Koko

Koko or KOKO may refer to:

Animals

• Koko (gorilla) (1971–2018), a gorilla trained to communicate in American Sign Language
• Koko (dog) (2005–2012), the Australian kelpie in the 2011 film Red Dog
• Koko (horse), an Irish racehorse that won the 1926 Cheltenham Gold Cup
• Ko'ko' or Guam rail, a flightless bird

Plants

• Central African name for Gnetum africanum, an edible vegetable

Places

• Koko, Benin, a town and arrondissement in Benin
• Koko, Bouaké, a neighbourhood of Bouaké, Ivory Coast
• Koko, Savanes, a village in Ivory Coast
• Koko, Delta, a town in Delta State, Nigeria
• Koko, a town in Koko/Besse Local Government Area in Kebbi State, Nigeria
• Koko Head, the headland that defines the eastern side of Maunalua Bay along the southeastern side of the Island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi
• Koko River, Rusizi District, a river in southwestern Rwanda that is a tributary of the Ruhwa River
• Koko River, Rutsiro District, a river in the Rutsiro District of western Rwanda that flows into Lake Kivu

People with the name

Mononyms

• Emperor Kōkō (830–887), 58th emperor of Japan
• King Koko or Frederick William Koko Mingi VIII of Nembe (1853–1898), African ruler of the Nembe Kingdom

Given name

• Koko Archibong (born 1981), Nigerian-American basketball player
• Koko Prasetyo Darkuncoro (born 1981), Indonesian beach volleyball player
• Koko Jones (born 1989), American jazz percussionist
• Koko Komégné (born 1950), Cameroonian visual artist
• Koko Kondo (born 1944), birth name Koko Tanimoto, a prominent Japanese atomic bomb survivor
• Koko Pimentel (born 1964), Filipino politician
• Koko Sakibo (born 1987), Nigerian footballer
• Koko Stambuk (born 1977), Chilean singer-songwriter and producer
• Julio "Koko" Sosa (born 1926), Argentine guitarist
• Koko Taylor (1928–2009), R&B singer
• Kōko Tsurumi (born 1992), Japanese artistic gymnast
• Koko B. Ware (born 1957), American professional wrestler

Middle name

• James Koko Lomell (born 1985), Liberian footballer

Surname

• Demeter Koko (1891–1929), Austrian graphic artist
• Georgette Koko (born 1953), Gabonese politician
• Lolani Koko (born 1963), Samoan rugby football player

Stage name / ring name

• Koko B. Ware (born 1957), American professional wrestler real name James Ware, Koko B. being his ring name

Music

• Koko (music venue), a music venue in London
• "Ko-Ko", a 1945 jazz composition by Charlie Parker
• "Ko-Ko", a 1940 jazz composition by Duke Ellington
• "Koko", a 2005 song by Goldfrapp from Supernature

Radio stations

• KOKO (AM), a radio station (1450 AM) licensed to serve Warrensburg, Missouri, United States
• KOKO-FM, a radio station (94.3 FM) licensed to serve Kerman, California, United States
• KOKO-LP, a radio station (96.3 FM) licensed to serve Hana, Hawaii, United States

Characters

• Koko the Clown, a 1919 cartoon character
• Koko/Kao K’o Kung, a character in the Cat Who... series by Lilian Jackson Braun
• Ko-Ko, a character from The Mikado
• Koko, a character in Chuggington
• Koko, a character from Zatch Bell!
• Koko Hekmatyar, a character from Jormungand
• Koko, a character from The LEGO Ninjago Movie

Other uses

• Koko (novel), a 1988 novel by Peter Straub
• KoKo (computer virus), a memory resident computer virus
• Koko: A Red Dog Story, a documentary based on the dog Koko
• Kommerzielle Koordinierung, a secret commercial enterprise in East Germany, run by the Stasi officer Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski
• Albizia lebbeck or Koko, a species of tree
• Gege (title) or Ko-ko, a Manchu title
• ǂKxʼauǁʼein languages or Koko
• Tapu Koko, a Generation VII Pokémon
• Kōkō, short for Kōtōgakkō, meaning a high school. See Secondary education in Japan
• Koko (millet porridge), a type of porridge by Hausa people

See also

• Coco (disambiguation)
• Cocoa (disambiguation)
• Koco (born c 1975), lead guitarist of the 2006 Indian rock band Agnee
• Koko Guyot, an underwater volcano
• Koukou (disambiguation)
• Kokos, the diminutive form of the name George in Greek
• Koko, the diminutive form of the name Grigor or Krikor in Armenian