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When they first introduced her, they called her Yukiko Abe, but then the next
few chapters that I read were translated by a different translator, and they
translated her name to "Yukiyo Abe". However,
[Wikia](http://liarsgame.wikia.com/wiki/Abe_Yukiko) says that the kanji for
her name is 由紀子, which would be read as "Yukiko".

So which is it? Yukiyo or Yukiko?


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What is Abe's first name?


**Her full name is Yukiyo Abe.**

[Japanese
Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIAR_GAME#%E7%AC%AC%E5%9B%9B%E5%9B%9E%E6%88%A6%E6%9C%AC%E6%88%A6)
listed her name as

> アベ ユキヨ（黒髪ポニーテール）  
>  Yukiyo Abe (Black Ponytail)

[MyAnimeList](http://myanimelist.net/character/86065/Yukiyo_Abe) also confirms
the name as

> Yukiyo "500 Year Old One" Abe

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As for why the translator seemed to confuse "Yukiyo" with "Yukiko", コ ( _ko_ )
and ヨ ( _yo_ ) looks similar, having only 1 stroke difference. In addition of
that, Yukiko is a more popular name in Japan than Yukiyo. Note however, her
name is never written in kanji, thus there is no official kanji representation
of her name.


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