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In the entire world, もとこ (Motoko , もとこ) is a common primarily male, but very seldom girly given name. The forename もとこ is habitual in Japan, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but very infrequently female name, France, where it is a very rare largely girly, but infrequently masculine name, and the United States. Much less frequently, もとこ is the last name as well as the forename.
もとこ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Motoko Kusanagi , the fictional character from Ghost in the Shell and Motoko Aoyama , the fictional character from Love Hina.