Anko

Anko may refer to:

People

• Emperor Ankō (安康天皇; reigned c. 453-456), Japanese emperor
• Ankō Asato (安里 安恒; 1827–1906), karate master and contemporary of Itosu
• Ankō Itosu (糸洲 安恒; 1831–1915), father of modern karate
• Mabuni Ankō (摩文仁 安恒), a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
• Majikina Ankō (真境名 安興, 1875-1933), Japanese scholar
• Anko van der Werff, (born 1975) Dutch lawyer and business executive
• Ankopaaingyadete (Anko), 19th-century Kiowa calendar artist

Fictional characters

• Anko Mitarashi (みたらしアンコ), in the Naruto series
• Anko Uehara (上原 杏子), in the manga/anime Great Teacher Onizuka
• Anko Kitashirakawa (北白川 あんこ), in the anime Tamako Market
• Anko Koshi (虎視 餡子) / Koshian (こしあん), in the manga/anime My Deer Friend Nokotan
• King Anko, a sea serpent in the children's fantasy novel The Sea Fairies (1911) by L. Frank Baum
• Anko Uguisu, a private detective in the manga/anime Call of the Night

Other

• Ankos Festival, an annual event celebrated
• Anglerfish, in Japanese
• Red bean paste, called Anko (餡こ or 小豆)) in Japanese
• Anko, in-house brand name of retail chain Kmart in Australia/New Zealand and Zellers in Canada