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

Possible writings

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 Kusuda (枝里子), a Japanese freelance television announcer
• 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 Ono, Japanese manga artist
• 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
• Eriko, sister of main character of the manga series and anime adaptation of Ajin.

See also

• Idol Densetsu Eriko, a Japanese anime series