Famous People with Name Yuko

Yuko Tsushima            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yuko Tsushima: the pen name of Satoko Tsushima, a contemporary Japanese fiction writer, essayist and critic. She is also the daughter of famed novelist Osamu Dazai, who died when she was only one year old.While attending Shirayuri Women's University she started publishing fiction. At the age of 24, she published her first collection of stories, Carnival (Shaniku-sai). Now a prolific writer, she is the winner of several literary prizes.

Yuko Nii            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yuko Nii: an artist and philanthropist. She studied (1961-63) English and American Literature at Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan. In 1963 she transferred to Macalaster College *[1], St. Paul, Minnesota as a scholarship student, and earned her BFA. in 1965. From 1966 she attended Pratt Institute *[2], Brooklyn, New York, as a fellowship student and earned her MFA in painting in 1969. Her creative activities include painting, printmaking, graphic design, stage set, costume and fashion design. She distinguished herself also as a writer in journalism, poetry, fiction, essays and philosophy, publishing a book with Terrance Lindall, entitled BLUE EYED SATORI, and writing for newspapers and magazines.

Yuko Kawaguchi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yuko Kawaguchi: a Japanese-Russian pair skater, who has represented Japan, the USA, and Russia in international competition. She currently competes with Alexander Smirnov, representing Russia. They are the 2008 & 2009 Russian Champions, the 2009 World bronze medalists, and 2009 European silver medalists.

Yuko Mori            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yuko Mori: a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Niigata, Niigata and graduate of Niigata University, she was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2001 after serving in the town assembly of Yokogoshi, Niigata since 1999.

Yuko Obuchi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yuko Obuchi: a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) and the current Minister of State in charge of the Declining Birthrate.A graduate of Seijo University, she worked at the broadcaster TBS from 1996 to 1998. She was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000. Her father is former prime minister Keizo Obuchi and her grandfather former member of the House of Representatives Mitsuhei Obuchi.

Lie Yukou            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Lie Yukou: is considered the author of the Daoist book Liezi, which uses his honorific name Liezi (??; Lièzi; Lieh-tzu; "Master Lie"). The second Chinese character in Yukou is written kou ? "bandit; enemy"; the first is written yu ? "imprison", yu ? "resist; ward off", or occasionally yu ? "drive (carriage); ride (horse); control" (the Zhuangzi claims Liezi could yufeng ?? "ride the wind").There is little historical evidence of Lie Yukou as a Hundred Schools of Thought philosopher during the Warring States Period. This could be due to the burning of books and burying of scholars which occurred during the reign of Qin Shi Huang. However, some scholars believe that the Zhuangzi invented him as a Daoist exemplar. Frederic H. Balfour, who translated several Daoist texts, called Liezi "a philosopher who never lived" (1887:?) Lionel Giles expresses doubt in his Introduction: