純子 (pure + child) is the most popular spelling, entering the Japanese top 10 in 1971. It remained there until 1975 and peaked at #5 (1972-1974).
― Anonymous User 9/6/2019
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Because my mom had a Japanese friend with this name when I was growing up, I see this as a very stereotypical name for Japanese women along with Yoko and Keiko (and just about anything ending in -ko). (I’ve heard that nowadays, names ending in -ko are considered old fashioned in Japan, so it’s mostly middle aged and elderly women who have these names, not young adults and adolescents).
Junko Onishi is a former butterfly swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Masami Tanaka, and Sumika Minamoto.
Junko is a Japanese manga artist and author. One of her works is the romantic comedy shōjo manga series "Kiss Him, Not Me" known in Japan as "Watashi ga Motete Dōsunda".
Junko Takeuchi is a Japanese voice actress employed by Ogipro The Next Co. Inc. Taking a well-trod path by many voice actresses, she often voices young male characters with generally very quirky and goofy personalities.
Junko Takeuchi, a Japanese voice actress, is known for voicing characters such as Naruto Uzumaki from 'Naruto', Takuya Kanbara from 'Digimon Frontier' and Red from 'Pokémon Origins'.
― Anonymous User 7/23/2015
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Just don't use it in English... oi there, you Junko!
Suzuki Junko (Junko Suzuki) was one of the chosen people to play a role of one of the people that were involved in the Hotel Mass Murder in the Japanese horror movie Rinne.
The voice actor of the title character of 'Naruto', from the popular Japanese anime, 'Naruto', bears this name.
― Anonymous User 2/15/2009
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Junko Furuta was the name of a high school girl who was murdered in Tokyo, in about 1988. The song "Taion" (means "Body Temperature") by GazettE, was written as a tribute to her.