Sadako

Sa-DA-ko

Japanese

"Child of integrity"

Famous People Named Sadako

• Sadako Ogata Japanese academic and UN official
• Sadako Sasaki Japanese girl who died of radiation poisoning after Hiroshima and inspired the "1000 paper cranes" tale
• Sadako Kurihara Japanese poet

The name Sadako in Pop Culture

• Sadako Yamamura vindictive ghost of a murdered girl in the Japanese horror film Ringu
• When written as 貞子 the meaning is "chaste child" or "virtuous child"