 1985), Japanese former football player
• Eriko Seo (妹尾 栄里子; born 1979), Japanese speed skater
• Eriko Shishido (宍戸 江利花; born 1970), Japanese professional wrestler
• Eriko Takano, Japanese professor of synthetic biology
• Eriko Tamura (田村 英里子; born 1973), Japanese actress and singer
• Eriko Tsuchiya (土屋 恵理子; born 1970), Japanese retired professional wrestler
• Eriko Watanabe (born 1958), Japanese jurist
• Eriko Watanabe (渡辺 えり; born 1955), Japanese actress, known as Eri Watanabe
• Eriko Yamada (born 1973), Japanese luger
• Eriko Yamaguchi (山口 恵梨子; born 1991), Japanese women's professional shogi player
• Eriko Yamatani (山谷 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

• Idol Densetsu Eriko, a Japanese anime series