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 Chodos (born 1939), Japanese-American contemporary artist
• Junko Furuta (古田 順子, 1971–1989), Japanese torture and murder victim
• 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 Hori (堀 絢子, born 1942), Japanese actress and voice actress represented by Production Baobab
• Junko Itō, American linguist
• Junko Iwao (岩男 潤子, born 1970), Japanese voice actress
• Junko Hirotani (広谷 順子, 1956–2020), Japanese singer
• Junko Kubo (久保 純子, born 1972), Japanese television announcer
• Junko Mihara (三原じゅん子, born 1964), Japanese actress
• Junko Minagawa (純子, born 1975), Japanese voice actress
• Junko Miyashita (宮下 順子, born 1949), 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
• Jungo Morita (森田 淳悟, born 1947), Japanese former volleyball player
• Junko Nishida (西田 順子, born 1915), Japanese high jumper
• 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 (純子), Japanese voice actress
• Junko Sakurada (桜田 淳子, born 1958), Japanese singer
• Junko Sakurai (桜井 純子, born 1967), Japanese swimmer
• 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 Yagami (八神 純子, born 1958), Japanese singer-songwriter
• Junko Yoshioka, New York City-based fashion designer

Fictional characters

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

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