Utako

Utako is a Japanese female given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Utako Hanazono (1905–1982), Japanese writer, modern dancer, geisha and a Japanese traditional dance master
• Hayashi Utako (1865–1946), Japanese educator and social worker
• Nakajima Utako (1844–1903), Japanese waka and tanka poet and conservatory founder
• Utako Okamoto (1918–2016), Japanese medical doctor, medical scientist, academic
• Utako Shimoda (1854–1936), Japanese educator, poet of the Meiji and Taishō period
• Utako Takeuchi (born 1915), Japanese journalist and politician
• Utako Wakamatsu (born 1981), Japanese former competitive figure skater
• Utako Yamada, Japanese writer, illustrator and translator