Junko

For the bird species, see Junco.

For the streamer with the nickname Junko, see Jynxzi.

Junko

Pronunciation	Jú-n-kó
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Related names	Jun

Junko is a feminine Japanese given name. It is typically written in kanji, but can be written in hiragana (じゅんこ) or katakana (ジュンコ).

Junko can be written using kanji including:

• 純子, "pure, child"
• 順子, "order, child"
• 淳子, "pure, child"
• 潤子, "rich/favor/wet, child"
• 準子, "conform, child"
• 洵子, "truth, child"

People

• Junko (manga artist) (ぢゅん子), Japanese manga artist
• Junko Abe (阿部純子; born 1993), Japanese actress
• Junko Akimoto (秋元 順子; born 1947), Japanese singer
• Junko Asahina (朝比奈 順子; 1953–2021), Japanese actress and singer
• Junko Asami (麻見 順子; born 1967), Japanese voice actress and narrator
• Junko Asari (浅利 純子; born 1969), Japanese retired marathon runner
• Junko Chodos (born 1939), Japanese-American contemporary artist
• Junko Furuta (古田 順子; 1971–1989), Japanese torture and murder victim
• Junko Hagimori (萩森 侚子; born 1964), Japanese voice actress
• Junko Hiramatsu (平松 純子; born 1942), Japanese former competitive figure skater
• Junko Hirose (広瀬 順子; born 1990), Japanese Paralympic judoka
• Junko Hirotani (広谷 順子; 1956–2020), Japanese singer
• Junko Hori (堀 絢子; born 1942), Japanese actress and voice actress represented by Production Baobab
• Junko Hoshino (星野 純子; born 1989), Japanese skier
• Junko Ikeuchi (池内 淳子; 1933–2010), Japanese actress
• Junko Ishida (石田 順子; born 1966), Japanese former football player
• Junko Isoda (磯田 順子; born 1981), Japanese former swimmer
• Junko Itō (born 1954) American linguist
• Junko Iwao (岩男 潤子; born 1970), Japanese voice actress
• Junko Izumi (和泉 淳子; born 1969), Japanese actress and kyōgen performer
• Junko Karube (軽部 潤子), Japanese manga artist
• Junko Kawada (河田 純子; born 1974), Japanese former J-pop idol, singer-songwriter and actress
• Junko Kawano (河野 純子), Japanese game designer, game director and writer
• Junko Kazukawa (数川 純子; born 1963), Japanese ultrarunner
• Junko Kitamura (born 1956), Japanese ceramic artist
• Junko Kobayashi (小林 順子; 1975–1996), Japanese university student who was murdered
• Junko Kōmura (香村 純子; born 1976), Japanese screenwriter
• Junko Kubo (久保 純子; born 1972), Japanese television announcer
• Junko Kudō, Japanese professional dancer
• Junko Mabuki (麻吹 淳子; born 1955), Japanese retired pink film actress
• Junko Maru (丸 純子; born 1976), Japanese actress
• Junko Matsui (松井 潤子; 1906–1989), Japanese actress
• Junko Maya (真屋 順子; 1942–2017), Japanese actress
• Junko Mihara (三原 じゅん子; born 1964), Japanese actress
• Junko Minagawa (皆川 純子; born 1975), Japanese voice actress
• Junko Mitsuhashi (三橋 順子; born 1955), Japanese social and cultural historian
• Junko Miyashita (宮下 順子; born 1949), Japanese actress
• Junko Miyazono (宮園 純子; born 1943), Japanese actress
• Junko Mizuno (水野 純子; born 1973), Japanese manga artist
• Junko Mori (森 純子; born 1974), Japanese metalwork sculptor
• Junko Mori (composer) (森 潤子; born 1949), Japanese composer
• Junko Moriyama (森山 淳子; born 1975), Japanese retired female volleyball player
• Junko Nishida (西田 順子; born 1915), Japanese high jumper
• Junko Nishimuro (西室 淳子; born 1980), Japanese curler
• Junko Noda (野田 順子; born 1971), Japanese voice actress
• Junko Ogata (緒方 純子; born 1962), Japanese serial killer
• Junko Ohashi (大橋 純子; 1950-2023), Japanese singer
• Junko Okada (岡田 純子; born 1973), Japanese voice actress
• Junko Omote (表 純子; born 1974), Japanese professional golfer
• Junko Onishi (大西 順子; born 1967), Japanese jazz pianist
• Junko Onishi (大西 順子; born 1974), Japanese former butterfly swimmer
• Junko Ozawa (小澤 純子; born 1973), Japanese former football player
• Junko Sakurada (桜田 淳子; born 1958), Japanese singer
• Junko Sakurai (桜井 純子; born 1967), Japanese swimmer
• Junko Sawamatsu (沢松 順子; born 1948), Japanese retired tennis player
• Junko Shigemitsu (born 1949), Japanese-American physicist
• Junko Shimakata (嶋方 淳子; born 1967), Japanese voice actress
• Junko Tabei (田部井 淳子; 1939–2016), first woman to climb Mt. Everest
• Junko Takeuchi (竹内 順子; born 1972), Japanese voice actress
• Junko Tanaka (田中 順子; born 1973), Japanese synchronized swimmer
• Junko Torikai (鳥飼 淳子; born 1975), Japanese former swimmer
• Junko Yagami (八神 純子; born 1958), Japanese singer-songwriter
• Junko Yaginuma (八木沼 純子; born 1973), Japanese former figure skater
• Junko Yamakawa (山川 純子; born 1975), Japanese alpine skier
• Junko Yasui (安井 純子; born 1960), Japanese professional golfer
• Junko Yoshioka, New York City-based fashion designer
• Jungo Morita (森田 淳悟; born 1947), Japanese former volleyball player

Fictional characters

• Junko Enoshima (江ノ島 盾子), character and the main antagonist of the "Hope's Peak Academy" arc in Danganronpa
• Junko Hattori (服部 絢子), character in the light novel series Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou
• Junko Kaname (鹿目 詢子), character from the anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica
• Junko Konno, (紺野 純子), character from the MAPPA idol anime series Zombie Land Saga
• Junko Mochida (持田 潤子), minor character in the hentai anime series Bible Black
• Junko Saotome (早乙女淳子), character from Nana
• Junko Asagiri (朝霧 純子), character from Desert Punk
• Junko Takei (竹井醇子), character from Strike Witches
• Junko Wallop, character in the animated television series Storm Hawks
• Junko (純狐), character in Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom from Touhou Project
• Ibara Junko, character in Megatokyo