List of Famous people named Yoko

Similar names: Yoka, Yokoi. Here are some famous Yokos:

Yoko Morishita

First Name Yoko
Last Name Morishita
Born on December 7, 1948 (age 77)

Yoko Morishita is a Japanese ballerina for Matsuyama Ballet Company. She represented Japan as a prima ballerina.

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Yoko Shibui

First Name Yoko
Last Name Shibui
Born on March 14, 1979 (age 47)
Born in Japan

Yoko Shibui is a long-distance runner from Japan, who is competing in the 5000 and 10,000 metres as well as the marathon race. She holds the Japanese record over 10,000 m with her best time of 30:48.89 minutes. Shibui is one of only a handful of women to have completed the marathon under two hours and twenty minutes – her personal best of 2:19.41 ranks her within the top ten fastest ever.

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Yoko Yazawa

First Name Yoko
Last Name Yazawa
Born on November 12, 1985 (age 40)
Born in Japan

Yoko Yazawa is a Japanese singer-songwriter, formerly the lead vocalist of The Generous. She is Eikichi Yazawa's eldest daughter, and her mother is one quarter American. While she was 12, she went to school in Los Angeles at the Ojai Valley School and Palos Verdes Peninsula High School. In 2010, she made her solo debut with her self-titled album. She is also featured on Joe Inoue's album Dos Angeles as a featured vocalist on the song "Animal"; the two singers originally met in high school in Los Angeles. She is currently the lead vocalist for the group, Piggy Banks, formed in 2014.

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Yōko Asaji

First Name Yōko
Last Name Asaji
Born on April 2, 1951 (age 75)
Born in Japan
Height 160 cm | 5'3

Yōko Asaji is a Japanese actress from Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Yōko Narahashi

First Name Yōko
Last Name Narahashi
Born on June 17, 1947 (age 78)

Yoko Narahashi is a prominent Japanese casting director and film producer. She gained prominence due to her involvement with The Last Samurai, Babel, and Memoirs of a Geisha. The Japan Times, the only independent English-language newspaper in Japan, referred to her as an "all-round interpreter of Japan for U.S. movies".

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Yōko Sōmi

First Name Yōko
Last Name Sōmi
Born on March 29, 1974 (age 52)
Born in Japan
Height 167 cm | 5'6

Yoko Soumi is a Japanese actress and voice actress affiliated with Mausu Promotion. She and fellow voice actor Akio Ōtsuka married on February 11, 2005, but they divorced in 2009.

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Yoko Matsugane

First Name Yoko
Last Name Matsugane
Born on May 26, 1982 (age 43)
Born in Japan
Height 163 cm | 5'4

Yoko Matsugane is a Japanese gravure idol from Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. She is known for her voluptuous figure.

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Yoko Yamada

First Name Yoko
Last Name Yamada
Born on May 25, 1979 (age 46)
Born in Japan

Yoko Yamada is a Japanese female arm wrestler, professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and occasional ring girl. Nicknamed The Sturdy Arm and Iron Beauty, she also works as a talent for the Tokyo-based agency KT Project .

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Yoko Hayashi

First Name Yoko
Last Name Hayashi
Born on November 30, 1955 (age 70)

Yoko Hayashi is a Japanese lawyer and partner in the Athena Law Office. She was formerly an alternate member to the United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights from 2004 to 2006. In 2008, she became a member of the Committee which monitors the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), and in 2015 was serving as Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. Hayashi has used her legal expertise to improve the status and protect the rights of women.

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Yōko Ueno

First Name Yōko
Last Name Ueno
Born on October 11, 1963 (age 62)
Born in Japan

Yoko Ueno is a Japanese recording artist. She has performed in the bands, Oranges & Lemons, Vita Nova, Marsh-Mallow, and Zabadak.

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