Sadako

Sadako is a Japanese name, commonly used for women. The same name can be written with a variety of kanji, and the meanings of the name differ accordingly:[1]

• 貞子, "chaste child"; the same characters can also be read as a Korean female given name, Jeong-ja
• 節子, "child of integrity"

People with the name

• Princess Sadako Kujō (九条 節子), later Empress Teimei (貞明皇后) of Japan (1884–1951), wife of Emperor Taishō
• Sadako Kurihara (栗原 貞子, 1913–2005), Japanese poet
• Sadako Moriguchi (森口 貞子, 1907–2002), American businesswoman
• Sadako Ogata (緒方 貞子, 1927–2019), Japanese scholar and United Nations administrator
• Sadako Pointer (born 1984), American singer
• Sadako Sasaki (佐々木 禎子, 1943–1955), a childhood Hiroshima atomic bomb victim, who made origami cranes based on a legend about their healing properties, making them an international symbol for peace.
• Sadako Sawamura (沢村 貞子, 1908–1996), Japanese actress
• Sadako Yamamoto (山本 定子, born 1915), Japanese javelin thrower
• Sadako Yamashita (山下 貞子, born 1932), Japanese swimmer

Fictional characters

• Sadako Yamamura (山村 貞子), fictional character in the Japanese novel, manga and film franchise Ring

References

1. Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2012-12-02.