Motoko is a feminine Japanese given name.
Written forms もとこ (hiragana) Possible forms in kanji include: 素子 "unadorned, plain, undecorated, child" 元子 "origin, child" 基子 "fundamental, child" 資子 "resourceful, child"
People with the name Motoko Arai (新井 素子), Japanese writer Motoko Fujimoto (索子), a Japanese softball player Hani Motoko (羽仁 もと子), the first female Japanese journalist Motoko Hirotsu (広津 素子), Japanese politician Motoko Fujishiro Huthwaite (1927–2020), American teacher Motoko Ishii (幹子), a Japanese lighting designer Motoko Katakura (1937–2013), Japanese anthropologist Motoko Kotani (born 1960), Japanese applied mathematician Motoko Kumai (統子, born 1970), a Japanese voice actress Motoko Obayashi (素子), a Japanese volleyball player Motoko Rich, American journalist, Tokyo bureau chief for The New York Times , Japanese actress and striptease performer
Fictional characters Motoko-chan (もと子), the main character of the Super Famicom video game Motoko-chan no Wonder Kitchen Motoko Aoyama (素子), a character in the Love Hina series Motoko Kusanagi (素子), protagonist of the Ghost in the Shell series Motoko Maeda (前田 元子), a character in the Shiki series Motoko Minagawa (素子), a character in the Fruits Basket series